| 5 Sundarikal | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Shyju Khalid Sameer Thahir Aashiq Abu Amal Neerad Anwar Rasheed |
| Screenplay by | Shyam Pushkaran Muneer Ali Siddharth Bharathan Sijoy Varghese Abhilash S. Kumar Unni R. Hashir Mohamed |
| Story by | M. Mukundan Sijoy Varghese Amal Neerad Feng Jicai Hashir Mohamed |
| Produced by | Amal Neerad |
| Starring | Anikha Surendran Chethan Jayalal Isha Sharvani Kavya Madhavan Reenu Mathews Asmita Sood Nivin Pauly Biju Menon Jayasurya Jinu Ben Dulquer Salmaan Fahadh Faasil |
| Cinematography | Alby Shyju Khalid Rajeev Ravi Renadive Amal Neerad |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan Praveen Prabhakar |
| Music by | Gopi Sundar Bijibal Prashant Pillai Yakzan Gary Pereira |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | August Cinema |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
5 Sundarikal (English: 5 Beautiful Women) is a Malayalam romantic anthology film. It contains five short stories on love[1] about five types of women.[2] The stories are directed by Shyju Khalid, Sameer Thahir, Aashiq Abu, Amal Neerad, and Anwar Rasheed,[3] and feature an ensemble cast.[4] The film was produced by Amal Neerad Productions.[5] The music directors were Gopi Sundar, Bijibal, Prashant Pillai and Yakzan Gary Pereira.[6][7] The film reached theatres on 21 June.[8] A promo song by popular Kochi-based rock band Black Letters was also released.[9]
The featurette Sethulakshmi is an adaptation of M. Mukundan's short story "Photo" while Kullande Bharya is based on a Chinese story, "The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband", by Feng Jicai. It is narrated by Dulquer Salmaan.
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- ^ "Anchu sundarikal - black letters ost". YouTube. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.