Manjupoloru Penkutti

Manjupoloru Penkutti (transl. A girl like snow) is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Kamal and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar. The plot is about a teenage girl who is physically abused numerous times by her stepfather. It stars Amrita Prakash, Lalu Alex, Suresh Krishna, Jayakrishnan, and Bhanupriya. Alphons Joseph composed the music. The film was shot in Kochi and Paris.

Manjupoloru Penkutti
Directed by	Kamal
Written by	Kalavoor Ravikumar
Produced by	Howli Pottoor
Starring	Amrita Prakash Lalu Alex Suresh Krishna Jayakrishnan Bhanupriya
Cinematography	P. Sukumar
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Music by	Alphons Joseph
Production company	Dream Team Productions
Distributed by	Swargachitra
Release date	23 July 2004 (2004-07-23)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Nidhi is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother, Arundhathi, her stepfather, Mohan, and her 10-year-old sister, Kani. Later, she meets a neighbour, Manuel, who treats her as his own daughter. She is friends with Sandeep who has a crush on her. Nidhi had been abused by Mohan three years earlier and plans to kill her stepfather.

Cast

• Amrita Prakash as Nidhi S. Menon
• Jayakrishnan Kichu as Sandeep Panicker
• Lalu Alex as Manuel
• Suresh Krishna as Mohan
• Bhanupriya as Arundhathi
• Poornima Anand as Shalini
• Shamna Kasim as Dhanya
• Vijeesh as Geevarghese
• Sanusha as Kani S. Menon
• Meera Krishna as Anitha Panicker
• Deepika Mohan
• Nisha Sarang as Nidhi's teacher
• Bindu Ramakrishnan as Sandeep's grandmother

Music

The film's music was composed by Alphons Joseph.

1. "Am I Dreaming": Sayanora Philip
2. "Ithile Nee Enthe Vannilla": Jyotsna, Karthik
3. "Ithile Nee Enthe Vannilla" (version 2): Jyotsna, Alphonse Joseph
4. "Kai Niraye Kadam Tharumo": Sujatha Mohan, Ganga
5. "Kashmera Sandhye": Ganga Shankar Mahadevan
6. "Kashmera Sandhye" (male): Shankar Mahadevan
7. "Manju Poloru Penkanavu": P. Jayachandran, George Peter, Vidhu Prathap

Reception

The film was accepted by the critics but failed at the box office.

External links

• Manjupoloru Penkutti at IMDb