Aalinganam

Aalinganam
Poster
Directed byI. V. Sasi
Written bySherif
Produced byM. Ramachandran
StarringRaghavan
Sridevi
Rani Chandra
Vincent
CinematographyVipin Das
Edited byK. Narayanan
Music byA. T. Ummer
Production
company
Murali Movies
Release date
  • 26 November 1976 (1976-11-26)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Aalinganam (transl. Embrace) is a 1976 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and written by Sherif. The film stars Raghavan, Sridevi, Rani Chandra and Vincent, with music by A. T. Ummer.[1] Sasi remade it in Tamil as Pagalil Oru Iravu (1979), with Sridevi returning.[2]

Plot

Cast

Production

Aalinganam was one of the earliest films where Sridevi played an adult, despite being 12 or 13 years old.[3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and the lyrics were written by Bichu Thirumala.[4] The song "Thushaarabindukkale" was written by Bichu Thirumala for his play Dandakaranyam, and included in Aalinganam because Sasi liked it; though Kannur Rajan composed that song, he was not credited for it.[5]

Song Singers
"Chandana Gandhikal" K. J. Yesudas
"Hemantham Thozhuthunarum" K. J. Yesudas, Chorus
"Nimishadalangal" K. J. Yesudas
"Thushaarabindukkale" S. Janaki

Accolades

At the Kerala State Film Awards, Ummer won the award for Best Music Director, and Janaki won for Best Female Playback Singer.[5]

References

  1. ^ "ആലിംഗനം (1976)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ^ Nayak, Satyarth (2019). Sridevi: The Eternal Screen Goddess. India: Penguin Random House. p. 38. ISBN 9789353056780.
  3. ^ Suresh, Meera (26 February 2018). "Unforgettable coy village belle of '70s Mollywood". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Aalinganam". JioSaavn. 1 January 1976. Archived from the original on 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b Pradeep, K. (1 December 2021). "Bichu Thirumala's evocative lyrics always struck a chord with listeners". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.