| Manimuzhakkam | |
| Director: | P. A. Backer |
| Producer: | Cartoonist Thomas |
| Starring: | Harikeshan Thampi Sreenivasan Cyril P Jacob |
| Music: | Devarajan |
| Cinematography: | Vipindas |
| Editing: | Ravi Kiran |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Malayalam |
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.[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).