Manushya Mrugam (1980 film)

Manushya Mrugam (transl. Human Beast) is a 1980 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written by Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan, directed by Baby and produced by Thiruppathi Chettiyar under the banner of Evershine. The film is a remake of the 1975 Kannada film Daari Tappida Maga. It stars Jayan, Jayaprabha, Seema, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, and Jose Prakash. Its musical score is by K. J. Joy. The film was released on 17 December 1980.^[1][2][3]

Manushya Mrugam
Directed by	Baby
Written by	Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan
Screenplay by	Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan
Produced by	Thiruppathi Chettiyar
Starring	Jayan (double role) Jayaprabha Seema Jagathy Sreekumar Kaviyoor Ponnamma Jose Prakash
Cinematography	K. B. Dayalan
Edited by	K. Sankunni
Music by	K. J. Joy
Production company	Evershine
Distributed by	Evershine
Release date	17 December 1980 (1980-12-17)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Premise

The film tells the story of two twin brothers, who were separated in their childhood.

Cast

• Jayan as Babu and Gopi
• Jayaprabha
• Seema
• Jagathy Sreekumar
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma
• Jose Prakash
• Manavalan Joseph
• Prathapachandran
• Janardanan as Chandran
• Jayaragini
• Jyothi Lakshmi
• Master Sandeep
• V. P. Nair
• Vijayalakshmi

Box office

The film was commercial success and ran for more than 100 days in many theatres.^[4][5]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by K. J. Joy and the lyrics were written by Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan. All songs were chartbusters, especially the song "Kasthoori Manmizhi", sung by K. J. Yesudas.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	"Ajantha Shilpangalil"	S. Janaki, P. Jayachandran, Chorus	Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan
2	"Kasthoori Maanmizhi"	K. J. Yesudas, Chorus	Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan
3	"Sneham Thaamara"	K. J. Yesudas	Pappanamkodu Lakshmanan