Oru Cheru Punchiri

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Oru Cheru Punchiri
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Directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Written bySriramana (Story)
M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Screenplay)
Produced byJisha John
Starring Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Nirmala Sreenivasan
Cinematography Sunny Joseph
Edited by Beena Paul
Music by Johnson
Production
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Release date
  • September 2000 (2000-09)
Running time
89 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Oru Cheru Punchiri (English: A Slender Smile) is a 2000 Malayalam film written and directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. This is his sixth film as a director. [1] The film stars Oduvil Unnikrishnan and Nirmala Sreenivasan in the lead roles. The film is based on Telugu writer Sriramana's short story Mithunam from the novel of the same title. [2]

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Plot

Oru Cheru Punchiri is the story of a retired estate manager Krishna Kuruppu in his mid seventies and his wife Ammalukutty in her mid sixties. Krishna Kurup and wife live in their ancestral house where Kurup does some vegetable farming. Their life though simple is fulfilling with Kurup busy with his vegetable patch while Ammalukutty cooks and prepares his favorites dishes and looks after his medical needs. They make it clear that they would never surrender to the plea of their grown up children to sell the ancestral property in the village and move to the city with them. They are happy pottering around in the land they own. They have some good neighbors in Janu, her daughter Malathi and helper-boy Kannan. Krishna Kuruppu was instrumental in Janu getting a sweeper's job in the Urban bank there. He also sponsors Kannan's education. Krishna Kuruppu helps Bhaskaran get a job in the estate he worked. He also arranges the marriage of Bhaskaran and Malathi. He also supports his granddaughter Beena who wants to marry her boyfriend from another religion.

The movie ends with Ammalukutty's decision to continue with this celebration of life even after the death of Krishna Kuruppu.

Cast

Soundtrack

This film has no songs.

Filming

The film was shot on the banks of the Periyar River at Parappuran, Puthiyedam, Chowwara, Sreemoolanagaram, and Aluva in Kochi, India.

Awards and recognitions

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mtvasudevannair.com/php/showNews.php?newsid=4&linkid=2
  2. ↑ "Another of Kerala's gifts to the world: The powerful and timeless words of MT Vasudevan Nair". 18 July 2020.
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