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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mortuary<br />
| image = Mortuary Malayalam.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = Baby<br />
| producer = K. Pushparajan<br />
| screenplay = [[V. K. Pavithran]]<br />
| starring = [[Prem Nazir]]<br /> [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]<br />[[Shankar Panikkar]]<br />[[Balan K. Nair]]<br />
| music = [[K. J. Joy]]<br />
| cinematography = K. B. Dayalan<br />
| editing = <br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|1983|8|12|df=y}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Mortuary''''' is a [[Malayalam films of 1983|1983]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] film, directed by Baby and produced by K. Pushparajan. The film stars [[Prem Nazir]], [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Shankar Panikkar]] and [[Balan K. Nair]] in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [[K. J. Joy]]. The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Amma Pillai]]'' (1990).<br />
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''Mortuary'' is based upon a real incident which happened in the [[Kottayam Medical College]] in the year 1977. There was a bet between two medical students to nab a cigarette from a dead body kept in a mortuary at 12 o'clock midnight. When the student came to take the cigarette, the dead body swallowed the cigarette and the student was killed due to the shock. The real culprit was the other student who was present in the mortuary lying in between the dead bodies. Police arrested the other student responsible for the death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/mortuary.html|title=Mortuary|accessdate=19 September 2014|publisher=filmibeat.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/mortuary-malayalam-movie/|title=Mortuary|accessdate=19 September 2014|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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*[[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] as Adv. Krishnadas<br />
*[[Prem Nazir]] as DySP Rajashekhara Menon<br />
*[[Shankar Panikkar]] as Venu<br />
*[[Balan K. Nair]] as Narendran<br />
*[[Srividya]] as Justice Lakshmi Menon<br />
*[[Ramu (actor)|Ramu]] as Satheesh<br />
*[[Maniyan Pilla Raju]] as Jacob<br />
*[[Captain Raju]] as Raju<br />
*[[C. I. Paul]] as Williams<br />
*[[T. G. Ravi]] as Public Prosecutor<br />
*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Watchman Gopalan<br />
*[[Jagannatha Varma]] as College Principal<br />
*[[Anuradha (actress)|Anuradha]]<br />
*Chandraji as Pattalam Pisharody<br />
*Kaval Surendran<br />
*Gopalakrishnan<br />
*Hari<br />
*Swapna<br />
*Sundanda<br />
*Juby<br />
*Radha<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[K. J. Joy]] and the lyrics were written by [[Poovachal Khader]].<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singer !! Length (m:ss)<br />
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| 1 || "Amritha Sarassile" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || "Niyamangal Oru Bhaagam" || K. J. Yesudas ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0317926}}<br />
* {{YouTube|id=yjvqzEZwqQA|title=Mortuary}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]<br />
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