Balapareekshanam

Balapareekshanam is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Anthikkad Mani and produced by Babu Jose. The film stars Raghavan, Jayabharathi, KP Ummer, Adoor Bhasi and Babu Jose. Balapareekshanam's musical score is by M. K. Arjunan.^[1][2][3] The film was based on the Tamil film Poova Thalaiya.

Balapareekshanam
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Directed by	Anthikkad Mani
Screenplay by	Thoppil Bhasi
Story by	K. Balachander
Produced by	Babu Jose
Starring	Raghavan Jayabharathi Adoor Bhasi KP Ummer
Cinematography	C. Namas
Edited by	K. Sankunni
Music by	M. K. Arjunan
Production company	Ragam Pictures
Distributed by	Ragam Pictures
Release date	28 July 1978 (1978-07-28)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Cast

• Jayabharathi as Nirmala
• Raghavan as Sankarankutty
• K. P. Ummer as Govindankutty
• Sukumari as Parvathyamma
• Adoor Bhasi as Ramesh
• Babu Jose
• Kottayam Santha as Raji's mother
• Pattom Sadan as Krishna Pilla
• Shubha as Raji
• Sreemoolanagaram Vijayan as Avarachan
• Paul Vengola as Kochu Kunju
• Pala Thankam as Krishna Pilla's wife
• Radhadevi as Gouri

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. K. Arjunan and the lyrics were written by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Jeevitham Swayam"	Jolly Abraham	Mankombu Gopalakrishnan
2	"Kaalindi Theerathe"	K. P. Brahmanandan	Mankombu Gopalakrishnan
3	"Pullippuli Pole"	P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam	Mankombu Gopalakrishnan
4	"Vennilaa Puzhayile"	P. Susheela, Ambili	Mankombu Gopalakrishnan