Stars
Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Sukumari
Mallika
Thara Kalyan
Murali
Sivakumar
Narain
Nedumudi Venu
Vijayaraghavan
Jagathy Sreekumar
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Oduvil Unnikrishnan | Character: Kaliyappan the executioner
Actor: Sukumari | Character: Marakatam, his wife
Actor: Mallika | Character: Mallika, the younger daughter
Actor: Thara Kalyan | Character: Madhavy, the older daughter
Actor: Murali | Character: Vasu, Madhavy's Husband
Actor: Sivakumar | Character: Mallika's Lover
Actor: Narain | Character: Muthu, Kaliyappan's son
Actor: Nedumudi Venu | Character: Jailer
Actor: Vijayaraghavan | Character: Jailer
Actor: Jagathy Sreekumar | Character: Maharajah's Officer
Actor: Indrans | Character: Barber
Actor: Kukku Parameshwaram | Character: Woman seeking treatment in Kaliyappan
[Directors Group]
Name: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Joël Farges | Role: Producer
Name: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Role: Producer
Name: Elise Jalladeau | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Ilaiyaraaja | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Sunny Joseph | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Mankada Ravi Varma | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: B. Ajithkumar | Role: Editor
[Production Design Group]
Name: Ratheesh Babu | Role: Production Designer
Name: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Role: Production Designer
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Satheesh S.B. | Role: Costume Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: P.N. Mani | Role: Makeup Department
[Sound Department]
Name: Jonathan Liebling | Role: Sound Department
Name: Fabrice Naud | Role: Sound Department
Name: Dominique Vieillard | Role: Sound Department
Trailers
IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329429/videogallery/
Release Schedule
Italy: September 7, 2002 (Venice Film Festival)
Canada: September 12, 2002 (Toronto International Film Festival)
United States: January 17, 2003 (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Netherlands: January 28, 2003 (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
France: November 5, 2003
China: June 12, 2005 (Shanghai International Film Festival)
Awards
Winner | 2003 | Kerala State Film Awards | Kerala State Film Award | Best Actor | Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Winner | 2003 | Kerala State Film Awards | Kerala State Film Award | Best Costume Designer | Satheesh S.B., Nizhalkkuthu
Winner | 2003 | Kerala State Film Awards | Kerala State Film Award | Best Sound Recordist | N. Harikumar, Nizhalkkuthu
Winner | 2003 | Bombay International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu | For its powerful cinematic exploration of the agony and helplessness of a hangman which dig as deep in the universal psyche as it does in Indian culture.
Nominee | 2003 | Kerala State Film Awards | Kerala State Film Award | Best Actor | Jagathy Sreekumar, Nizhalkkuthu, Meesha Madhavan
Winner | 2003 | Kerala State Film Awards | Kerala State Film Award | Best Editor | B. Ajithkumar, Nizhalkkuthu, Bhavum
Nominee | 2003 | Bombay International Film Festival | Best Indian Film | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Nominee | 2003 | Kerala International Film Festival | Golden Crow Pheasant | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Nominee | 2003 | Fribourg International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Nominee | 2003 | Vesoul Asian Film Festival | Golden Wheel | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Nominee | 2002 | Nantes Three Continents Festival | Golden Montgolfiere | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Winner | 2003 | National Film Awards, India | Regional Award | Best Feature Film in Malayalam | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Nominee | 2002 | Venice Film Festival | Upstream Prize | Best Film | Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Nizhalkkuthu
Box Office
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