Newspaper Boy

Newspaper Boy

1955•2h 10m

Drama

Newspaper Boy is a Malayalam–language Indian film released in 1955. It is the first neo realistic movie in the language. The film, a drama of stark realism, narrates the life of the common man on the street. The film is noteworthy in that the entire production programme from script-writing to direction was controlled and executed by students.

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Production

Adarsh Kalamandir

Language

ML

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Adoor Pankajam

Adoor Pankajam

Lakshmi Amma

Miss Kumari

Miss Kumari

Nagavally R S Kurup

Sankaran Nair

Moni

Appu

Narendran

Balan

Venkiteswaran

Pappan

Mohan

Gopi

Kumari Madhuri

Leela

Veeran

Kesavan Nair

T R Omana

T R Omana

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