| Manjadikuru | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Anjali Menon |
| Written by | Anjali Menon Paliyath Aparna Menon |
| Starring | Prithviraj Rahman Thilakan Kaviyoor Ponnamma Murali Sindhu Menon |
| Music by | Ramesh Narayanan Kavalam Narayana Panikkar (lyrics) |
| Cinematography | Pietro Zuercher |
| Editing by | B. Lenin |
| Studio | Little Films |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Manjadikuru (Malayalam: മഞ്ചാടിക്കുരു, English: Lucky Red Seeds) is a Malayalam film written and directed by Anjali Menon. 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 at New York, winning five Grand Jury Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematographer and Best Emerging Talent. [1][2][3][4]
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Manjadikuru is a story of homecoming from late 1970s, 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 find the 'Lucky little seeds' scattered away.[5]