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Kizhakkunarum Pakshi (transl. Bird that rises in the East) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language musical tragedy drama film written and directed by Venu Nagavalli and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It stars Mohanlal, Shankar, Murali, Rekha, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ashokan and Innocent. The music and background score of the film was composed by Raveendran
Cast
Mohanlal as Ananthan / Ananthu
Shankar as Gopi Krishnan
Rekha as Meera
Murali as Jacob, Anandhu's Friend
Nedumudi Venu as Music Director Varma
Jagathy Sreekumar as Vaidy, Anandhu's Friend
Jagadish as Kunjambu, Anandhu's Friend
Ashokan as Govindankutty, Anandhu's Friend
Santhosh as Satheeshan, Anandhu's Friend
Jyothi as Nimmy
Innocent as Panicker
Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Devu, Ananthu's Mother
Karamana Janardanan Nair as Krishnan Nampoothiri, Ananthu's Father
Mala Aravindan as Nanappan
Nandhu as Harindran, Anandhu's Friend
Sankaradi as Lokanathan, Ananthu's uncle
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as former Music director Moorthy
T. P. Madhavan as Pillai
Ajayan Adoor
Sukumari as Doctor Aunty, Nimmy's mother
Unnimary as Girija, Meera's Mother
Production
Shankar played an antagonistic character for the first time in his career.
Songs
"Souparikamritha Veechikal Padum" - K. J. Yesudas (Raga: Udayaravichandrika of)written by K Jayakumar IAS
"Souparikamritha Veechikal Padum" - Minmini (Raga: Udayaravichandrika)
"Hey Krishna" - K. S. Chitra, Chorus (Raga: Charukesi)
"Kizhakunarumpakshi" - K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha, Chorus
"Aruna Kiranam" - K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra (Raga: Lavangi)
Awards
Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Sujatha
References
External links
Kizhakkunarum Pakshi at IMDb