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Manju
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Directed byM. T. Vasudevan Nair
Screenplay byM. T. Vasudevan Nair
Produced byK. Ravindran Nair
StarringSangeeta Naik
Nanditha Bose
Indira
Sankar Mohan
Desh Maheshwari
CinematographyShaji N. Karun
Edited byRameshan
Music byM. B. Sreenivasan
Production
company
General Pictures
Release date
  • 9 December 1983 (1983-12-09)
CountryIndia
LanguagesMalayalam
Hindi

Manju (Template:Lang-en) is a 1983 Malayalam film based on the novel of the same name by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. The film was scripted and directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair himself and stars Sangeeta Naik, Nanditha Bose, Indira, Sankar Mohan and Desh Maheshwari.[1][2][3][4]

Plot

Set in Nainital, Manju is about Vimala Devi, a teacher in a boarding school, waits in hope for the winter of her discontent to vanish. Another important character is Buddhu, who waits for his Englishman father to return to Nainital. Loneliness and endless waiting are recurring motifs in the film.

Cast

  • Sangeeta Naik as Vimala
  • Nanditha Bose as Mother
  • Indira as Younger Sister
  • Kalpana as Rashmi
  • Shankar Mohan as Sudheer
  • C.S. Dubey as Amar Singh
  • Desh Maheshwari as Budhu
  • Dinesh Thakur as Sardarji

Soundtrack

The music was composed by MB Sreenivasan and lyrics was written by Gulzar.All the songs are in Hindi as the film is completely set in Nainital.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 Apooni [Bit] Gulzar
2 Hariyare [Bit] Gulzar
3 Oh Bageere [Bit] Gulzar
4 Rasiya [No BGM] Bhupinder Gulzar
5 Rasiya [Version II] Bhupinder Gulzar
6 Rasiya man Bhupinder Gulzar
7 Sajeeli Doliyan [Bit] Gulzar
8 Vadasi Yadi Usha Ravi

Hindi version

The novel also had a Hindi-language film adaptation titled Sarath Sandhya. This film however went completely unnoticed.

References

  1. ^ "Manju". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Manju". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Manju". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ^ "M. T. Vasudevan Nair: Manju". Cinemaofmalayalam.net. Retrieved 10 June 2013.


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