Vilkkanundu Swapnangal

Vilkkanundu Swapnangal
Pre-release poster
Directed byAzad
Written byM. T. Vasudevan Nair
Produced byV. B. K. Menon
Starring
CinematographyRamachandra Babu
Edited byG. Venkitaraman
Music byM. B. Sreenivasan
Distributed byDinny Films
Release date
  • 16 May 1980 (1980-05-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Vilkkanundu Swapnangal (transl. Dreams for Sale) is a 1980 Indian Malayalam-language drama film, directed by Azad, written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and produced by V. B. K. Menon. The film stars Sukumaran, Srividya, Sudheer, Bahadoor and Sreenivasan. The film also features Mammootty, in his first credited role.[1]

The film explores the Middle East boom that happened in Kerala in the eighties, when people started to go there in search of jobs with a higher pay. The film explores this through Rajagopal (Sukumaran) who goes to the middle east as an illegal immigrant to support his family.[2]

  1. ^ "Stardom isn't acquired, it is imposed on you: Mammootty". Sify. Archived from the original on 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ Azad, M. (16 May 1980), Vilkkanundu Swapnangal (Drama), Marunadan Movies, retrieved 10 May 2022