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|name          = Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal
| name          = Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal
|image          = Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal.jpg
| image          = Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal (1986).jpg
|director      = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| caption        = Promotional Poster
|writer        = Fazil
| director      = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
|producer      = [[Swargachitra Appachan]]
| writer        = Fazil
|starring      = [[Mammootty]]<br/>[[Nadiya Moidu]]<br/> [[Suresh Gopi]]<br/>[[Sujitha]]
| producer      = [[Swargachitra Appachan]]
|cinematography = Anandakuttan
| starring      = [[Mammootty]]<br />[[Suresh Gopi]]<br />[[Sujitha]]<br />[[Nadiya Moidu]]
|editing        = T. R. Sekhar
| cinematography = [[Anandakuttan]]
|studio        = [[Swargachitra Appachan|Swargachitra]]
| editing        = T. R. Sekhar
|distributor    = Central Pictures  
| studio        = [[Swargachitra Appachan|Swargachitra]]
|released      = {{Film date|1986|9|12|df=y}}
| distributor    = Central Pictures
|runtime        =
| released      = {{Film date|1986|9|12|df=y}}
|country        = India
| runtime        =  
|language      = Malayalam
| country        = India
|music          = [[Kannur Rajan]]
| language      = Malayalam
|gross          =
| music          = [[Kannur Rajan]]
| gross          =  
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'''''Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal''''' is a 1986 [[India]]n [[Malayalam]]-language [[thriller film]] directed by [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]] and produced by [[Swargachitra Appachan]], starring [[Mammootty]], [[Suresh Gopi]], [[Babu Antony]], [[Nadiya Moidu]] and Baby [[Sujitha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1872|title=Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal|accessdate=2014-10-23|publisher=MalayalaChalachithram}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1820|title=Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal|accessdate=2014-10-23|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/poovinnu-puthiya-poonthennal-malayalam-movie/|title=Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal|accessdate=2014-10-23|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref> It was later remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Poovizhi Vasalile]]'', in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Pasivadi Pranam]]'', in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] as ''Aapadbandhava'' and in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Hatya]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.babuantony.com/|title=Babu Antony|accessdate=2012-01-26|publisher=babuantony.com}}</ref> The three remakes each had a different ending. [[Babu Antony]] played the role of the killer and [[Sujitha]] played the role of deaf and mute boy in all the five versions.
'''''Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal''''' ({{Translation|''A Fresh Gentle Breeze for the Flower''}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[Action film|action thriller]] film written and directed by [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301990100.htm|title=His experiments with cinema|author=Prema Manmadhan|date=23 December 2005|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203235735/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301990100.htm|archive-date=3 December 2008|url-status=usurped}}</ref> It stars [[Mammootty]] and [[Suresh Gopi]] in the lead while [[Sujitha]], [[Nadiya Moidu]], [[Babu Antony]], [[Thilakan]], [[Lalu Alex]], [[Maniyanpilla Raju]], [[Sukumari]] and [[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] appear in supporting roles. The film was produced by [[Swargachitra Appachan]] under his banner Swargachitra. It revolves around a drunkard widower who helps a deaf and mute boy find the killers of his parents. The film features original songs composed by [[Kannur Rajan]] and cinematography by [[Anandakuttan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1820|title=Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal|accessdate=2014-10-23|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1872|title=Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal|accessdate=2014-10-23|publisher=MalayalaChalachithram}}</ref>
 
