Manjadikuru
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Film official poster
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| Directed by | Anjali Menon |
| Produced by | Vinod Menon Anjali Menon |
| Screenplay by | Anjali Menon Dialogues: Paliyath Aparna Menon Anjali Menon |
| Starring | Sidharth Vyjayanthi Rejosh Arathi Sasikumar Rahman Urvashi |
| Narrated by | Prithviraj Sukumaran |
| Music by |
Ramesh Narayan Francois Gamaury (BGM) Kavalam Narayana Panikkar (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Pietro Zuercher |
| Edited by | B. Lenin |
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Production
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Little Films
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| Distributed by | August Cinema |
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Running time
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137 Minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
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| Soundtrack album by Ramesh Narayan | |
| Released | 2012 |
| Label | Universal Music India |
| Producer | Little Films |
Manjadikuru (Malayalam: മഞ്ചാടിക്കുരു, English: Lucky Red Seeds) is a Malayalam film (theatrical release: 2012) written and directed by Anjali Menon. A shorter video version of the film was premiered at the 2008 International Film Festival of Kerala, and won the FIPRESCI Award for best Malayalam film and Hassankutty award for Best Debutant Indian director. In 2009, it swept the awards at South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) at New York, winning five Grand Jury Awards - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer and Best Emerging Talent.
Manjadikuru is a story of homecoming from late 1980s, when 10-year-old Vicky arrives at his grandparents home in rural Kerala to attend his grandfather's funeral. The disjointed family gathers together for the sixteen-day-long funeral period. During this period, Vicky discovers more about himself, his family and culture than he had expected to. The journey is narrated through the memories of an adult Vicky who returns to the same house to recount the experience. After some years the boy returns as a young man (Prithviraj), to visit old grounds, and finds the 'Lucky red seeds' scattered away.
The film released in theatres in May 2012, after winning awards in film festivals. For the commercial release, songs and additional scenes are added to the film to make it more appealing to people.
The songs were written by Kavalam Narayana Panikkar and composed by Pandit Ramesh Narayan.
Aswin J Kumar from The Times of India gave the movie 3.5 stars saying that "Manjadikkuru is a beautifully shot film that can be loved for its sheer earnestness and sense of belonging.". Chris Fujiwara from Federación Internacional de la Prensa Cinematográfica said that "It is a lesson in the ways of society but a metaphorical lesson for the audience, the kind of lesson that (as one imagines, or remembers, while watching Lucky Red Seeds) the cinema was invented to teach." Ben Umstead from Twitch Film said that "Manjadikuru is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful films about childhood I've seen. ".
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