Manjupoloru Penkutti (transl. A girl like snow) is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Kamal and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar. The plot is about a teenage girl who is physically abused numerous times by her stepfather. It stars Amrita Prakash, Lalu Alex, Suresh Krishna, Jayakrishnan, and Bhanupriya. Alphons Joseph composed the music.[1] The film was shot in Kochi and Paris.
Plot
Nidhi is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives with her mother, Arundhathi, her stepfather, Mohan, and her 10-year-old sister, Kani. Later, she meets a neighbour, Manuel, who treats her as his own daughter. She is friends with Sandeep who has a crush on her. Nidhi had been abused by Mohan three years earlier and plans to kill her stepfather.
Cast
- Amrita Prakash as Nidhi S. Menon
- Jayakrishnan Kichu as Sandeep Panicker
- Lalu Alex as Manuel
- Suresh Krishna as Mohan
- Bhanupriya as Arundhathi
- Poornima Anand as Shalini
- Shamna Kasim as Dhanya
- Vijeesh as Geevarghese
- Sanusha as Kani S. Menon
- Meera Krishna as Anitha Panicker
- Deepika Mohan
- Nisha Sarang as Nidhi's teacher
- Bindu Ramakrishnan as Sandeep's grandmother
Music
The film's music was composed by Alphons Joseph.
- "Am I Dreaming": Sayanora Philip
- "Ithile Nee Enthe Vannilla": Jyotsna, Karthik
- "Ithile Nee Enthe Vannilla" (version 2): Jyotsna, Alphonse Joseph
- "Kai Niraye Kadam Tharumo": Sujatha Mohan, Ganga
- "Kashmera Sandhye": Ganga Shankar Mahadevan
- "Kashmera Sandhye" (male): Shankar Mahadevan
- "Manju Poloru Penkanavu": P. Jayachandran, George Peter, Vidhu Prathap
Reception
The film was accepted by the critics but failed at the box office.[2][3]
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