Mortuary (1983 Malayalam film)
| Mortuary | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Baby |
| Screenplay by | VK Pavithran |
| Produced by | K Pushparajan |
| Starring | Prem Nazir Shankar Panikkar Madhu Balan K. Nair |
| Cinematography | KB Dayalan |
| Music by | KJ Joy |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Mortuary is a 1983 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Baby and produced by K. Pushparajan. The film stars Prem Nazir, Shankar Panikkar, Madhu and Balan K. Nair in lead roles. The film had musical score by KJ Joy.
Mortuary is based upon a real incident which happened in the Kottayam Medical College in the year 1977. A bet between two medical students to nab a cigarette from a dead body kept in a mortuary at 12'O Clock in the midnight. When the student came to take the cigarette, the dead body swallowed the cigarette and the student was killed due to the shock. The real culprit was the other student who was present in the mortuary lying in between the dead bodies. Police arrested the other student responsible for the death.[1][2]
Cast
- Prem Nazir as DySP Rajashekhara Menon
- Shankar Panikkar as Venu
- Madhu as Adv. Krishnadas
- Balan K Nair as Narendran
- Srividya as Justice Lakshmi Menon
- Ramu as Satheesh
- Maniyan Pilla Raju as Jacob
- Captain Raju as Raju
- CI Paul as Williams
- TG Ravi as Public Prosecutor
- Kuthiravattam Pappu as Watchman Gopalan
- Jagannatha Varma as College Principal
- Anuradha
- Chandraji as Pattalam Pisharody
- Kaval Surendran
- Gopalakrishnan
- Hari
- Swapna
- Sundanda
- Juby
- Radha
Soundtrack
The music was composed by KJ Joy and lyrics was written by Poovachal Khader.
| No. | Song | Singer | Length (m:ss) |
| 1 | Amritha sarassile | KJ Yesudas | |
| 2 | Niyamangal Oru Bhaagam | KJ Yesudas |
References
- ^ "Mortuary". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
- ^ "Mortuary". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
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