Nakshathrangale Kaaval

{{short description|Malayalam novel by Padmarajan}}

{{About|the novel|the 1978 film based on the novel|Nakshathrangale Kaaval (film)}}

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| name = Nakshathrangale Kaaval
(നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളേ കാവൽ)

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| author = P. Padmarajan

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| country = India

| language = Malayalam

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| publisher = D. C. Books

| release_date = May 1971

| media_type = Print (Paperback)

| pages = 247

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Nakshathrangale Kaaval (English: The Stars Alone Guard Me) is a Malayalam language novel written by P. Padmarajan and published in 1971. The story revolves around the life of a girl as she matures into a woman. It won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel.[http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm "Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426134403/http://www.keralasahityaakademi.org/sp/Writers/ksa/Awards/Mal_Awards.htm |date=26 April 2013 }} (in Malayalam). Kerala Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 18 July 2015.[http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 "Literary Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618062155/http://kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3065&Itemid=2379 |date=2012-06-18 }}. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 18 July 2015. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1978 with Jayabharathi and Soman playing the lead characters. It was directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and scripted by Padmarajan.