Manjadikuru

Manjadikuru
Film official poster
Directed byAnjali Menon
Written byAnjali Menon
Produced byVinod Menon
Anjali Menon
Starring
Narrated byPrithviraj Sukumaran
CinematographyPietro Zuercher
Edited byB. Lenin
Music byRamesh Narayan
Francois Gamaury (BGM)
Production
company
Little Films
Distributed byAugust Cinema
Release dates
  • December 2008 (2008-12) (Kerala)[1]
  • 18 May 2012 (2012-05-18)
Running time
137 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Manjadikuru (English: Lucky Red Seeds) is a 2008 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Anjali Menon. A shorter video version of the film was premiered at the 2008 International Film Festival of Kerala, and won the FIPRESCI Award for best Malayalam film and Hassankutty award for Best Debutant Indian director.[2] In 2009, it received awards at the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) at New York, winning five Grand Jury Awards - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer and Best Emerging Talent.[3][4][5][6]

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  2. ^ "Parque Via wins best film award". The Hindu. 20 December 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Malayalam film wins big at New York festival". Sify. 11 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Seeds of a success story: Award-winning director Anjali Menon talks about her feature film, 'Manjadikurru,' and her love for cinema". The Hindu. 26 December 2008. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012.
  5. ^ Manjadikuru, Lucky Red Seeds cinemaofmalayalam.net.
  6. ^ "Mistress of composure". Express Buss, Indian Express. 28 May 2009.