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{{short description|1987 Malayalam drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam (1987)
| image = Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam.gif
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Bharathan]]
| producer = M. G. Gopinath (Pandalam Gopinath) Babu Thiruvalla
| writer = [[John Paul (writer)|John Paul]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Nedumudi Venu]] [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] [[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]]
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| cinematography = Vasant Kumar
| editing = Bharathan<ref name="prd1987">{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/1987.htm|title=List of Malayalam films released during the year 1987|publisher=PRD, [[Government of Kerala]]|access-date=7 October 2009}}</ref>
| studio =
| distributor = [[Jubilee Productions]]
| released = {{Film date|1987|3|2|df=y}}
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam''''' (''Glimpse of the Light of a Firefly'') is a 1987 [[Malayalam]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Bharathan]], written by [[John Paul (writer)|John Paul]] and starring [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] and [[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1969|title=Oru Minnaaminunginte Nurungu Vettam|access-date=2 October 2014|website=Malayalachalachithram.com}} - {{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?299|title=Oru Minnaaminunginte Nurungu Vettam|access-date=21 October 2014|website=Malayalasangeetham.info}} - {{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/oru-minnaminunginte-nurungu-vettam-malayalam-movie/|title=Oru Minnaaminunginte Nurungu Vettam|access-date=21 October 2014|website=Spicy Onion}}</ref> The film is about an elderly teacher couple, who bring up a girl with devotion — only to lose her as well as her son. It won two [[Kerala State Film Awards]]: [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] (Nedumudi Venu) and [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Popular Film|Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm|title=STATE FILM AWARDS 1969 - 2008|publisher=PRD, [[Government of Kerala]]|access-date=7 October 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234213/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}} - {{cite web|url=http://www.mtvasudevannair.com/php/showNews.php?newsid=21&linkid=3|title=AWARDS|website=Mtvasudevannair.com|access-date=7 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714131429/http://www.mtvasudevannair.com/php/showNews.php?newsid=21&linkid=3|archive-date=14 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> This film won two [[Filmfare Awards South]] for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Malayalam]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170205141932/https://archive.org/details/35thAnnualFilmfareAwardsSouthWinners|url-status=dead|title=35th Annual Filmfare Awards South Winners : Santosh |date=5 February 2017|archive-date=5 February 2017|website=Archive.is|access-date=18 March 2019}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
The film narrates a sad story of a Malayali couple, Ravunni Nair and Saraswathi Amma, who were colleagues teaching in the same school who eventually married, when the former was 45 and the latter was 40. The greatest sorrow of their life is that they are childless. After retirement, Maya comes to stay with them. She was a friend's daughter with whom Saraswathi Amma had stayed during her earlier teaching career. Maya has a place at a local college and is in search of a place for boarding and lodging as well as guardians. Maya, motherless for long, brings with her some cheer. The old couple almost adopt her as their daughter and Maya reciprocates.

Ravi was in love with Maya. He returns from the [[United States]] to meet her. Maya's father Bhadran Nampoothiripadu does not approve of Ravi. However, Ravunni and Saraswathi Amma bless Ravi and Maya and they are married. Ravi has to go back to America and he leaves Maya with the couple as she is now expectinga baby. She gives birth to a baby boy but dies in child-birth. The couple lose a major prop of their lives. They are left with the baby, who they look after like their own grandson. Ravi returns to get his son and now the other prop is also gone. They console each other and comfort themselves to live the rest of their lives.

==Cast==
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Ravunni Nair
* [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] as Saraswathi Amma
* [[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]] as Maya
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Ravi
* [[M. S. Thripunithura]] as Bhadran Nampoothiripadu
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Parameswaran Nair
* [[Sankaradi]] as Menon
* Master Vinu

== Soundtrack ==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| all_lyrics = [[O. N. V. Kurup]]
| all_music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| title1 = Kanmaniye
| extra1 = [[Krishnachandran]], [[Lathika]]
| title2 = Madhumozhi
| extra2 = Krishnachandran
| title3 = Melle Melle
| extra3 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| title4 = Poovenam
| extra4 = K. J. Yesudas, Lathika
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0155929|Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam}}

{{Bharathan}}

[[Category:1987 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:1987 drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bharathan]]

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