{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Edavappathy | image = Edavappathy.jpg | alt = | caption = Film poster | director = Lenin Rajendran | producer = N. R. K. Pillai<br />Ravisankar | writer = | screenplay = Lenin Rajendran | story = | based_on = <!-- {{based on|title of the original work|writer of the original work}} --> | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Manisha Koirala|Siddharth Lama|Utthara Unni}} | music = Ramesh Narayan<br />Mohan Sitara | cinematography = Madhu Ambat | editing = B. Lenin | studio = Green Cinema<br />Manoram Creations | distributor = Padhuva Films | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|04|29|India}} | runtime = 115 minutes | country = India | language = Malayalam | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Edavappathy''''' ({{Literal translation|Southwest monsoon}}) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Lenin Rajendran.<ref>{{cite web|language=ml |url=http://malayalam.samayam.com/cinema/movie-news/edavappathi-new-filmm-/articleshow/52028392.cms|title=നാല് വർഷങ്ങൾക്ക്ശേഷം 'ഇടവപ്പാതി'യുടെ റിലീസ് നാളെ|publisher=Samayam Malayalam|date=28 April 2016|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref> It deals with the story of the mental conflicts of a Tibetan Buddhist priest. Siddharth Lama plays the male lead with Utthara Unni opposite him. Manisha Koirala also plays a leading role.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/manisha-koirala-make-comeback-malayalam-film-edavappathy-654325 |title=Manisha Koirala to make comeback with Malayalam film 'Edavappathy'|newspaper=International Business Times|first=Ankita |last=Mehta |date=11 November 2015|accessdate=2 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ഒരു ടിബറ്റൻ ജനതയുടെ കഥ - ഇടവപ്പാതി|url=http://www.cinemamangalam.net/index.php/en/home/index/235/17|publisher=Cinema Mangalam|accessdate=5 October 2016|pages=17, 18, 19|date=14 March 2016|archive-date=25 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625132549/http://www.cinemamangalam.net/index.php/en/home/index/235/17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Art director was Suresh Kollam. Mohan Sitara and Ramesh Narayan composed the music. The film won three Kerala State Film Awards.
==Cast==
* Siddharth Lama as Siddharath / Upagupta (Voice dubbed by Sharath Das) * Manisha Koirala as Sumithra / Mathangi (Voice dubbed by Praveena and Bhagyalakshmi) * Utthara Unni as Vasavadatta / Yamini (Voice dubbed by Angel Shijoy) * Kelly Dorji
==Awards== ;46th Kerala State Film Awards * Best Music Director : Ramesh Narayan * Best Singer : Madhushree Narayan * Best Dubbing Artist : Sharath Das
;Kerala Film Critics Awards * Best Screenplay : Lenin Rajendran * Best Female Debut - Utthara Unni * Best Makeup Artist -
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|5597452}}
Category:2016 Malayalam-language films Category:Films directed by Lenin Rajendran Category:2016 Indian films Category:2015 drama films {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub}}