Kizhakkunarum Pakshi
| Kizhakkunarum Pakshi | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Venu Nagavalli |
| Written by | Venu Nagavalli |
| Produced by | P. K. R. Pillai |
| Starring | Mohanlal Shankar Murali Rekha |
| Cinematography | K. P. Nambiathiri |
| Music by | Raveendran Master |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Shirdhi Sai Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kizhakkunarum Pakshi (transl. Bird that rises in the East) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language musical tragedy drama film written and directed by Venu Nagavalli and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It stars Mohanlal, Shankar, Murali, Rekha, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ashokan and Innocent. The music and background score of the film was composed by Raveendran[1][2][3][4]
Cast[edit]
- Mohanlal as Ananthan / Ananthu
- Shankar as Gopi Krishnan
- Rekha as Meera
- Murali as Jacob, Anandhu's Friend
- Nedumudi Venu as Music Director Varma
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Vaidy, Anandhu's Friend
- Jagadish as Kunjambu, Anandhu's Friend
- Ashokan as Govindankutty, Anandhu's Friend
- Santhosh as Satheeshan, Anandhu's Friend
- Jyothi as Nimmy
- Innocent as Panicker
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Devu, Ananthu's Mother
- Karamana Janardanan Nair as Krishnan Nampoothiri, Ananthu's Father
- Mala Aravindan as Nanappan
- Nandhu as Harindran, Anandhu's Friend
- Sankaradi as Lokanathan, Ananthu's uncle
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as former Music director Moorthy
- T. P. Madhavan as Pillai
- Ajayan Adoor
- Sukumari as Doctor Aunty, Nimmy's mother
- Unnimary as Girija, Meera's Mother
Production[edit]
Shankar played an antagonistic character for the first time in his career.
Songs[edit]
- "Souparikamritha Veechikal Padum" - K. J. Yesudas (Raga: Udayaravichandrika of)written by K Jayakumar IAS
- "Souparikamritha Veechikal Padum" - Minmini (Raga: Udayaravichandrika)[5]
- "Hey Krishna" - K. S. Chitra, Chorus (Raga: Charukesi)
- "Kizhakunarumpakshi" - K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha, Chorus
- "Aruna Kiranam" - K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra (Raga: Lavangi)
Awards[edit]
- Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Sujatha[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kizhakkunarum Pakshi (1991) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Kizhakkunarum Pakshi Cast & Crew, Kizhakkunarum Pakshi Malayalam Movie Cast, Actors, Actress".
- ^ "Kizhakkunarum Pakshi [1991] | കിഴക്കുണരും പക്ഷി [1991]".
- ^ "I never knocked on doors for chances: Minmini - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Souparnikamrutha Veechikal Paadum Malayalam Lyrics". 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Film Critics Award 1991" – via YouTube.
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