Poochakkoru Mookkuthi
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Promotional Poster designed by Sananda Raj
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Produced by | Sanal Kumar Suresh Kumar |
| Screenplay by | Priyadarshan |
| Based on |
The Strange Gentleman by Charles Dickens |
| Starring |
Mohanlal Shankar M. G. Soman Nedumudi Venu Menaka C.I. Paul Sukumari Jagathy Baiju Kuthiravattam Pappu |
| Music by | M. G. Radhakrishnan |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
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Production
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Sooryodaya Creations
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| Distributed by | Dinny Films |
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Release date
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Running time
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150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (translation: A Nose-Ring for the Cat) is a 1984 screwball comedy Malayalam film written and directed by Priyadarshan, based on Charles Dickens's play The Strange Gentleman . and plot elements from Gopala Rao Gari Ammayi (1980-Telugu) and Kodeeswaran Magal (1981-Tamil). The film features an ensemble cast featuring Mohanlal, Shankar, Menaka, M G Soman, Nedumudi Venu, C.I. Paul, Sukumari, Baiju, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kuthiravattam Pappu, and Sreenivasan.
The film, released in 1984 by Dinny Films, was the debut of Indian director Priyadarshan. Poochakkoru Mookkuthi brought together Mohanlal and Priyadarshan for the first time. Singer M. G. Sreekumar made his debut singing the title song of this movie.
Revathi (Menaka) comes to the city from a small town in search of a job and to have a good life and as it is with everyone her problem starts with finding a house. Shyam (Shankar) wants to become a singer. His parents are against his wish to become a singer. So he runs away from home and needs a shelter. Revathi accidentally meets Shyam, who too is in search of a house through the common milk-boy, Chikku (Baiju). Chikku offers them both a house to rent if they are ready to pose as husband and wife in front of the landlord.
Supran (Poojapura Ravi), a miserly moneylender who doesn't trust his much younger wife Kousalya (Thodupuzha Vasanthi) is their landlord. Revathi in search of a job, meets Ravunni Menon (Nedumudi Venu), a rich man who owns a bungalow in the heart of the city. Ravunni Menon stays with his wife whose name too is Revathi (Sukumari).
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