Manjil Virinja Pookkal

<p>The story is about Prem Krishnan coming to the hills of on work, meeting and falling in love with Prabha whom he knows little about. Later, he realises that she is married when her husband, Narendran comes into the picture. Narendran is a sadistic husband. The film ends with Prem Krishnan committing suicide by driving off the cliff after killing Narendran, saddened by the loss of Prabha, who was killed by Narendran. was one of the members in the creative team of ‘s story discussions for their productions. The discussion for began right after the success of the studio’s big-budget film starring high-profile actors like and . During their discussion, Fazil suggested a low-budget film featuring newcomers. The project was and they hired Fazil himself as the director. was selected as the film’s cinematographer; his name was suggested by a friend of Fazil. Fazil got the film’s title from a chat he had with song lyricist when they were in . Thirumala when returned after a morning walk told Fazil that he saw a flower bloomed in the snow. Fazil found it to be against the laws of nature for flowers to bloom in the snow because that would prevent spring from coming. He realised that his main characters Prabha and Prem Kishan too suffer the same fate, because spring does not come to their lives, and their love cannot bloom. was selected to portray Prem Kishan, the film was his debut in ; he was already popular among the speaking audience through the film (1980) which ran for 365 days in . For the role of Narendran, debutant was selected through an . A panel consisting , Fazil, , and a director [unknown] was the judges for the screen-test. Sibi Malayil and the other director gave him only five and seven marks out of hundred displeased with his appearance, but Fazil and Punnoose awarded him 90 and 95 marks for his performance. He was ultimately chosen as the antagonist. Mohanlal donated his first salary of 2000 to an orphanage near the filming location. The film’s second-unit director was . made her debut in Malayalam with the film. The studio hired the -based as the music composer, who debuted with it. Amaldev was suggested to Fazil by Punnoose, Fazil recall that, “Jijo of Navodaya had made me listen to a song tuned by a new composer and I immediately liked its orchestration,…I had no idea who Jerry was, but was impressed when Jijo told me that he had assisted legendary composer in . I decided to try him for my debut film, and that was how he became the music director of “. On the thought that “a movie that introduces a new face should be shot using a new camera”, Appachan travelled to for buying the “best camera available” at that time. The film was shot using the camera. The filming took place mainly in and around , . The first dialogue of Mohanlal, which begins as “Good Evening Mrs. Prabha Narendran” was shot close to the Astoria Hotel, near Kodaikanal bus-stand. The evergreen hit songs of this movie was composed by and penned by . All lyrics are written by . The song was reused in the film . was released on 25 December 1980, Day. On 26 December 1980, wrote, “The director, Sri Fazil, a post-graduate student who has also contributed to the story and dialogue makes an impressive debut in this picture. His directorial touches are original, and he shows a definitive touch that could be the envy of veteran directors.” The film was a slow starter but turned out to be a blockbuster and ran for more than 150 days in theatres. Made on a cost of ₹7 (₹0.7 million), it grossed over ₹1 (₹10 million) at the box office, becoming one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year. In an interview in 2010, Shankar told that he watched the film on its release day in a theatre in , but “it didn’t look like the film was going to be a hit then”, and he was surprised by the response it got later. He realised the film was doing well from the comments of people when he was mobbed at the . became a landmark film in . In retrospect, it is regarded as the first new generation film in Malayalam cinema. Shankar’s symbolism before kissing, that is, moving his index finger from left chin to his upper lip and then downwards, was a rage among the youth. In the 2013 film , throughout the film, ‘s character Prem interacts with the character Narendran in a virtual world. The song was reused in the 2021 film .</p>