Malamukalile Daivam

Malamukalile Daivam (The God Atop the Hill)
The cover of the screenplay published by D. C. Books
Directed by	P. N. Menon
Written by	Kalpatta Balakrishnan
Starring	Gabril Suresh Sudharani Kunjandi Bala Singh Lakshmi Subramanian Unni Mary Sathindran Ranjith Kumar
Cinematography	Deviprasad
Edited by	Sasi
Music by	Johnson
Production company	Suriamudra Films
Release date	11 February 1983 (1983-02-11)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Malamukalile Daivam (The God Atop the Hill) is a 1983 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon. The film is set in a tribal village in Kerala where religious superstition and ignorance maintain stasis. A relatively intelligent boy escapes its oppressive confines and later returns, determined to bring enlightenment to the village. Gabril, Suresh, Sudharani, Kunjandi, Bala Singh, Lakshmi Subramanian, Unni Mary, Sathindran and Ranjith Kumar form the cast. Several critics consider the film as the most outstanding piece in Menon's filmography. The film won the National Film Awards for Best Regional Film and Best Child Artist (Suresh).

Cast

• Archana as Marie
• Gabril as Ramachandran
• Master Suresh as Kayama, younger Ramachandran
• Sudharani as Sujatha
• Kunjandi as Nambi
• Bala Singh as the landlord
• Sathindran as Nenchan
• Ranjith Kumar as Kayama, Marie's son
• Lakshmi Subramanian
• PR Menon as Madhavan Master
• Rani Abraham

External links

• Malamukalile Daivam at the British Film Institute Movie Database
• Malamukalile Daivam at IMDb
• Malamukalile Daivam at the Malayalam Movie Database

Further reading

• Malamukalile Daivam (Screenplay). D. C. Books. ISBN 81-300-0363-5.
• From realistic cinema to the mythological (Interview with P. N. Menon). The Hindu. 22 November 1999.