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{{Infobox film
| name =Janani
| image =
| caption =
| director =[[Rajeevnath]]
| producer =
| story = [[Renji Panicker]]
| screenplay = [[Paul Zacharia|Zachariah]]<br /> Rajeevnath
| starring = [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]
| music = [[Ouseppachan]]

| cinematography = Suresh P Nair
| editing = [[Beena Paul]]
| studio = Chitranjali
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1999}}
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam Language|Malayalam]]
}}
'''''Janani''''' is a 1999 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] film, directed by [[Rajeevnath]], starring [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] in the lead role. Rajeevnath won the [[National Film Award for Best Direction]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-28880220070808|title="Casablanca" to be remade on Indian shores|last=Tharakan|first=Tony|date=8 August 2007|work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2006/jun/12nath.htm|title=Paris Hilton is no Mother Teresa|work=[[Rediff.com]]|author=[[Shobha Warrier]]|date=12 June 2006}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000216/main4.htm|title=B.R. Chopra gets Phalke award|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==
The film is about seven nuns who take care of an orphaned baby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/04/arts/science/arts-briefly.html|title=Is Paris Hilton The Next Mother Teresa?|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 April 2006}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Father
* [[Roslin (Malayalam actress)|Roslin]] as Sister Victoria
* [[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Servant Eliyamma
* Kavitha Ladnier as Sister Mary Ann
* [[Bobby Kottarakkara]] as Kuttichan
* Latheef as Doctor
* Rukhmini

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack of the film was composed by [[Ouseppachan]], with lyrics penned by [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]], John Panickal, and [[Gireesh Puthenchery]].

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Soundtrack Album
|-
! # !! Song !! Lyrics !! Singers
|-
| 1 || "Athyunnathangal" || [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]] || [[K. J. Yesudas]]
|-
| 2 || "Bhoomukham Kaanum" || John Panickal || K. J. Yesudas
|-
| 3 || "Kunjikunjomana" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || K. J. Yesudas
|-
| 4 || "Kunjikunjomana" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || [[K. S. Chithra]]
|-
| 5 || "Manjaadi Manikkutta" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || [[Sujatha Mohan]]
|-
| 6 || "Nasrethil Uyarnnoru Nakshthram" || John Panickal || [[M. G. Sreekumar]]
|-
| 7 || "Niraamayaa Nee Varavaayi" || Gireesh Puthenchery || [[Sreenivas]]
|-
| 8 || "Venalkkariyila" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || K. S. Chithra
|}

==Awards==
; [[Kerala Film Critics Association Awards]]
* [[Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]] - [[Sujatha Mohan]]

== Reception ==
Reviewing the film at the Palm Springs Film Festival in 2000, Robert Koehler of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' opined that "What appears to be a drama about how an elderly nun will fit into convent culture dissolves into random sequences of various innocuous relationships".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/janani-1200460645/|title=Janani|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Koehler|first=Koehler|date=22 January 2000}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0255368}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:1999 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award]]

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Janani (1999 film) - Revision history

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