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Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal
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Directed by	Fazil
Written by	Fazil
Produced by	Swargachitra Appachan
Starring	Mammootty Suresh Gopi Sujitha Nadiya Moidu
Cinematography	Anandakuttan
Edited by	T. R. Sekhar
Music by	Kannur Rajan
Production company	Swargachitra
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	12 September 1986 (1986-09-12)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Fazil. The film stars Mammootty and Suresh Gopi. It features Sujitha, Nadiya Moidu, Babu Antony, Thilakan, Lalu Alex, Maniyanpilla Raju, Sukumari and Siddique in supporting roles. The film was produced by Swargachitra Appachan under the banner of Swargachitra. It revolves around a drunkard widower who helps a deaf and mute boy find his parents' killers. The film features original songs composed by Kannur Rajan, cinematography was done by Anandakuttan.

The film was released on 12 September 1986 on Onam. Despite being a box office failure, the film received critical acclaim. Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal was remade into six other languages — in Tamil as Poovizhi Vasalile, in Telugu as Pasivadi Pranam, in Kannada as Aapadbandhava, in Hindi as Hatya, in Bangladeshi as Khotipuron and in Sinhalese as Veda Barinam Vedak Nehe - becoming the first Malayalam film to be remade into six different languages and only the second Indian film to do so after Anuraga Aralithu. The film also is the first Malayalam film to be remade into a foreign language.

Plot

A deaf and mute boy witnesses his widowed mother being murdered by two men. Later, he escapes from them. Kiran is an alcoholic who is not able to recover from the tragic death of his family. Kiran finds the boy when he finds the boy sleeping in the trash and adopts him, naming him Kittu, after his son. Soon he meets Neetha and become close friends without knowing that she is Kittu's aunt. Kittu recognizes his mother's murderer in a bar along with their boss. The police discovers the body of his mother and Neetha realizes it is her sister's son. Kiran kills the murderers and finally he also faces death.

Cast

• Mammootty as Kiran
• Suresh Gopi as Suresh
• Sujitha as Benny / Kittu
• Nadiya Moidu as Neetha
• Thilakan as Chandrasekhara Menon, Neetha and Sathi's father
• Lalu Alex as Inspector Simon
• Babu Antony as Renji
• Maniyanpilla Raju as Alex
• Sukumari as Doctor (cameo)
• Jayalalita as Sathi/Annie, Benny's mother
• N. F. Varghese as man disguised as Benny's father
• Mini Arun as lady disguised as Benny's mother
• Mini Jairaj as the singer young woman in the bar
• Siddique as Man at Priest's place
• Ajith Kollam as Gunda
• John Varghese as priest

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Kannur Rajan with lyrics by Bichu Thirumala.

Reception

The film was a commercial failure. According to producer Swargachitra Appachan, the film was not even able to make the money he had invested in it. Appachan felt that even with positive critical response, the film could not do well due to the fact that, there were six films releasing in the same week, out of which only Aavanazhi and Nandi Veendum Varika could achieve success and the film could not get the exposure due to the sheer amount of films released in the Onam week. Another reason for the failure of the film is believed to be because of the climax of the film in which Mammootty finally dies, which was not accepted by the audience. The producer says that in the Tamil version - Poovizhi Vasalile the protagonist doesn't die and hence, was a commercial success.

Awards

Fazil won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Director for Ennennum Kannettante and Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal.

Remakes

The movie was remade in six languages, all the climaxes of the films were different. Baby Sujitha and Babu Antony reprised their roles in four of the films. The Telugu version even becoming the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time.

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External links

• Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal at IMDb

• 1986 films
• 1980s Malayalam-language films
• 1986 crime thriller films
• Malayalam films remade in other languages
• Films directed by Fazil
• Indian crime thriller films
• Films shot in Alappuzha