''Pokkuveyil'' ( Twilight) is a 1982

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-language film, directed by

G. Aravindan Govindan Aravindan (23 January 1935 – 15 March 1991) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, musician, cartoonist, and painter. He was one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam. He was known for his unorthodox way of filmma ...

and produced by General Pictures' Raveendranathan Nair. The film stars

Balachandran Chullikkad Balachandran Chullikkad (born 30 July 1957) is an Indian poet, orator, lyricist and actor in Malayalam-language. Early life Balachandran was born in Paravur, Ernakulam, Kerala, India. He completed his graduation in English literature from the ...

, Kalpana and S. Satish Kumar. Aravindan recorded its audio first as a composition for the flute by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the sarod by Rajeev Taranath. The visuals were 'composed' according to musical notations without any script. Pokkuveyil won Aravindan the State Film award for best director. The film stars Balachandran Chullikad, Kalpana, S. Satish Kumar, Kalabhavan Ansar and Chavara V. P. Nair. The film's score was composed by

. The indefinability of the human mind is the theme of the film.

Plot

The protagonist of the film is a young artist (

) who lives with his father, a radical friend, a sportsman and a music-loving young woman. His world collapses when his father dies, the radical friend leaves him, the sportsman friend gets injured in an accident and has to give up sports and her family takes the woman away to another city. The final shot shows him curled up in foetal position in his cell in a mental asylum. The movie won the Rajat Kamal for the second best movie in the country for the year 1982. It was screened in several international film festivals, including Cannes. Pokkuveyil won Aravindan the State Film award for best director. The background music of this movie was done by Hari Prasad Chaurasia with the flute. Shaji N. Karun's outstanding work behind the camera was one of the main highlights of this movie.

Cast

* Kalpana *Kalabhavan Ansar *Chavara V. P. Nair *Vijayalakshmi * Satish Kumar

Accolades

National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film The National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals The Directorate of Film Festivals in India was an organisation that initiated and presented the ...

* Kerala State Film Award for Best Direction -

Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist The Kerala State Film Award The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have be ...

- P. Devadas

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

with lyrics by

References

External links

* 1982 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films scored by M. B. Sreenivasan Films directed by G. Aravindan Second Best Feature Film National Film Award winners {{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub