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| Akashadoothu | |
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| Directed by | Sibi Malayil |
| Written by | Dennis Joseph |
| Produced by | Thomas Korah Prem Prakash Sajan Varghese |
| Starring | Madhavi Murali |
| Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
| Music by | Ouseppachan O. N. V. Kurup (lyrics) |
Production company | Anupama Cinema |
| Distributed by | Century Release |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Akashadoothu is a 1993 Indian Malayalam family drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Dennis Joseph, with Madhavi and Murali in the lead roles. The film tells the tale of a woman suffering from leukemia. The plot of the film was inspired from the 1983 American film Who Will Love My Children?.[1]
The film was critically acclaimed and became a blockbuster and was the highest grossing Malayalam film at the time of release. The film ran for over 365 days in theatres. One of the most influential melodramas of the 1990s in Malayalam, the film won the National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. Madhavi won Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress and Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The film was remade in Telugu as Matrudevobhava, in Kannada as Karulina Koogu and in Hindi as Tulsi.
The film achieved cult status in the years following its release and regarded as one of the best emotional drama films in Malayalam cinema.[2] A serial on Surya TV with the same name Akashadoothu was made as a sequel to the film.
- ^ "Row over Kerala State Films Award". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "And Did They Live Happily Everafter?". The New Indian Express. 16 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.