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Piravi () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Shaji N. Karun. It stars Premji, Archana and Lakshmi Krishnamurthy. The film is based on the life of professor T. V. Eachara Warrier, whose son, a student in Regional Engineering College, Calicut, was killed in police custody during the National Emergency Period of 1976. The film's music was composed by G. Aravindan and Mohan Sithara. Piravi received widespread critical acclaim upon release. The film was screened and very well received at many film festivals and won at least 31 awards, including the Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéc
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6.6When his son fails to arrive home to attend his daughter's engagement ceremony, aging patriarch Raghava Chakyar waits daily for him at the bus stop. He soon comes to learn that his son, Raghu, was taken into police custody for political reasons and tries to get to the bottom of this.
Cast
- Premji as Raghava Chakyar
- Archana as Chakyar's daughter
- Lakshmi Krishnamurthy as Chakyar's wife
- V K Sreeraman
- M Chandran Nair
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Piravi
- Film.image
- piravi.jpg
- Film.caption
- Cannes Film Festival poster
- Film.director
- Shaji N. Karun
- Film.writer
- S. Jayachandran Nair Reghunath Paleri Shaji N. Karun
- Film.starring
- PremjiArchanaLakshmi KrishnamoorthyC. V. SreeramanMullenezhiK. Gopalakrishnan
- Film.producer
- S. Jayachandran Nair
- Film.cinematography
- Sunny Joseph
- Film.editing
- Venugopal
- Film.runtime
- 110 minutes
- Film.country
- India
- Film.language
- Malayalam
- Film.music
- G. AravindanMohan Sithra
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 104
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- publication date
- 1989-01-01
- title
- പിറവി
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5 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Awards
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Piravi () is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Shaji N. Karun. It stars Premji, Archana and Lakshmi Krishnamurthy. The film is based on the life of professor T. V. Eachara Warrier, whose son, a student in Regional Engineering College, Calicut, was killed in police custody during the National Emergency Period of 1976. The film's music was composed by G. Aravindan and Mohan Sithara. Piravi received widespread critical acclaim upon release. The film was screened and very well received at many film festivals and won at least 31 awards, including the Caméra d'Or — Mention Spéciale at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. It also won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the Indian National Film Awards in 1989.
==Plot==