The film was released on 12 September 1986 on [[Onam]] to critical acclaim.<ref name=":0"/> It was later remade into six other languages — in Tamil as ''[[Poovizhi Vasalile]]'', in Telugu as ''[[Pasivadi Pranam]]'', in Kannada as ''Aapadbandhava'', in Hindi as ''[[Hatya]]'', in Bangladeshi as ''Khotipuron'' and in Sinhalese as ''Veda Barinam Vedak Nehe'' - becoming the first Malayalam film to be remade into six different languages and only the second Indian film to do so after ''[[Anuraga Aralithu]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kollywood's craze for Malayalam screenplays |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kollywoods-craze-for-malayalam-screenplays-imagegallery-kollywood-qcqlVVcfihhcd.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217061625/http://www.sify.com/movies/kollywoods-craze-for-malayalam-screenplays-imagegallery-kollywood-qcqlVVcfihhcd.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 February 2016 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=[[Sify]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=MP |first=Abin |date=2021-03-01 |title=ആദ്യ ചിത്രം മമ്മൂട്ടിയെ നായകനാക്കി, മുടക്കിയ പണം പോലും കിട്ടിയില്ല; പരാജയത്തിന്റെ കാരണം പറഞ്ഞ് നിര്‍മ്മാതാവ് |url=https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/news/swargachitra-appachan-opens-up-about-poovinu-puthiya-poonthennal-starring-mammootty-being-a-failure-069721.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=malayalam.filmibeat.com |language=ml}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
A deaf and mute boy (Baby Sujitha) witnesses his widowed mother being murdered by two men. Later, he escapes from them. Kiran ([[Mammootty]]) is an [[alcoholic]] who is not able to recover from the tragic death of his family. Kiran finds the boy when he is sleeping in the trash and adopts him, naming him Kittu, naming him after his son. Soon he meets Neetha and become close friends without knowing that she is Kittu's aunt. Kittu recognizes his mother's murderer in a bar along with their boss. The police discovers the body of his mother and Neetha realizes it is her sister's son. Kiran kills the murderers and finally he also faces death.
 
A deaf and mute boy witnesses his widowed mother being murdered by two men. Later, he escapes from them. Kiran is an [[alcoholic]] who is not able to recover from the tragic death of his family. Kiran finds the boy when he finds the boy sleeping in the trash and adopts him, naming him Kittu, after his son. Soon he meets Neetha and become close friends without knowing that she is Kittu's aunt. Kittu recognizes his mother's murderer in a bar along with their boss. The police discovers the body of his mother and Neetha realizes it is her sister's son. Kiran kills the murderers and finally he also faces death.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Mammootty]] as Kiran
*[[Mammootty]] as Kiran
*[[Sujitha]] as Benny/Kittu
*[[Suresh Gopi]] as Suresh
*[[Suresh Gopi]] as Suresh
*[[Sujitha]] as Benny / Kittu
*[[Nadiya Moidu]] as Neetha
*[[Nadiya Moidu]] as Neetha
*[[Thilakan]] as Chandrasekhara Menon, Neetha's father
*[[Thilakan]] as Chandrasekhara Menon, Neetha and Sathi's father
*[[Lalu Alex]] as Inspector Simon
*[[Lalu Alex]] as Inspector Simon
*[[Babu Antony]] as Renji
*[[Babu Antony]] as Renji
*[[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Alex
*[[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Alex
*[[Sukumari]] as Doctor
*[[Sukumari]] as Doctor (cameo)
*[[Jayalalita]] as Sathi/Annie, Benny's Mother
*[[Jayalalita]] as Sathi/Annie, Benny's mother
*[[N. F. Varghese]] as Man disguised as Benny's father
*[[N. F. Varghese]] as Hamsa, a man disguised as Benny's father
*Mini Arun as Lady disguised as Benny's mother
*Mini Arun as Neha, lady disguised as Benny's mother
*Mini Jairaj as the singer young woman in the Bar
*Mini Jairaj as the singer young woman in the bar
*[[Siddique (director)|Siddique]] as Man at priest's place
*[[Siddique (director)|Siddique]] as Vipin, Man at Priest's place
*[[Ajith Kollam]] as Gunda
*[[Ajith Kollam]] as Gunda
*[[John Varghese]] as the priest
*John Varghese as priest


