Visappinte Vili (1952)

Original title

വിശപ്പിന്‍റെ വിളി

Directed by

Mohan Rao

Genre

drama

Country

India

Rated

U

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man struggles with poverty and hunger in rural India. The film follows his difficult journey as he tries to survive and support his family.

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What happens

Visappinte Vili (transl. Call of hunger) is a 1952 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by K. J. Mohan Rao and produced by Kunchacko and K. V. Koshi under the banner of K&K Combines. It stars Prem Nazir, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Kumari Thankam, Pankajavalli, Nanukuttan, Mathappan, S. P. Pillai and Baby Girija. It was the second film in the career of Prem Nazir. It was on the sets of this film that he was renamed Prem Nazir by Thikkurussi Sukumaran Nair. He was credited as Abdul Khader in his debut film Marumakal. Visappinte Vili became the break in his career. Made on a low budget, the film became the highest-grossing film of the year. There were ten other releases in 1952, out of which only Amma enjoyed success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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