''Aalinganam'' () is a 1976 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language film, directed by I. V. Sasi and written by

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. The film stars Raghavan,

Sridevi Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. She is regarded as one of ...

Rani Chandra Rani Chandra (2 June 1949 – 12 October 1976) was an Indian actress and model, a winner of Miss Kerala. She died when Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashed in Bombay in 1976. She acted in several landmark films such as '' Nellu'' (Malayalam, ...

and

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, with music by A. T. Ummer. Sasi remade it in

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as '' Pagalil Oru Iravu'' (1979), with Sridevi returning.

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by A. T. Ummer and the lyrics were written by

Bichu Thirumala Bhaskaran Sivasankaran Nair, popularly known as Bichu Thirumala (13 February 1942 – 26 November 2021), was an Indian lyricist and poet. He is known for creating the style of arranging beautiful words in Malayalam film songs. In Malayalam cinem ...

. The song "Thushaarabindukkale" was written by Bichu Thirumala for his play ''Dandakaranyam'', and included in ''Aalinganam'' because Sasi liked it; though Kannur Rajan composed that song, he was not credited for it.

Accolades

At the

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, Ummer won the award for Best Music Director, and Janaki won for Best Female Playback Singer.

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* {{I. V. Sasi 1970s Indian films 1970s Malayalam-language films 1976 films Films directed by I. V. Sasi Malayalam films remade in other languages