Pokkuveyil

For the TV series of the same name, see Pokkuveyil (TV series).

Pokkuveyil
Directed by	G Aravindan
Produced by	K. Ravindran Nair
Written by	Dr SP Ramesh G Aravindan Dr SP Ramesh G Aravindan
Screenplay by	Dr SP Ramesh G Aravindan
Starring	Balachandran Chullikkad Satish Kumar ( currently EVP Asianet ) Kalpana Kalabhavan Ansar Chavara VP Nair
Music by	Balachandran Chullikkad
Cinematography	Shaji N. Karun
Edited by	A Ramesan
Production company	General Pictures
Distributed by	General Pictures
Release dates	22 January 1982 (1982-01-22)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Pokkuveyil (English: Twilight) is a 1982 Indian Malayalam film, directed by G Aravindan and produced by General Pictures ,Raveendranathan Nair. The film stars Balachandran Chullikkad, Kalpana,S Satish Kumar ( In Pokkuveyil 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.

Balachandran Chullikad ( Poet) , Kalpana ( Malayalam film actress ) , S Satish Kumar ( a national level basketball player) Kalabhavan Ansar and Chavara VP Nair were in lead roles. The film had musical score by Balachandran Chullikkad.^[1]^[2]^[3] The indefinability of the human mind is the theme of the film.

Plot

The protagonist of the film is a young artist (Balachandran Chullikkad) 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 foetal 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 of this movie was done by the great Sri Hari Prasad Chaurasia with the flute.

Shaji Karun's outstanding work behind the Camera was one of the main highlights of this movie.

Cast

Balachandran Chullikkad
Kalpana
Kalabhavan Ansar
Chavara VP Nair
Vijayalakshmi
Satish Kumar

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Balachandran Chullikkad and lyrics was written 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 2014-10-16.
↑ "Pokkuveyil". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 2014-10-16.
↑ "Pokkuveyil". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 2014-10-16.

External links

Pokkuveyil at the Internet Movie Database

National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film

Andhare Alo (1957)
Jalsaghar (1958)
Heera Moti (1959)
Kshudhita Pashan (1960)
Pava Mannippu (1961)
Abhijan (1962)
Nartanasala (1963)
Haqeeqat (1964)
Atithi (1965)
No Award (1966)
Upkar (1967)
Thulabharam (1968)
Dibratrir Kabya (1969)
Pratidwandi (1970)
Anubhav (1971)
Calcutta 71 (1972)
Kaadu (1973)
Ankur (1974)
Mausam (1975)
No Award (1976)
No Award (1977)
No Award (1978)
No Award (1979)
Oppol (1980)
Pokkuveyil (1981)
Kharij (1982)
Maya Miriga (1983)
No Award (1984)
No Award (1985)
No Award (1986)
No Award (1987)
No Award (1988)
Parshuramer Kuthar (1989)
Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990)
Firingoti (1991)
Padma Nadir Majhi (1992)

Feature films directed by G. Aravindan

Uttarayanam (1974) Kanchana Sita (1977) Thampu (1978) Kummatty (1979) Esthappan (1980) Pokkuveyil (1981) Chidambaram (1985) Oridathu (1986) Marattam (1988) Unni (1988) Vasthuhara (1991)

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