P. A. Backer (screenplay) Sarah Thomas (story & dialogues)
Produced by
Cartoonist Thomas
Starring
Harikeshan Thampi Sreenivasan
Cyril P Jacob
Cinematography
Vipindas
Edited by
Ravi Kiran
Music by
Devarajan
Release date
30 April 1976 (1976-04-30)
Country
India
Language
Malayalam
Manimuzhakkam (lit.'The Tolling of Bells') 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.[1][2] The film was scripted by Backer based on the novel Murippaadukal by Sarah Thomas.[3] It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and the Kerala State Film Award for Best Film. The film was shot in black-and-white even though colour films were common during those times (colour cinema became popular in Malayalam cinema only during 1978-1980 and good-quality colour films started being shot frequently only during 1983–1985).
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Manimuzhakkam (lit. 'The Tolling of Bells') is a 1976 Malayalam-language film directed by P. A. Backer and starring Harikeshan Thampi, Veeran, Johnson...
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