Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam (Malayalam: ഒരു മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങിന്റെ നുറുങ്ങു വെട്ടം, Glimpse of Light of a Flying Fireball) is a 1987 Malayalam drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

  directed by Bharathan

Bharathan

Bharathan was an Indian film director, artist, lyricist, music director, sculptor, poster designer, editor and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely...

, written by John Paul and starring Nedumudi Venu

Nedumudi Venu

Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...

, Sharada

Sharada (actress)

Sharada is a three time national award winning South Indian actress and Indian Parliament member. She originally hails from Andhra Pradesh. She has achieved success through Malayalam movies. Initially she did many supporting roles in Telugu films and later on moved to Malayalam film industry and...

 and Parvathy

Parvathy Jayaram

Ashwathy Kurup , better known by her stage name Parvathy, is an award-winning film actress from Kerala, India. Parvathy was a popular actress of Malayalam cinema industry and was active in films between 1986 and 1996. Her most notable works include "Amrutham Gamaya" ,"Oru Minnaminuginte Nurungu...

. The film is about an elderly teacher couple, who bring up a girl with devotion — only to lose her as well as her son. It won two Kerala State Film Awards: Best Actor

Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor

The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor has been awarded annually in India since 1969. The Kerala State Film Awards were managed directly by the Government of Kerala's Department of Cultural Affairs until 1997; they are now given by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit...

 (Nedumudi Venu) and Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value

Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film

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Plot

It is a sad story of a Malayali teacher couple that this film narrates. Ravunni Nair and Saraswathi Amma were colleagues teaching in the same school and they married late in life. The great regret of their life is that they are a childless couple. Into their lonely life after retirement from service, walks in Maya, an ex-student of Saraswathi Amma. She had got admission into a local college and she was in search of a place for boarding and lodging as well as guardians. Maya, motherless for long, brings with her some cheer. The old couple almost adopt her as their daughter and Maya reciprocates.

Some time later comes Ravi with whom Maya was in love and who had gone away to the United States

United States

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. Maya's father Bhadran Nampoothiripadu having disapproved Ravi, Ravunni and Saraswathi Amma bless Ravi and Maya and get them married. But then Ravi has to go back to USA; and he leaves-behind Maya, an expectant mother. A male child is born, but Maya dies at child-birth. The lonely old couple lose a major prop of their lives. They are left with the baby, whom they look after like a grandson. One day, Ravi appears out of the blue to claim his son and now the other prop is also gone, they console each other and re-adjust themselves to live out the remaining years of their lives.

Cast

• Nedumudi Venu
  Nedumudi Venu
  Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...
  
   as Ravunni Nair
• Sharada
  Sharada (actress)
  Sharada is a three time national award winning South Indian actress and Indian Parliament member. She originally hails from Andhra Pradesh. She has achieved success through Malayalam movies. Initially she did many supporting roles in Telugu films and later on moved to Malayalam film industry and...
  
   as Saraswathi Amma
• Parvathy
  Parvathy Jayaram
  Ashwathy Kurup , better known by her stage name Parvathy, is an award-winning film actress from Kerala, India. Parvathy was a popular actress of Malayalam cinema industry and was active in films between 1986 and 1996. Her most notable works include "Amrutham Gamaya" ,"Oru Minnaminuginte Nurungu...
  
   as Maya
• Devan
  Devan (actor)
  Devan is an Indian film actor and politician. He started his film career as the producer of the technically brilliant, but box-office flop movie Vellam and then opted to become an actor. Devan is known for his handling of serious roles, though he started his career with supporting roles...
  
   as Ravi
• M. S. Thripunithura as Bhadran Nampoothiripadu
• Innocent as Parameswaran Nair
• Sankaradi
  Sankaradi
  Sankaradi was an Indian actor. He was a veteran Malayalam comedian and character artiste, who had over 700 Malayalam films to his credit....
  
  as Menon
• Master Vinu

Trivia

• Nedumudi Venu's performance as Ravunni Nair received great critical acclaim and public appreciation. He won the state award for best actor for this role.