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Oru Cheru Punchiri 
Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair Produced by Jisha John Written by Sriramana (Story)
M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Screenplay)Starring Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Nirmala SreenivasanMusic by Johnson Cinematography Sunny Joseph Editing by Beena Paul Studio Chithranjali Studio, Thiruvananthapuram Release date(s) September 2000 Running time 89 mins Country India Language Malayalam Oru Cheru Punchiri (Malayalam: ഒരു ചെറു പുഞ്ചിരി; English: A Slender Smile) is a 2000 Malayalam film written and directed by M.T. Vasudevan Nair. This is his sixth film as a director.[1] The film stars Oduvil Unnikrishnan and Nirmala Sreenivasan in the lead roles. The film is based on Telugu writer Sriramana's short story Mithunam.
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Plot
Oru Cheru Punchiri tells the story of a retired estate manager Krishna Kuruppu (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) in his mid seventies and his wife Ammalukutty (Nirmala Sreenivasan) in her mid sixties continuing their married life in a honeymoon mood. This couple wake up to romantic mornings dense with sweet herbal aroma with the melodious music of birds as the background. They spend their time engaged in games of mischief and even some social activities that they could manage. They make it clear that they would never surrender to the plea of their children coated in love, to sell the ancestral property in the village and move to the city with them. They are happy doing agriclture in the land they own. They have some good neighbours in Janu (Roslyn), her daughter Malathi (sindhu) and helper-boy Kannan (Master Vignesh). Krishna Kuruppu was instrumental in Janu getting a sweeper's job in the Urban bank there. He also sponsors for Kannan's education. Krishna Kuruppu helps Bhaskaran (Jayakrishnan) get a job in the estate he worked. He also arranges the marriage of Bhaskaran and Nirmala. He also supports the love affair of his grand-daughter Beena (Lena) with a Muslim youth.
The movie ends with Ammalukutty's decision to continue with this celebration of life even after the death of Krishna Kuruppu.
Cast
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Krishna Kuruppu
- Nirmal Sreenivasan as Ammalukutty
- Jayakrishnan as Bhaskaran
- Sindhu as Nirmala
- P. K. Venukuttan Nair as Govindettan
- Aliyar as Postman Ramankutty
- Master Vignesh as Kannan
- Thampi Kannanthanam as Ravi
- Sreedevi Unni as Radha
- Paul as Kesu
- Manka Mahesh as Subhadra
- Lena as Beena
- Mukundan as Jayan
- Roslyn as Janu
- Vijayan Peringode as Paulose
- Sarada as Chinnamani
Filming
The film was shot on the banks of the Periyar River at Parappuran, Puthiyedam, Chowwara, Sreemoolanagaram, and Aluva in Kochi, India.
Awards and recognitions
- Special mention at the FIPRESCI awards in 2000.
- Indian National Film Award for the Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation in 2001.
- The Kerala State Film Award for the best director of 2000.
- Screened at the third Mumbai International Film Festival in November 2000.
- Screened at the International Film Festival of Kerala in 2001.
- Selected for the Munich International Film Festival.
- Premiered on the Asianet Satellite television channel during Onam 2000.
References
Oru Cheru Punchiri at the Internet Movie Database
External links
Categories:- Indian films
- Malayalam-language films
- 2000 films
- 2000s Malayalam-language films
- Indian art films
- National Film Award winners
- Environmental films
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