Athirathram is a 1984 Malayalam crime film directed by I.V. Sasi. The film's central character Tharadas

Tharadas

Thradas is Anti-hero and character of I.V. Sasi's Athirathram and Balram vs. Tharadas. He is played by Mammootty. His parents were killed by police and he was raised by his uncle Shankardas who treated him as own son. This caused his cousin Chandu to become jealous. He was also the rival of...

 (portrayed by Mammootty

Mammootty

Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...

) re-appears in Sasi's 2006 film Balram vs. Taradas

Balram vs. Taradas

Balram vs. Tharadas is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by I.V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran and S. N. Swamy, and starring Mammootty and Katrina Kaif. Mammootty plays double role in the film, both as the protagonist, Inspector Balram, as well as the antagonist, underworld don Tharadas...

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Plot

Tharadas

Tharadas

Thradas is Anti-hero and character of I.V. Sasi's Athirathram and Balram vs. Tharadas. He is played by Mammootty. His parents were killed by police and he was raised by his uncle Shankardas who treated him as own son. This caused his cousin Chandu to become jealous. He was also the rival of...

 is a ruthless smuggler whose uncle was murdered by Rajesh. Rajesh is married to Thulasi who has dark past with Tharadas. Tharadas's cousin kills Rajesh and accuses Tharadas of the murder. Rajesh's partner Prasad and Thulasi get revenge on Tharadas, and Tharadas kills Chandu in turn.

Cast

• Mammootty
  Mammootty
  Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
  
   as Tharadas
  Tharadas
  Thradas is Anti-hero and character of I.V. Sasi's Athirathram and Balram vs. Tharadas. He is played by Mammootty. His parents were killed by police and he was raised by his uncle Shankardas who treated him as own son. This caused his cousin Chandu to become jealous. He was also the rival of...
  
  
• Mohanlal
  Mohanlal
  Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...
  
   as Prasad
• Seema
  Seema (actress)
  Seema is an Indian actress. She has performed in approximately 250 films in Malayalam, nine in Tamil, seven in Telugu, three in Kannada and one in Hindi. Seema is still active in the movie industry.She began her career in Tamil film at fourteen as a dancer...
  
   as Thulasi
• Shankar
  Shankar (actor)
  Shankar Panikkar, popularly known as Shankar is an Indian film actor and director. He was one of the prominent lead actors of Malayalam cinema during the 1980s.- As an Actor :...
  
   as Abu
• Lalu Alex
  Lalu Alex
  - Early life :Lalu Alex was born in a Jacobite Christian family in Piravom near Muvattupuzha, Kerala.-Career:He started his career as a supporting actor in early 1980s. He has started his career in supporting as well as in villanoeus roles in I. V...
  
   as Charley
• Ravindran as Chandru
• Captain Raju
  Captain Raju
  Captain Raju is a Malayalam film actor. He was born at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.After finishing his graduation in Zoology, Raju joined the Indian Army as a first class officer at the age of 21. He started acting in films after leaving the army service. He has acted in more than...
  
   as Rajesh
• K. P. Ummer
  K. P. Ummer
  K. P. Ummer was a Malayalam cinema actor from Thekkepuram quarter of Kozhikode, Kerala, India. He was active in cinema from early sixties until late nineties. He was the most successful villains of his time. He played opposite Prem Nazir, who was the hero in many films, which the audience liked to...
  
   as Shankardas
• Jalaja
  Jalaja
  Jalaja is an actress in Malayalam film who was active during the 1970s and 1980s. She had won Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 1981 for the movie Venal directed by Lenin Rajendran....
  
   as Seetha
• Maniyanpilla Raju as Anthony
• Achankunju as Hydru
• Sukumari
  Sukumari
  Sukumari is an Indian film actress who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is presumed to be about two-thousand. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of...
  
   as Kathamma
• Adoor Bhasi
  Adoor Bhasi
  Adoor Bhasi was an Indian film actor and film director from Kerala. Adoor Bhasi was almost always cast as the man who stands next to the hero. His hilarious actions and roles became the cynosure of comic scenes in the Malayalam films of the 1950s, 60s, 70s and 80s. He is also famous for his...
  
   as Lona
• Kunchan as Radhakrishnan
• Meena as Annamma