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Daivathinte Vikrithikal

1992 film by Lenin Rajendran

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1992 film by Lenin Rajendran

Field	Value
name	Daivathinte Vikrithikal
director	Lenin Rajendran
screenplay	M. Mukundan
Lenin Rajendran
story	M. Mukundan
based_on
starring	Raghuvaran
Srividya
Rajan P. Dev
Malavika
music	Mohan Sitara
13 AD (title track)
cinematography	Madhu Ambat
editing	N. Gopalakrishnan
studio	Sowparnika Movie Arts
released
runtime	120 minutes
country	India
language	Malayalam

the 1992 film

Lenin Rajendran Srividya Rajan P. Dev Malavika 13 AD (title track) Daivathinte Vikrithikal () is a 1992 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Lenin Rajendran, who also co-wrote the screenplay with M. Mukundan, based on Mukundan's novel of the same name. The film tells the story of Alphonso, a man who chooses to suffer a slow, torturous life in his little village, Mahe, in preference to fortunes and pleasures away from it. The film stars Raghuvaran, Srividya, Rajan P. Dev and Malavika.

Raghuvaran was shortlisted for the National Film Award for Best Actor, along with Mithun Chakraborty (for Tahader Katha), but Chakraborty won the award.

Cast

Raghuvaran as Alphonso
Srividya as Maggi
Rajan P. Dev
Malavika as Elsie
Thilakan as Kumaran Vaidyar
Vineeth as Sasi, Son of Kumaran Vaidyar
Sudheesh as Sivan, Son of Kumaran Vaidyar
Appa Haja
Riza Bava as Micheal
Anil Murali
Siddique

Awards

;Kerala State Film Awards

Kerala State Film Award for Best Film
Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress: Srividya
Kerala State Film Award for Best Story: M. Mukundan
Kerala State Film Award for Best Costume Designer: Danda Pani

Novel

Main article: God's Mischief

The film is based on an award-winning novel of the same name by M. Mukundan. The novel, published in 1989 by D. C. Books, is considered a sequel to Mukundan's magnum opus Mayyazhipuzhayude Theerangalil. The novel won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award and N. V. Prize. It was translated to English under the title God's Mischief by Penguin Books in 2002.

Trivia

The film featured a poem, Irulin Mahanidrayil, written and rendered by poet V. Madhusudanan Nair .

References

(2019-03-29). "Irulin mahaanidrayil ... (Daivathinte Vikrithikal - 1994)".

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