Kizhakkunarum Pakshi

Kizhakkunarum Pakshi is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language musical tragedy drama film written and directed by Venu Nagavalli and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It stars Mohanlal, Shankar, Murali, Rekha, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ashokan and Innocent. The music and background score of the film was composed by Raveendran The film was released on 17 October 1991, and ended up as a box-office failure.

Cast

Mohanlal as Ananthan / Ananthu
Shankar as Gopi Krishnan
Rekha as Meera
Murali as Jacob, Anandhu's Friend
Nedumudi Venu as Music Director Varma
Jagathy Sreekumar as Vaidy, Anandhu's Friend
Jagadish as Kunjambu, Anandhu's Friend
Ashokan as Govindankutty, Anandhu's Friend
Santhosh as Satheeshan, Anandhu's Friend
Jyothi as Nimmy
Innocent as Panicker
Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Devu, Ananthu's Mother
Karamana Janardanan Nair as Krishnan Nampoothiri, Ananthu's Father
Mala Aravindan as Nanappan
Nandu as Harindran, Anandhu's Friend
Sankaradi as Lokanathan, Ananthu's uncle
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as former music director Moorthy
T. P. Madhavan as Pillai
Ajayan Adoor
Sukumari as Doctor Aunty, Nimmy's mother
Unnimary as Girija, Meera's Mother

Production

Shankar played an antagonistic character for the first time in his career.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by Raveendran, with lyrics penned by Konniyoor Bhas and K. Jayakumar. Sujatha Mohan received the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her renditions in this film and the movie Kankettu.

#	Song	Singers	Raga
1	"Arunakirana"	K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra, Chorus	Lavangi
2	"Arunakirana "	K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra	Lavangi
3	"Hey Krishna"	K. S. Chithra, Chorus	Charukesi
4	"Kizhakkunarum Pakshi"	K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan	—
5	"Manchiraathukal"	K. J. Yesudas	—
6	"Souparnikaamritha"	K. J. Yesudas	Sudha Dhanyasi
7	"Souparnikaamritha"	Minmini	Sudha Dhanyasi

Awards

Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Sujatha