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
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| 7 || "Poove Ponpoove" || K. J. Yesudas || Bichu Thirumala ||
| 7 || "Poove Ponpoove" || K. J. Yesudas || Bichu Thirumala ||
|}
==Reception==
Upon release, the film flopped at the box office.<ref name=":0" /> According to producer [[Swargachitra Appachan]], the film was not even able to make the money he had invested in it. Appachan felt that even with positive critical response, the film could not do well due to the fact that, there were six films releasing in the same week, out of which only ''[[Aavanazhi]]'' and ''[[Nandi Veendum Varika]]'' could achieve success and the film could not get the exposure due to the sheer amount of films released in the [[Onam]] week. Another reason for the failure of the film is believed to be because of the climax of the film in which Mammootty finally dies, which was not accepted by the audience. The producer says that in the  Tamil version - ''[[Poovizhi Vasalile]]'' the protagonist doesn't die and hence, was a commercial success.<ref name=":0" />
==Awards==
Fazil won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Director for ''[[Ennennum Kannettante]]'' and ''Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-03 |title=+++++++++++++ official website of INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT OF KERALA +++++++++++++ |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |access-date=2022-05-16 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234213/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|-
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! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Category
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Nominee(s)
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|-
! scope="row" rowspan="1" | [[Kerala State Film Awards]]
| [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Director]]
| [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| {{won}}
|-
|}
==Remakes==
The movie was remade in six languages, all the climaxes of the films were different. Baby Sujitha and Babu Antony reprised their roles in four of the films. Interestingly, while the original did not performed well commercially, the remakes including Tamil, Telugu and Hindi were box office successes with the Telugu version even becoming the [[List of highest-grossing Telugu films|highest-grossing Telugu film]] of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 June 2014 |title=The Top 10 Tamil Films On Children |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-the-top-10-tamil-films-on-children/20140627.htm?print=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125184316/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-the-top-10-tamil-films-on-children/20140627.htm#8 |archive-date=25 November 2016 |access-date=7 August 2021 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/bobbytalk/adminpanel/imagetemp/FI-1988-Classifications.jpg|title=FI Classification (1988)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-07-22 |title=Baahubali doesn't belong to any one industry: Vijayendra Prasad |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/baahubali-doesn-t-belong-to-any-one-industry-vijayendra-prasad/story-03quNkCM9gzkfaAnlpctDK.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia">{{Cite web |title=Pasivadi Pranam&nbsp;– A Kodandarami Reddy-Chiranjeevi: 6 Blockbuster hit films of the ace director-actor duo |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/photo-features/a-kodandarami-reddy-chiranjeevi-6-blockbuster-hit-films-of-the-ace-director-actor-duo/Pasivadi-Pranam/photostory/64825613.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826054104/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/photo-features/a-kodandarami-reddy-chiranjeevi-6-blockbuster-hit-films-of-the-ace-director-actor-duo/Pasivadi-Pranam/photostory/64825613.cms |archive-date=26 August 2021 |access-date=10 August 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
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!Year
!Film
!Language
!{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
| 1987
|''[[Poovizhi Vasalile]]''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 2020 |title=What if there were a Hitler in Chaplin, asks 'Penguin' director Eashvar Karthic |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/jun/18/what-if-there-were-a-hitler-in-chaplin-asks-penguin-director-eashvar-karthic-2157902.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014093816/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2020/jun/18/what-if-there-were-a-hitler-in-chaplin-asks-penguin-director-eashvar-karthic-2157902.html |archive-date=14 October 2023 |access-date=28 June 2024 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
|''[[Pasivadi Pranam]]''
|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title='Pasivadi Pranam' Industry Hit Story |url=https://www.cinejosh.com/news/3/35670/pasivadi-pranam-industry-hit-story.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=Cine Josh |date=23 July 2014 |language=english}}</ref>
|-
| 1987
|''Aapadbandhava''
|[[Kannada]]
|
|-
|1988
|''[[Hatya]]''
|[[Hindi]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Babu Antony to star in Akshay Kumar's 'Laxmmi Bomb' |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2019/aug/05/babu-antony-to-star-in-akshay-kumars-laxmmi-bomb-2014150.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=The New Indian Express|date=5 August 2019 }}</ref>
|-
| 1989
|''Khotipuron''
|[[Bengali language|Bangladeshi/Bengali]]
|
|-
| 1991
|''Veda Barinam Vedak Nehe''
|[[Sinhala language|Sinhalese]]
|
|}
|}


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Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal
Promotional Poster
Directed byFazil
Produced bySwargachitra Appachan
Written byFazil
StarringMammootty
Suresh Gopi
Sujitha
Nadiya Moidu
Music byKannur Rajan
CinematographyAnandakuttan
Edited byT. R. Sekhar
Production
company
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 12 September 1986 (1986-09-12)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Poovinnu Puthiya Poonthennal (transl. A Fresh Gentle Breeze for the Flower) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Fazil.[1] It stars Mammootty and Suresh Gopi in the lead while Sujitha, Nadiya Moidu, Babu Antony, Thilakan, Lalu Alex, Maniyanpilla Raju, Sukumari and Siddique appear in supporting roles. The film was produced by Swargachitra Appachan under his banner Swargachitra. It revolves around a drunkard widower who helps a deaf and mute boy find the killers of his parents. The film features original songs composed by Kannur Rajan and cinematography by Anandakuttan.[2][3]

