Mazhakaaru Explained

Mazhakaaru
Director:	P. N. Menon
Screenplay:	Thoppil Bhasi
Producer:	S. K. Nair
Starring:	Madhu Kanakadurga Roja Ramani (Sobhana) KPAC Lalitha
Cinematography:	Ashok Kumar
Editing:	Ravi
Music:	G. Devarajan
Studio:	New India Films
Country:	India
Language:	Malayalam

Mazhakaaru is a 1973 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by P. N. Menon and produced by S. K. Nair. The film stars Madhu, Kanakadurga, Roja Ramani (Sobhana) and KPAC Lalitha. It is based on the novel of the same name by G. Vivekanandan.^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Madhu as Prabhakaran
• Kanakadurga as Malathi
• Roja Ramani (Sobhana) as Shantha
• KPAC Lalitha as Meenakshi
• Sankaradi as Swami
• Raghavan
• Adoor Bhavani as Malathi's Mother
• Baby Sheela
• Balan K. Nair
• Janardanan as Soman
• Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
• Kuthiravattam Pappu as Maniyan
• M. G. Soman
• Madhubala
• P. K. Venukkuttan Nair
• P. O. Thomas
• P. R. Menon
• Radhadevi
• Xavier
• Valsala
• Meera
• Anitha

Soundtrack

The music was composed by G. Devarajan and the lyrics were written by Vayalar Ramavarma.

Song	Singers
"Anasooye Priyamvade"
"Maninaagathirunaaga"	P. Jayachandran, P. Madhuri
"Pralayapayodhiyil"
"Vaikkathappanum Sivaraathri"	M. G. Radhakrishnan, Chorus

Notes and References

1. Web site: മഴക്കാറ് (1973) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210623200322/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?930 . 23 June 2021 . 19 September 2022 . malayalasangeetham.info . ml.
2. News: Vijayakumar . B. . 7 August 2016 . Mazhakkaru: 1973 . . live . 19 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220919053541/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/Mazhakkaru-1973/article14557315.ece . 19 September 2022.