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'''''Yaro Oraal''''' ({{lang-en|Someone Unknown}}) is a 1978 [[Malayalam film]] written, produced and directed by [[V. K. Pavithran]]. It was his debut as a director. It is one of the first experiments in Malayalam film which introduced a genre of personal cinema that is deliberately anti-realist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Experiments in Malayalam cinema|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/experiments-in-malayalam-cinema/photostory/29715290.cms|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Employing a surrealist narrative, it dealt with cynicism about death.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thoraval |first1=Yves |title=The Cinemas of India |date=2000 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan India]] |location=Delhi |isbn=9780333934104 |page=391 |url=https://archive.org/details/cinemasofindia0000thor |access-date=23 February 2023 |quote=}}</ref> The film's music is composed by acclaimed film director [[G. Aravindan]].
'''''Yaro Oraal''''' ({{lang-en|Someone Unknown}}) is a 1978 [[Malayalam film]] written, produced and directed by [[V. K. Pavithran]]. It was his debut as a director..<ref>{{Cite web|title=Experiments in Malayalam cinema|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/photo-features/experiments-in-malayalam-cinema/photostory/29715290.cms|access-date=2021-07-11|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Employing a surrealist narrative, it dealt with cynicism about death.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thoraval |first1=Yves |title=The Cinemas of India |date=2000 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan India]] |location=Delhi |isbn=9780333934104 |page=391 |url=https://archive.org/details/cinemasofindia0000thor |access-date=23 February 2023 |quote=}}</ref> The film's music is composed by acclaimed film director [[G. Aravindan]].


==Cast==
==Cast==

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Yaro Oraal
Yaro Oraal production still with the cast (from left) Verma, Protima, ACK Raja and T. Ravindranath (above)
Directed byV. K. Pavithran
Written byV. K. Pavithran
Produced byV. K. Pavithran
Starring
  • Protima
  • A. C. K. Raja
  • T. Ravindranath
  • Verma
CinematographyMadhu Ambat
Music byG. Aravindan
Production
company
Saga Movies
Release date
1978
Running time
111 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Yaro Oraal (Template:Lang-en) is a 1978 Malayalam film written, produced and directed by V. K. Pavithran. It was his debut as a director..[1] Employing a surrealist narrative, it dealt with cynicism about death.[2] The film's music is composed by acclaimed film director G. Aravindan.

Cast

  • Protima as Malathi
  • T. Ravindranath as Hari
  • Verma as Malathi's First Husband
  • A. C. K. Raja as Moorthy, the artist

Awards

1978 Kerala State Film Awards (India)

References

  1. ^ "Experiments in Malayalam cinema". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. ^ Thoraval, Yves (2000). The Cinemas of India. Delhi: Macmillan India. p. 391. ISBN 9780333934104. Retrieved 23 February 2023.