Dhinarathrangal
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Dhinarathrangal
| image = Dhinarathrangal.jpg
| caption =
| director = Joshi
| producer = S. V. Krishna Reddy
| writer = Dennis Joseph
| narrator =
| starring = Mammootty
Sumalatha
Mukesh
Parvathi
Siddique
| music = Ouseppachan (songs)
Shyam (BGM)
| cinematography = Jayanan Vincent
| editing = K. Shankunny
| released = {{Film date|1988|1|21|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}
Dhinarathrangal ({{Translation|Days and Nights}}) is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language film written by Dennis Joseph, directed by Joshi and produced by S. V. Krishna Reddy and starring Mammootty, Sumalatha and Mukesh.{{cite news |title=Mamootty, Joshiy join hands again after a decade |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/mamootty-joshiy-join-hands-again-after-a-decade-1.3437449 |date=30 Dec 2018}} The score and soundtrack were composed by Shyam. The film was inspired by the Hindi film Achanak (1973).
Cast
- Mammootty as Aravindan
- Sumalatha as Dr. Savithri
- Mukesh as Ajayan
- Parvathy as Treesa
- Siddique as Sudhindran, Farm Labourer
- Prathapachandran as Doctor Bharghavan Nair
- Devan as Unni
- Karamana Janardanan Nair as Sankarath Madhava Menon
- Babu Namboothiri as Thomachan
- Rohini as Ponni
- Philomina as Latha, Aravindan's Mother
- Sukumari as Lakshmi
- Jose Prakash as Commissioner Unnithan
- Jagannatha Varma as Balakrishnan, Madhava Menon's Brother-in-law
- Vijayaraghavan as Sasi
- Ganesh Kumar as Chekutty
- Mohan Jose
- Azeez as Minister Shivaraman
- Baiju as Biju
- Santha Devi as Naniyamma
- Jagannathan
- Kunchan as Hospital Attendant
Release
The film was released on 21 January 1988.
=Box office=
The film was a critical success.{{cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/mamootty-joshiy-join-hands-again-after-a-decade-1.3437449|title=Mamootty, Joshiy join hands again after a decade|work=Mathrubhumi|date=30 December 2018}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Songs
There is only one song in the film, "Thirunellikkadu Poothu". It was written by Shibu Chakravarthy, composed by Ouseppachan and sung by M. G. Sreekumar and K. S. Chithra. The song was shot by writer Dennis Joseph and features Mukesh and Parvathy.{{cite news |title=പാർവതി ചിത്രത്തിലെ മനോഹര ഗാനങ്ങൾ (Beautiful songs from actress Parvathy's movies) |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/entertainment/evergreen-malayalam-hit-songs-parvathy-277787/ |date=17 Jul 2019}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0271460}}
{{Joshiy}}
{{Dennis Joseph}}
Category:1980s Malayalam-language films
Category:Films shot in Kozhikode
Category:Films shot in Wayanad
Category:Films scored by Ouseppachan
Category:Films directed by Joshiy
{{1980s-Malayalam-film-stub}}