| Zachariayude Garbhinikal [1] | |
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| Directed by | Aneesh Anwar |
| Written by | Aneesh Anwar Nizam Rawther |
| Produced by | Sandra Thomas Thomas Joseph Pattathanam Vijay Babu |
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| Cinematography | Vishnu Narayanan |
| Edited by | Renjith touchriver |
| Music by | Songs: Vishnu-Sharreth Background Score: Prashant Pillai |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Zachariayude Garbhinikal (transl. Pregnant Ladies of Zacharia) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam–language comedy-drama film written and directed by Aneesh Anwar. The film narrates the incidents in the life of a gynaecologist, Dr.Zacharia, and five women who come into his life. Lal appears as the gynaecologist while Rima Kallingal,[2][3] Sanusha, Geetha, Asha Sarath,[4] and Sandra Thomas play the roles of five pregnant women. Vijay Babu, Sandra Thomas, and Sandra's father, Thomas Joseph Pattathanam, produced this film under the banner of Friday Film House .[5][6] The film started production in May 2013 in Kochi, Kerala.
The music track of a song in the film, "Veyil Chilla", became popular. The song has a similarity to Vangelis' theme "Conquest of Paradise". The film had a relatively new composer duo, Vishnu and Sharath, son and nephew of musician Mohan Sithara. The background score of the film was composed by Prashant Pillai.
The film won four awards at Kerala State Film Awards of 2013.Lal bagged Best Actor for the portrayal of Dr. Zacharia, Aneesh Anwar won Best Story and Special Jury Award for Best Director, and Sanusha won Special Jury Mention for her performance as Zaira.[7]
- ^ "Zachariayude Garbhinikal". Friday Film House. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ Sanjith Sidhardhan (25 May 2013). "Rima practices Kasargode dialect for Zachariayude Garbhinikal". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ Cris (30 April 2013). "Exclusive: Rima Kallingal is on a roll". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ Asha Prakash (13 May 2013). "Asha in a makeover mode". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ Nita Sathyendran (19 April 2013). "Hot shot!". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ Parvathy Nambidi (23 April 2013). "Zachariyayude Garbhinikal (Malayalam)". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ "Kerala film awards announced". The Times of India. 19 April 2014.