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{{Infobox film
| name = Sufi Paranja Katha
| image = Sufi Paranja Katha.jpg
| image_size =
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| caption =
| director = [[Priyanandanan]]
| producer = Silicon Media
| based_on = ''[[Sufi Paranja Katha]]'' by [[K. P. Ramanunni]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Thampi Antony]]|[[Prakash Bare]]|[[Babu Antony]]|[[Sharbani Mukherjee]]|[[Samvrutha Sunil]]|[[Geetha Vijayan]]}}
| music = [[Mohan Sithara]]
| cinematography = K. G. Jayan
| editing = Venugopal
| studio = Chithranjali
| distributor = Central Pictures
| released = {{Film date|2010|2|19|df=y}}
| runtime = 125 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
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'''''Sufi Paranja Katha''''' is a [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by [[Priyanandanan]] based on [[K. P. Ramanunni]]'s [[Sufi Paranja Katha|novel with the same title]]. Ramanunni himself wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogues for the film. [[Thampi Antony]], [[Prakash Bare]], and [[Sharbani Mukherjee]] did the main roles in this film. The film has been distributed by Central Pictures. It is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the [[New Wave (Malayalam film movement)|Malayalam New Wave]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nagarajan|first=Saraswathy|date=2019-12-19|title=The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade: ‘Premam’, ‘Maheshinte Prathikaram’, ‘Kumbalangi Nights’ and more|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-25-best-malayalam-films-of-the-decade-premam-maheshinte-prathikaram-kumbalangi-nights-and-more/article30349548.ece|access-date=2021-07-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Plot==
This film is a narrative by Sufi ([[Babu Antony]]), a [[Muslim]] [[scholar]].

Karthy ([[Sharbani Mukherjee]]) belongs to a prestigious Hindu tharavadu. She falls in love with a Muslim trader named Mamootty ([[Prakash Bare]]) and starts living in Mamootty's house after converting to Islam. But she doesn't give up her original beliefs of her original religion [[Hinduism]]. To save Karthy from the need to go to the temple, Mamootty builds one inside his house. When the local Muslim people came to know about this, they create problems and this forces the couple to move apart.

==Cast==
* [[Sharbani Mukherjee]] - Karthi, Suhara
* [[Thampi Antony]] - Sanku Menon
* [[Prakash Bare]] - Mamootty
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] - Avaru Musaliar
* [[V. K. Sreeraman]] - Saidu Mullah
* [[Babu Antony]] - Sufi
* [[Augustine (actor)|Augustine]] - Putthan Adhikari
* [[Indrans]] - Velayi
* Irshad - Beeran
* Vineeth Kumar - Writer
* [[Mullanezhi]] - Vaidyar
* K. B. Venu - Kesava Menon
* Aliyar
* [[Samvrutha Sunil]] - Young woman at Jaram
*[[Hima Shankar]] as Parukutty
* [[Sona Nair]] - Beeyatthu
* [[Geetha Vijayan]] - Meenakshi
*[[Valsala Menon]] - Grandmother
* Sunitha Nedungadi - Ayisha

==Writing==
Ramanunni says he had no intention of making the novel into a film. But producer, Kalam Karasseri, had wanted to do a film based on it for years and Ramanunni complied. Ramanunni says he has not deviated much from the novel and wrote the script with a lot of care as it dealt with a sensitive theme. "In order to enhance cinematic effects, only one small portion of the story has been done away with and the anti-colonial sentiments have been highlighted. The dialogues of the film celebrate the co-existence of different religions," says Ramanunni.<ref name="Lekshmy Rajeev">Lekshmy Rajeev (25 February 2010). [http://www.thehindu.com/arts/voice-for-religious-unity/article113271.ece "Voice for Religious Unity"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 14 August 2015.</ref>

==Awards==
It was one of three Indian films selected for International competition section of the 2010 edition of the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] (IFFK). It won four [[Kerala State Film Awards]].

* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Cinematography]] - KG Jayan
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]] - Rafeeq Ahammed (Thekkini Kolaaya)
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director]] - [[Mohan Sithara]] (Thekkini Kolaaya)
* Kerala State Film Award for Best Processing - Chithranjali

==Songs==
The film has two songs written by Rafeeq Ahammed, with music by [[Mohan Sithara]].
# "Thekkini Kolaaya Chumaril": [[K. S. Chithra]], Sunil. [[Mohan Sithara]] won the 2009 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director]] and Rafeeq Ahammed the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics]] for this song.
# "Saayam Sandhye Neerum Thiri Pol": Latha Krishna

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1671738}}
* [http://sufikatha.simedia.in/ Official website]
* http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/reviews/2010/sufi-paranja-katha-review-230210.html
* http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/6219/malayalam/sufi-paranja-kadha/index.htm
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100221063150/http://sify.com/movies/malayalam/review.php?id=14932137&ctid=5&cid=2428 sify.com]
* http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/22/south-movie-malayalam-review-sufi-paranja-katha.htm
* http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/preview/10846.html
* http://www.zonkerala.com/movie/sufi-paranja-katha-15.html

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Priyanandanan]]
[[Category:Films shot at Varikkasseri Mana]]

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