Mortuary (1983 Malayalam film)

Mortuary
Poster
Directed byBaby
Screenplay byV. K. Pavithran
Produced byK. Pushparajan
StarringPrem Nazir
Madhu
Shankar Panikkar
Balan K. Nair
CinematographyK. B. Dayalan
Music byK. J. Joy
Release date
  • 12 August 1983 (1983-08-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Mortuary is a 1983 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Baby and produced by K. Pushparajan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Madhu, Shankar Panikkar and Balan K. Nair in the lead roles. The film has musical score by K. J. Joy. The film was remade in Tamil as Amma Pillai (1990).

Mortuary is based upon a real incident which happened in the Kottayam Medical College in the year 1977. There was a bet between two medical students to nab a cigarette from a dead body kept in a mortuary at 12 o'clock midnight. When one of the students came to take the cigarette, the dead body swallowed the cigarette and the student was killed due to the shock. The real culprit was the other student who was present in the mortuary lying in between the dead bodies. Police arrested the other student responsible for the death.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Mortuary". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Mortuary". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.