The film was released on 12 September 1986 on Onam to critical acclaim.[4] It was later remade into six other languages — in Tamil as Poovizhi Vasalile, in Telugu as Pasivadi Pranam, in Kannada as Aapadbandhava, in Hindi as Hatya, in Bangladeshi as Khotipuron and in Sinhalese as Veda Barinam Vedak Nehe - becoming the first Malayalam film to be remade into six different languages and only the second Indian film to do so after Anuraga Aralithu.[5][4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

A deaf and mute boy witnesses his widowed mother being murdered by two men. Later, he escapes from them. Kiran is an alcoholic who is not able to recover from the tragic death of his family. Kiran finds the boy when he finds the boy sleeping in the trash and adopts him, naming him Kittu, after his son. Soon he meets Neetha and become close friends without knowing that she is Kittu's aunt. Kittu recognizes his mother's murderer in a bar along with their boss. The police discovers the body of his mother and Neetha realizes it is her sister's son. Kiran kills the murderers and finally he also faces death.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by Kannur Rajan with lyrics by Bichu Thirumala.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 "Aaro Aaro Aararo" K. J. Yesudas Bichu Thirumala
2 "Aaro Aaro Aararo" K. S. Chithra Bichu Thirumala
3 "Mounangalil Ninte Janmam" K. J. Yesudas Bichu Thirumala
4 "Nenjinullil" K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra Bichu Thirumala
5 "Peeliyezhum Veeshi Vaa" K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra, Chorus Bichu Thirumala
6 "Peeliyezhum Veeshi Vaa" (F) K. S. Chithra Bichu Thirumala
7 "Poove Ponpoove" K. J. Yesudas Bichu Thirumala

Reception[edit | edit source]

Upon release, the film flopped at the box office.[4] According to producer Swargachitra Appachan, the film was not even able to make the money he had invested in it. Appachan felt that even with positive critical response, the film could not do well due to the fact that, there were six films releasing in the same week, out of which only Aavanazhi and Nandi Veendum Varika could achieve success and the film could not get the exposure due to the sheer amount of films released in the Onam week. Another reason for the failure of the film is believed to be because of the climax of the film in which Mammootty finally dies, which was not accepted by the audience. The producer says that in the Tamil version - Poovizhi Vasalile the protagonist doesn't die and hence, was a commercial success.[4]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Fazil won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Director for Ennennum Kannettante and Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal.[6]

Award Category Nominee(s) Result
Kerala State Film Awards Kerala State Film Award for Best Director Fazil Won

Remakes[edit | edit source]

The movie was remade in six languages, all the climaxes of the films were different. Baby Sujitha and Babu Antony reprised their roles in four of the films. Interestingly, while the original did not performed well commercially, the remakes including Tamil, Telugu and Hindi were box office successes with the Telugu version even becoming the highest-grossing Telugu film of all time.[7][8][9][10]

Year Film Language Ref.
1987 Poovizhi Vasalile Tamil [11]
1987 Pasivadi Pranam Telugu [12]
1987 Aapadbandhava Kannada
1988 Hatya Hindi [13]
1989 Khotipuron Bangladeshi/Bengali
1991 Veda Barinam Vedak Nehe Sinhalese

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Prema Manmadhan (23 December 2005). "His experiments with cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 MP, Abin (1 March 2021). "ആദ്യ ചിത്രം മമ്മൂട്ടിയെ നായകനാക്കി, മുടക്കിയ പണം പോലും കിട്ടിയില്ല; പരാജയത്തിന്റെ കാരണം പറഞ്ഞ് നിര്‍മ്മാതാവ്". malayalam.filmibeat.com (in മലയാളം). Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Kollywood's craze for Malayalam screenplays". Sify. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "+++++++++++++ official website of INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATION DEPARTMENT OF KERALA +++++++++++++". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Top 10 Tamil Films On Children". Rediff.com. 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "FI Classification (1988)".
  9. ↑ "Baahubali doesn't belong to any one industry: Vijayendra Prasad". Hindustan Times. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Pasivadi Pranam – A Kodandarami Reddy-Chiranjeevi: 6 Blockbuster hit films of the ace director-actor duo". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "What if there were a Hitler in Chaplin, asks 'Penguin' director Eashvar Karthic". The New Indian Express. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  12. ↑ "'Pasivadi Pranam' Industry Hit Story". Cine Josh. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Babu Antony to star in Akshay Kumar's 'Laxmmi Bomb'". The New Indian Express. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

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