''Minnaminungu'' () is a 2017 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

-language film directed by Anil Thomas and written by Manoj Ramsingh. The film features Surabhi Lakshmi as a struggling middle-aged mother, her character has no name in the film. The film's soundtrack was composed by

Ouseppachan Mechery Louis Ouseppachan (born 13 September 1955), known mononymously as Ouseppachan, is an Indian film composer and singer who primarily works in Malayalam films. He is a recipient of National Film Award, Filmfare Award and Kerala State Film ...

. The film was produced on a small budget. It was released in India on 21 July 2017. Lakshmi received critical praise for her performance in the film. At the

47th Kerala State Film Awards The awards were announced by minister A.K Balan in Thiruvananthapuram on 7 March 2017. The winners in the fiction category were selected by a jury headed by Odisha director A.K. Bir. The other jury members were Priyanandanan, Sundar Das, Sudevan, ...

, she received a

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and at the

64th National Film Awards The 64th National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017, and th ...

, she won the

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Cast

* Surabhi Lakshmi as Mother * Prem Prakash as MN * Rebecca Santhosh as Charu * Balu Narayan as Gopalan * Krishnan Balakrishnan as Prabhu * Archana Padmini as Vineetha * Suresh Prem as Sudhi * Radhakrishnan as Benchamin * Arun Nair as Akbar Bai

References

External links

* 2010s Malayalam-language films Films featuring a Best Actress National Award-winning performance Films scored by Ouseppachan Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub