Manjadikuru is a Malayalam

Malayalam cinema

The Cinema of Kerala or Malayalam cinema refers to the film industry in the Indian state of Kerala, which makes films in the Malayalam language. Malayalam movies typically portray social or family issues and are considered more realistic than films from other parts of India. Malayalam cinema has...

  film written and directed by Anjali Menon

Anjali Menon

Anjali Menon is an Indian film director. She directed the film Manjadikuru , starring Prithviraj, for which she got the FIPRESCI award for the Best Malayalam film at 2008 International Film Festival of Kerala...

. 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.

Plot

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

Prithviraj Sukumaran

Prithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....

), to visit old grounds, and find the 'Lucky little seeds' scattered away.

Cast

• The kids: Sidharth, Vyjayanthi, Rijosh & Arathi Sasikumar
• The family: Prithviraj
  Prithviraj Sukumaran
  Prithviraj Sukumaran credited mononymously as Prithviraj, is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema....
  
  , Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponamma, Murali, Rahman
  Rahman (actor)
  Rahman is an Indian film actor who has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films...
  
  , Bindu Panickar, Urvasi, Praveena, Sindhu Menon
  Sindhu Menon
  Sindhu Menon is an Indian actress, who has mainly appeared in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films. She debuted as a child artist in the 1994 Kannada film Rashmi.-Early life:...
  
  , Sreedevika, Jagathi Sreekumar, Sagar Shiyaz, Harisanth, Poojapura Ravi, Trissur Chandran
• Special Appearance : Padmapriya
• Debutantes : Julia George, Firoz Mohan

Awards

• 13th IFFK
  IFFK
  The International Film Festival of Kerala is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram , the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival was started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala...
  
   awards - Hassankutty Award for Best Debut film
• 13th IFFK
  IFFK
  The International Film Festival of Kerala is a film festival held annually in Thiruvananthapuram , the capital city of Kerala, India. This film festival was started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala...
  
   awards - FIPRESCI
  FIPRESCI
  The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...
  
  Prize for Best malayalam film in Malayalam Cinema Today section

External links

• Manjadikuru - Official website
• Anjali Menon's Manjadikuru