Manikyakkallu

Manikyakkallu
Manikyakkallu promotional poster
Directed by	M. Mohanan
Produced by	A. S. Gireesh Lal
Written by	Ashraf Mohammed
Starring	Prithviraj Samvrutha Sunil
Music by	M. Jayachandran
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Release date	5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹2 crore (US$310,000)
Box office	₹11.5 crore (US$1.8 million)

Manikyakkallu (Malayalam: മാണിക്യക്കല്ല്, Māṇikyakkallŭ ^?) is a 2011 Malayalam drama film directed by M. Mohanan and starring Prithviraj and Samvrutha Sunil in the lead roles. The film is about a young teacher who arrives at a village school, who tries to make a definite change in student attitude.

Plot

The story happens in a government school that had a glorious past but is now on the verge of being shut down as there are fewer than 150 students enrolled there. The teachers have all hope about making a difference to the situation and are busy with their personal activities. Into this situation comes a young man (Pritiviraj) Vinayachandran, who makes a difference.Being as new professor to the institution,it is unknown to all that he is the son of a professor,who became a dishonor after the students of school failed annual exams. The movie is loosely based on the fake life story ^[1] of the students and teachers of the Govt Brennan School, Thalassery.

Cast

Prithviraj as Vinayachandran ^[2]
Samvrutha Sunil as Chandni
Nedumudi Venu as Head master (factom fose )
Jagathy Sreekumar as karunan karikalkuzhi
Jagadeesh
Salim Kumar as kunjraaman/thampuraan
Devan as Vinayachandran's father
Aju Varghese Guest role
Indrans
Saikumar as AEO
Kottayam Nazeer
Suresh Krishna
Manikandan Pattambi
Narayanankutty
Anoop Chandran
P. Sreekumar as Education Minister
Anil Murali as S.K
Manuraj
K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Bindu Panicker as Raakhi
Shaalin Zoya as Mubeena
Ambika Mohan as Vinayachandran's mother (Savithri teacher)
Muthumanni
Balu Varghese as Basheer
Anil Panachooran

Sound Track

The film's soundtrack contains 4 songs, all composed by M. Jayachandran. Lyrics by Anil Panachooran and Ramesh Kavil.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Chembarathi"	Shreya Ghoshal, Ravi Shankar
2	"Melemanathe"	V. Devanand
3	"Olakkuda"	Madhu Balakrishnan
4	"Naadaayal"	Sherdin

References

↑ "Success Story of Govt. Brennan School, Thalassery". The Hindu.
↑ "മാണിക്യകല്ല് ചിത്രീകരണം തുടങ്ങി" (in Malayalam). Malayalamcinemanews.com. Retrieved 2011-02-05.

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