Pokkuveyil
1982 Indian film
- 22 January 1982 (1982-01-22)
Pokkuveyil (transl. Twilight) is a 1982 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by G. Aravindan and produced by General Pictures' Raveendranathan Nair. The film stars Balachandran Chullikkad, Kalpana, and S. Satish Kumar. Aravindan recorded its audio first as a composition for the flute by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the sarod by Rajeev Taranath. The visuals were 'composed' according to musical notations without any script.
Pokkuveyil won Aravindan the State Film Award for best director.
The film stars Balachandran Chullikad, Kalpana, S. Satish Kumar, Kalabhavan Ansar, and Chavara V. P. Nair. The score was composed by [Rajeev Taranath and Hariprasad Chaurasia]].[1][2][3] The indefinability of the human mind is the theme of the film.
Plot
The protagonist is a young artist who lives with his father, a radical friend, a sportsman, and a music-loving young woman. His world collapses when his father dies, the radical friend leaves him, the sportsman friend gets injured in an accident and has to give up sports and her family takes the woman away to another city. The final shot shows him curled up in a fetal position in his cell in a mental asylum.
The movie won the Rajat Kamal for the second-best movie in the country for the year 1982. It was screened in several international film festivals, including Cannes.
Pokkuveyil won Aravindan the State Film Award for best director. The background music was done by Hari Prasad Chaurasia with the flute. Shaji N. Karun's outstanding work behind the camera was one of the main highlights of this movie.
Cast
- Balachandran Chullikkad
- Kalpana
- Kalabhavan Ansar
- Chavara V. P. Nair
- Vijayalakshmi
- Satish Kumar
Accolades
- National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film[4]
- Kerala State Film Award for Best Direction[5] - G. Aravindan
- Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist[5] - P. Devadas
Soundtrack
The music and lyrics were created by Balachandran Chullikkad.
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Amme Pinvili Vilikkaathe" | Balachandran Chullikkad | Balachandran Chullikkad | |
| 2 | "Oru Ormmathan" | Balachandran Chullikkad | Balachandran Chullikkad |
References
- ^ "Pokkuveyil". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Pokkuveyil". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "Pokkuveyil". spicyonion.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ^ "29th National Film Awards" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Kerala State Film Awards 1969 - 2012" (PDF).
External links
- Pokkuveyil at IMDb
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