Lorry (film)

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Lorry
Directed by Bharathan
Written by Padmarajan
Produced byRajamma Hari
Starring Achankunju
Balan K. Nair
Nithya
Prathap Pothan
Meena
Santhakumari
Cinematography Ashok Kumar
Edited by K. Narayanan
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Production
company
Supriya Films
Release date
  • 23 August 1980 (1980-08-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Lorry is a 1980 Malayalam film directed by Bharathan and written by Padmarajan. It stars Achankunju, Balan K. Nair, Nithya, Meena and Prathap Pothan.

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Plot

Velan (Achan Kunju) is a street circus performer. He kidnaps and forcibly blinds village children and turn them into fellow circus performers. Once, he falls in love with one of his victims, Rani (Nithya), as does his lorry driver friend Ouseph (Balan K. Nair). Eventually, Ouseph and Velan kill each other allowing Rani to escape with the man she really loves, a lorry cleaner (Prathap Pothen). [1]

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan and the lyrics were written by Poovachal Khader.

No.SongSingersLyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Arinju Naam Thammil" S. Janaki, Chorus Poovachal Khader
2"Kannippoovininnu Kalyaanam" P. Susheela, Jolly Abraham Poovachal Khader

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