# Maniyara > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maniyara > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maniyara.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniyara > Source revision: 1341551294 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1983 Indian film Maniyara Directed by M. Krishnan Nair Produced by T. E. Vasudevan Starring Mammootty Seema Adoor Bhasi Shanthi Krishna Music by A. T. Ummer Production company Jaijaya Combines Distributed by Chalachitra Release date 11 November 1983 (1983-11-11) Country India Language Malayalam ***Maniyara*** is a 1983 [Indian](/source/Cinema_of_India) [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam_language) film, Screenplay by [moidu Padiyath](/source/Moidu_Padiyath) directed by [M. Krishnan Nair](/source/M._Krishnan_Nair_(director)) and produced by [T. E. Vasudevan](/source/T._E._Vasudevan). The film stars [Mammootty](/source/Mammootty), [Seema](/source/Seema_(actress)), [Adoor Bhasi](/source/Adoor_Bhasi) and [Shanthi Krishna](/source/Shanthi_Krishna) in the lead roles. The film has musical score by [A. T. Ummer](/source/A._T._Ummer).[1][2][3][4] ## Cast - [Mammootty](/source/Mammootty) as Shameer - [Seema](/source/Seema_(actress)) as Noorjahan - [Adoor Bhasi](/source/Adoor_Bhasi) as Shameer's father - [Shubha](/source/Shubha_(actress)) as Shameer's mother - [Sathyakala](/source/Sathyakala) as Sheeja (Shameer's cousin) - [Balan K. Nair](/source/Balan_K._Nair) as Noorjahan's father - [Shanthi Krishna](/source/Shanthi_Krishna) as Ayyoob's wife - [Shanavas](/source/Shanavas) as Ayyoob - [Azeez](/source/K._P._A._C._Azeez) - [Sankaradi](/source/Sankaradi) as Sulaiman - [Mala Aravindan](/source/Mala_Aravindan) - [Bahadoor](/source/Bahadoor) ## Plot Noorjahan is married to Shameer, against Shameer's mother's will. This makes Noorjahan's life at his home difficult. Shameer's mother wanted to get Shameer married to her brother's daughter Sheeja and makes use of Noorjahan's abortion to distance Shameer and Noorjahan. Shameer was convinced to marry Sheeja stating that Noorjahan won't be able to conceive again. On Shameer's day of marriage to Sheeja, Noorjahan loses consciousness and doctor finds out that she's pregnant. This news is conveyed to Shameer and he comes to Noorjahan calling off the marriage. But he finds a lifeless Noorjahan and he realizes that it was his mother who manipulated the situation and he loses his sanity at the end ## Soundtrack The music was composed by [A. T. Ummer](/source/A._T._Ummer) and the lyrics were written by [P. Bhaskaran](/source/P._Bhaskaran). No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss) 1 "Kwaja Sheikhin Maqbaraa" K. J. Yesudas, Jolly Abraham P. Bhaskaran 2 "Mizhiyina Njaanadaykkumpol" K. J. Yesudas, Ambili P. Bhaskaran 3 "Ninavinte Kaayalil" K. J. Yesudas, Ambili P. Bhaskaran 4 "Penne Manavaatti" K. J. Yesudas, Vani Jairam P. Bhaskaran 5 "Viphalam" S. Janaki, Chorus P. Bhaskaran ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Maniyara"](https://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/movies/maniyara.html). Oneindia. Retrieved 20 July 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Maniyara"](http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1525). www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Maniyara"](http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?5000). malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 19 October 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Maniyara"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141019164403/http://spicyonion.com/title/maniyara-malayalam-movie/). spicyonion.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014. ## External links - [*Maniyara*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269516/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article about a Malayalam film of the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1980s-Malayalam-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1980s-Malayalam-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1980s-Malayalam-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Maniyara](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniyara) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniyara?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.