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Production company | Forum For Better Films |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Crossroad is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language anthology film comprising 10 stories. [1] It is a portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women. The movie encompasses ten featurette films of fifteen minutes each. The movie showcases each vibrant and variant facet of a Woman and tells the story from her perspective.
Pakshikalude Manam: Mythili portrays a bird photographer whose life motto is to see (and seemingly photograph) a rare bird called Aphrodite. The bird has feathers colored like a rainbow and the photographer goes to the forest to see it, against her husband's wish. Will she be able to see the bird forms the crux of the story.
Short film | Director | Cinematographer | Writer | Music Director |
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Oru Raathriyude Kooli | Madhupal | Pratap P. Nair | P. F. Mathew | Bijibal |
Kaaval | Neemom Pushparaj | Alagappan N. | Salin Mankuzhy | Ramesh Narayan |
Pakshikalude Maanam | Nayana Sooryan | Gowtham Lenin | Nayana Sooryan | Ajay Thilak |
Mounam | Babu Thiruvalla | M. J. Radhakrishnan | Babu Thiruvalla | Bijibal |
Badar | Ashok R. Nath | Sunil Prem | Rajesh K. R. | Viswajith |
Mudra | Alberrt Antoni | Sadat | Alberrt Antoni | Jayan V Pisharody |
Lake House | Sasi Paravoor | Sasi Paravoor | M. Jayachandran | |
Kodeshyan | Pradeep Nair | Nikhil S. Praveen | Jayaraj | Sooraj S. Kurup |
Chrerivu | Avira Rebecca | M. J. Radhakrishnan | Nelson Alex | Bijibal |
Pinpe Nadappaval | Lenin Rajendran | Madhu Ambat | Lenin Rajendran | Anitha Shaiq |
The film features original songs composed by Amrutha Suresh and Abhirami Suresh, Anitha Shaiq and M. Jayachandran.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Veerangana" | Avira Rebecca | Amrutha Suresh, Abhirami Suresh | Amrutha Suresh, Abhirami Suresh | 3:32 |
2. | "Melakey" | Rafeeq Ahamed | Shweta Mohan | Shweta Mohan | 4:47 |
3. | "Oru Vela" | M. R. Jayageetha | M. Jayachandran | M. Jayachandran | 4:12 |
4. | "Makane" | Jayan C. Nair | M. Jayachandran | M. Jayachandran | 2:15 |
5. | "Nama Sametham – Dimthana" | M. R. Jayageetha | M. Jayachandran, Abhirami Ajai | M. Jayachandran, Abhirami Ajai | 1:58 |
The Times of India rated 3 out of 5 stars. [2] Sify rated 3.5 out of 5 stars. [3]
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