Padamudra () is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by R. Sukumaran. It stars Mohanlal in the dual roles of Soap Kuttappan and Maathu Pandaaram, along with Seema and Nedumudi Venu. The film features original songs composed by Vidyadharan and a background score by Johnson. The film won Mohanlal the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actor and a Kerala State Film Special Jury Award.
Plot Pandaram, a traveling vendor, has an illicit relationship with Gojamma, a simple village woman. Their son, Kuttappan, is haunted by childhood memories of his father and tries to find out the truth.
Cast Mohanlal in a dual roles as: Soap Kuttappan Maathu Pandaaram Seema Nedumudi Venu Sithara Urvashi Rohini as Aswothi Shyama Mala Aravindan Jagadish Adoor Bhavani Kalasala Babu Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Mstr. Sreekumar
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Reception Neelima Menon of The News Minute wrote, "The film oscillates between the past and the present, with Mohanlal catching the variations of the two character's with impeccable nuance, be it the anger, self-loathing and vulnerability simmering in the son or the lasciviousness and cockiness of the father."
Accolades Mohanlal won Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actor and a Kerala State Film Award (Special Jury Award).
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