Newspaper Boy
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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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Cast
15 people
Adoor Pankajam
Lakshmi Amma
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Miss Kumari
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Nagavally RS Kurup
Sankaran Nair; works at a printing press; father of Appu (Moni) & Balan (Narendran) & Leela (Kumari Madhuri)
Neyyattinkara Komalam
Kalyani Amma; wife of Sankaran Nair; mother of Appu & Balan & Leela
P Ramdas
P Ramadas
Nagavally R S Kurup
Sankaran Nair
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Sasidharan
Moni
Appu
Master Moni
Appu
Narendran
Balan
No other roles listed
Venkiteswaran
Pappan
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Mohan
Gopi
P Ramadas Director
Budget $2.6K · First release May 13, 1955 · Produced in India
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Budget
$2,600
Production
Adarsh Kalamandir
Production
India
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Original title
ന്യൂസ്പേപ്പർബോയ്
Original language
Malayalam
Spoken on screen
Malayalam
Release dates
India · May 13, 1955
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No release date listed for United States.
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