Sree Narayana Guru is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film, directed by PA Bakker and produced by Kollam Jaffer. The film stars Kanakalatha, Master Vaisakh and Sree Kumar in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan. It won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
Directed byBaiju ActorsSuresh Gopi, Bijukuttan, Salim Kumar, Kanakalatha, T. G. Ravi, Sindhu Menon Rating27% The movie is based on a real-life story of one Muthu who lived around the Ernakulam bus stand. Sivan (Suresh Gopi) is a member of the gypsy group who roams around the cities to make a living. Sivan lives with his only daughter Meenakshi (Baby Diya) in a village named Mayilpetty. Dasan Menon and his wife Usha are regular visitors to the temple of the village. According to the local sayings, they also believe that if they come over to this temple three times in a month, they will be blessed with a child.
ThemesEnvironmental films ActorsPrithviraj Sukumaran, Jyothirmayi, Kanakalatha, Sudheesh, Thilakan, Jagathy Sreekumar Rating63% Pakal takes us into the world of farmers, of the high ranges of Wayanad District of Kerala, who are forced to commit suicide following financial problems. The story has a lot of potential with a relevant political issue and there are some political comments too—like hints at the failure of the government machinery and religious institutions, which ought to come to the aid of the peasants. The film opens with the protagonist Nandakumar (Prithviraj), who is a reporter of the television channel Kerala Today, being sent to Pannakamkudi to do a regular series on the plight of the farmers of the area. He alights on the mission with his cameraman Abu (Sudheesh) to the high ranges, delivering daily reports in the prime time news about the crop failure, low prices for agricultural products, inability to repay loans issued by banks and cut-throat interest rates charged by private financiers, which eventually force the peasants to commit mass suicides.