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Aadyathe Kanmani

Directed by	Rajasenan
Written by	Rafi Mecartin Rajasenan
Produced by	Sarada
Starring	Jayaram Sudharani Biju Menon Chippy K. P. A. C. Lalitha Janardhanan Jagathy Sreekumar Maniyanpilla Raju
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	G. Murali
Music by	S. P. Venkatesh
Release date	7 July 1995 (1995-07-07)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Aadyathe Kanmani (transl. Firstborn Daughter) is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Rajasenan.

Plot

Balachandran Unnithan is a singer who falls in love with Ambika, a singer from his own troupe and they both get married. Balachandran's family longs for a male child to inherit the family's wealth, but his elder brothers have only female children. When Ambika becomes pregnant, Balachandran realizes that his wife is carrying a daughter, and not a son.

Later, he meets his old classmate and best friend, Padmarajan, whose wife Hema is also pregnant, bearing a male child. However, their babies are swapped by mistake by Balu's mother soon after the delivery. Both Padmarajan and Balu must keep this as a secret to see their children. When Balu's relatives discover this, the babies get kidnapped by the antagonists.

Cast

Jayaram as Balachandran Unnithan
Sudha Rani as Ambika (as Sudha)
Biju Menon as Padmarajan
Chippy as Hema
K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Malavika (Balachandran's mother)
Janardhanan as Unnithan (Balachandran's father)
Jagathy Sreekumar as Sreedharan Unnithan (Balachandran's eldest brother)
Maniyanpilla Raju as Dineshan Unnithan (Balachandran's older brother)
Kanakalatha as Kousalya (Sreedharan's wife)
Priyanka as Usha (Dineshan's wife)
V. K. Sreeraman as Divakaran (Usha's father)
Indrans as Narayanankutty
Sathaar as Nambiathiri
Babu Namboothiri as Raghavan Nair (Ambika's father)
K.T.S. Padannayil as Malavika's father and Balachandran's grandfather
Prem Kumar as Urumees
Reshmi Soman as Ambika's sister
Kottayam Santha as Koushalya's mother
Sindhu Jacob as Hema's servant

Remakes

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Director
1996	Enakkoru Magan Pirappan	Tamil	Ramki, Khushbu, Vadivukkarasi	Keyaar
1997	Nayanamma	Telugu	Suresh, Sivaranjani, Sharada	Siva Nageswara Rao
1997	Muddina Kanmani	Kannada	Shivarajkumar, Maathu, Umashree	Ravi Kotarkar
2000	Beti No. 1	Hindi	Govinda, Rambha, Aruna Irani	T. Rama Rao

Box office

The film was commercial success.^[1]

References

External links

Films of Rajasenan

Director & Writer

Wound (2014) (Producer)
Madhuchandralekha (2006)
Immini Nalloraal (2005)
Swapna Lokathe Balabhaskaran (1996)
Aadyathe Kanmani (1995)
Marupacha (1982)

Director

Aagraham (1984)
Paavam Krooran (1984)
Soundaryappinakkam (1985)
Santham Bheekaram (1985)
Onnu Randu Moonu (1986)
Kanikanum Neram (1987)
Kadinjool Kalyanam (1991)
Ayalathe Addeham (1992)
Meleparambil Aanveedu (1993)
CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed. (1994)
Vardhakya Puranam (1994)
Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995)
Sathyabhamakkoru Premalekhanam (1996)
Dilliwala Rajakumaran (1996)
The Car (1997)
Katha Nayakan (1997)
Sreekrishnapurathe Nakshathrathilakkam (1998)
Kottaram Veettile Apputtan (1998)
Njangal Santhushtaranu (1999)
Nadan Pennum Natupramaniyum (2000)
Darling Darling (2000)
Megasandesam (2001)
Malayali Mamanu Vanakkam (2002)
Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran Avanundoru Rajakumari (2002)
Swapnam Kondu Thulabharam (2003)
Kanaka Simhasanam (2006)
Romeo (2007)
Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu (2009)
Oru Small Family (2010)
Innanu Aa Kalyanam (2011)
72 Model (2013)
Radio Jockey (2013)
Wound (2014)
Njanum Pinnoru Njanum (2023)

Films by Rafi Mecartin

Films by Rafi Mecartin
Director	Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan (1996) Superman (1997) Punjabi House (1998) Sathyam Sivam Sundaram (2000) Thenkasipattanam (2000) Thenkasi Pattanam (2002) Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004) Pandippada (2005) Hallo (2007) Love In Singapore (2009) China Town (2011) Ring Master (2014) Role Models (2017)
Writer	Ellarum Chollanu (1992) Mr & Mrs (1992) Aniyan Bava Chetan Bava (1995) Aadyathe Kanmani (1995) Dilliwala Rajakumaran (1996) The Car (1997) Kusruthi Kuruppu (1998) One Man Show (2001) Thilakkam (2003) Romeo (2007) Mayavi (2007) Two Countries (2015) (Rafi alone)