Karutha Rathrikal

Karutha Rathrikal
Promotional poster
Directed byP. Subramaniam
Screenplay byNagavally R. S. Kurup
Based onStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced byP. Subramaniam
StarringMadhu
K. V. Shanthi
T. K. Balachandran
Rajasree
CinematographyNair E. N. C.
Edited byN. Gopalakrishnan
Music byM. S. Baburaj
Production
company
Neela Productions
Release date
  • 9 June 1967 (1967-06-09)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Karutha Rathrikal (transl. The Darkest Nights) is a 1967 Indian Malayalam-language science fiction thriller film directed by P. Subramaniam under the name Mahesh.[1] An adaptation of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, it was the first science fiction film in the history of Malayalam cinema.[2]

  1. ^ a b Vijayakumar, B. (12 June 2017). "Karutha Rathrikal: 1967". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ Fritzsche, Sonja, ed. (2014). The Liverpool Companion to World Science Fiction Film. Oxford University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-78138-038-3.