
Newspaper Boy
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Adoor Pankajam
Adoor Pankajam
Lakshmi Amma
Adoor Pankajam
Lakshmi Amma


Miss Kumari
Miss Kumari
Miss Kumari
Nagavally R S Kurup
Nagavally R S Kurup
Sankaran Nair
Nagavally R S Kurup
Sankaran Nair
Moni
Moni
Appu
Moni
Appu
Narendran
Narendran
Balan
Narendran
Balan
Venkiteswaran
Venkiteswaran
Pappan
Venkiteswaran
Pappan
Mohan
Mohan
Gopi
Mohan
Gopi
Kumari Madhuri
Kumari Madhuri
Leela
Kumari Madhuri
Leela
Veeran
Veeran
Kesavan Nair
Veeran
Kesavan Nair


T R Omana
T R Omana
T R Omana
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