Thaliritta Kinakkal

Thaliritta Kinakkal
Directed byP. Gopikumar
Screenplay byJamal Kochangadi
Story byP. Chandrakumar
StarringPrathap Pothen
Sukumaran
Tanuja
Kuthiravattam Pappu
Madhumalini
Edited byG. Murali
Music byJithin Shyam
Production
company
Chithra Geethi
Distributed byChithra Geethi
Release date
  • 27 June 1980 (1980-06-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Thaliritta Kinakkal is a 1980 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. Gopikumar. The film stars Prathap Pothen, Sukumaran, Kuthiravattam Pappu and Madhumalini in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Jithin Shyam.[1][2][3]

The film is famous for being the only Malayalam film to have featured the legendary Mohammed Rafi in its soundtrack. Being huge fans of his, the makers were keen on getting Indian cinema's favourite voice to record for them. However, Rafi commented that he needed a few weeks to learn the pronunciation of the language and without understanding the language he would not be able to impart the right emotions.[4] Rafi had died before the recording could materialise. Hence, a Hindi song was decided to be included in the film, to which he agreed, and thus "Shabab Leke" came about.

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  2. ^ "Thaliritta Kinaakkal". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Thaliritta Kinaakkal". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Rafi's only 'Malayalam' song". The Hindu. 1 August 2002. Archived from the original on 31 August 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2018.