Manimuzhakkam

Manimuzhakkam
Directed byP. A. Backer
Written byP. A. Backer (screenplay)
Sarah Thomas (story & dialogues)
Produced byCartoonist Thomas
StarringHarikeshan Thampi
Sreenivasan
Cyril P Jacob
CinematographyVipindas
Edited byRavi Kiran
Music byDevarajan
Release date
  • 30 April 1976 (1976-04-30)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Manimuzhakkam (lit. 'The Tolling of Bells') is a 1976 Malayalam-language film directed by P. A. Backer and starring Harikeshan Thampi, Veeran, Johnson, Sankaradi, Saritha, Urmila, Vani, cyril P Jacob, Charulatha, Santhakumari, Sreenivasan and Meena Ganesh. This is the debut film of Sreenivasan.[1][2] The film was scripted by Backer based on the novel Murippaadukal by Sarah Thomas.[3] It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film. The film was shot in black-and-white even though colour films were common during those times (colour cinema became popular in Malayalam cinema only from 1978-1980 and good-quality colour films started being shot frequently only from 1983–1985).

  1. ^ Narwekar, Sanjit (1994). Directory of Indian film-makers and films. Flicks Books. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-313-29284-2.
  2. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-85170-455-5.
  3. ^ J.Ajith Kumar (14 September 2004). "Writing for all of humanity ". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 January 2013.