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| name = Nakshathrangale Kaaval<br>(നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളേ കാവൽ)<br />
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| author = [[P. Padmarajan]]<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
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| release_date = May 1971<br />
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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]].<ref>[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.</ref><ref>[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.</ref> A [[Nakshathrangale Kaaval (film)|film adaptation]] of the novel was released in 1978 with [[Jayabharathi]] and [[M. G. Soman|Soman]] playing the lead characters. It was directed by [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] and scripted by Padmarajan.<br />
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[[Category:1971 novels]]<br />
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[[Category:1971 Indian novels]]</div>->Krishnavilasom Bhageerathan Pilla