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Nirmala (1948 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Nirmala' is a 1948 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by P. V. Krishna Iyer and produced by P. J. Cherian. The fourth talkie in Malayalam, 'Nirmala' introduced playback singing to Malayalam cinema.
Cast
Cherian's family played a large part in the film. His son Joseph Cherian was cast as hero; Joseph's wife, Baby, was the heroine; and his daughters other relatives were part of this film.
* Joseph Cherian
* Baby Joseph
* P.K. Raghavan
* Cherthala Vasudeva Kurup
* P. J. Cherian
* Mathappan
* S. J. Dev
* Kamalamma
Music
The songs were composed by saxophone player P. S. Divakar and E. I. Warrier. Lyrics were by poet G. Sankara Kurup. There were 15 songs in the film, sung by P. Leela, P. K. Raghavan, Sarojini Menon, T. K. Govindarao, Vasudeva Kurup and Vimala B Varma.[http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3395 "Nirmala"]. Malayalam Movie Database. Retrieved 2011-04-06. Govinda Rao and Sarojini Menon, who sang in this film, became the first male and female playback singers in Malayalam.
References
Category:1940s Malayalam-language films
Category:Indian black-and-white films
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