Kizhakkunarum Pakshi
Poster
Directed by	Venu Nagavalli
Written by	Venu Nagavalli
Produced by	P. K. R. Pillai
Starring	Mohanlal Shankar Murali Rekha
Cinematography	K. P. Nambiathiri
Music by	Raveendran Master
Production company	Shirdhi Sai Creations
Distributed by	Shirdhi Sai Creations
Release date	17 October 1991 (1991-10-17)
Running time	125 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kizhakkunarum Pakshi (transl. Bird that rises in the East) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language musical tragedy drama film written and directed by Venu Nagavalli and produced by P. K. R. Pillai. It stars Mohanlal, Shankar, Murali, Rekha, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ashokan and Innocent. The music and background score of the film was composed by Raveendran^[1][2][3][4]

Cast

• Mohanlal as Ananthan / Ananthu
• Shankar as Gopi Krishnan
• Rekha as Meera
• Murali as Jacob, Anandhu's Friend
• Nedumudi Venu as Music Director Varma
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Vaidy, Anandhu's Friend
• Jagadish as Kunjambu, Anandhu's Friend
• Ashokan as Govindankutty, Anandhu's Friend
• Santhosh as Satheeshan, Anandhu's Friend
• Jyothi as Nimmy
• Innocent as Panicker
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Devu, Ananthu's Mother
• Karamana Janardanan Nair as Krishnan Nampoothiri, Ananthu's Father
• Mala Aravindan as Nanappan
• Nandhu as Harindran, Anandhu's Friend
• Sankaradi as Lokanathan, Ananthu's uncle
• Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as former Music director Moorthy
• T. P. Madhavan as Pillai
• Ajayan Adoor
• Sukumari as Doctor Aunty, Nimmy's mother
• Unnimary as Girija, Meera's Mother

Production

Shankar played an antagonistic character for the first time in his career.

Songs

1. "Souparikamritha Veechikal Padum" - K. J. Yesudas (Raga: Udayaravichandrika of)written by K Jayakumar IAS
2. "Souparikamritha Veechikal Padum" - Minmini (Raga: Udayaravichandrika)^[5]
3. "Hey Krishna" - K. S. Chitra, Chorus (Raga: Charukesi)
4. "Kizhakunarumpakshi" - K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha, Chorus
5. "Aruna Kiranam" - K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra (Raga: Lavangi)

Awards

• Kerala Film Critics Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Sujatha^[6]