Manimuzhakkam
Manimuzhakkam is a 1976 Malayalam-language film directed by P. A. Backer and starring Harikeshan Thampi, Veeran, Johnson, Sankaradi, Saritha, Urmila, Vani, cyril P Jacob, Charulatha, Santhakumari, Sreenivasan and Meena Ganesh. This is the debut film of Sreenivasan. The film was scripted by Backer based on the novel Murippaadukal by Sarah Thomas. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. The film also won the Kerala state awards for best film, best screenplay, and best black & white cinematography.
The film was shot in black-and-white even though colour films were common during those times.
Cast
- Harikeshan Thampi as Jose Paul
- Veeran
- Cyril P Jacob
- Johnson
- Sankaradi
- Saritha
- Urmila
- Vani
- Charulatha
- Sreenivasan as vayaran Michael
- Santhakumari
- Meena Ganesh
- Immatty
- Beatrice
- Ponjikkara Kalyani Amma