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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dhinarathrangal<br />
| image = Dhinarathrangal.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Joshi (director)|Joshi]]<br />
| producer = [[S. V. Krishna Reddy]]<br />
| writer = [[Dennis Joseph]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br />[[Sumalatha]]<br />[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]<br/>[[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathi]]<br/>[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]]<br />
| music = [[Ouseppachan]] (songs) <br /> [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] (BGM)<br />
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]]<br />
| editing = K. Shankunny<br />
| released = {{Film date|1988|1|21|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
}}<br />
'''''Dhinarathrangal''''' ({{Translation|Days and Nights}}) is a 1988 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film written by [[Dennis Joseph]], directed by [[Joshi (director)|Joshi]] and produced by [[S. V. Krishna Reddy]] and starring [[Mammootty]], [[Sumalatha]] and [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mamootty, Joshiy join hands again after a decade |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/mamootty-joshiy-join-hands-again-after-a-decade-1.3437449 |date=30 Dec 2018}}</ref> The score and soundtrack were composed by [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]. The film was inspired by the Hindi film [[Achanak (1973 film)|''Achanak'']] (1973).<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Aravindan<br />
*[[Sumalatha]] as Dr. Savithri<br />
*[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] as Ajayan<br />
*[[Parvathy Jayaram|Parvathy]] as Treesa<br />
*[[Siddique (actor)|Siddique]] as Sudhindran, Farm Labourer<br />
*[[Prathapachandran]] as Doctor Bharghavan Nair<br />
*[[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Unni <br />
*[[Karamana Janardanan Nair]] as Sankarath Madhava Menon <br />
*[[Babu Namboothiri]] as Thomachan<br />
*[[Rohini (actress)|Rohini]] as Ponni <br />
*[[Philomina]] as Latha, Aravindan's Mother<br />
*[[Sukumari]] as Lakshmi <br />
*[[Jose Prakash]] as Commissioner Unnithan <br />
*[[Jagannatha Varma]] as Balakrishnan, Madhava Menon's Brother-in-law <br />
*[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Sasi<br />
*[[Ganesh Kumar]] as Chekutty<br />
*[[Mohan Jose]]<br />
*[[Azeez (actor)|Azeez]] as Minister Shivaraman<br />
*[[Baiju Santhosh|Baiju]] as Biju <br />
*[[Santha Devi]] as Naniyamma <br />
*[[Jagannathan (actor)|Jagannathan]] <br />
*[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Hospital Attendant<br />
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==Release==<br />
The film was released on 21 January 1988.<br />
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===Box office===<br />
The film was a critical success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/movies-music/movie-news/mamootty-joshiy-join-hands-again-after-a-decade-1.3437449|title=Mamootty, Joshiy join hands again after a decade|work=[[Mathrubhumi]]|date=30 December 2018}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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== Songs ==<br />
There is only one song in the film, "Thirunellikkadu Poothu". It was written by [[Shibu Chakravarthy]], composed by [[Ouseppachan]] and sung by [[M. G. Sreekumar]] and [[K. S. Chithra]]. The song was shot by writer Dennis Joseph and features Mukesh and Parvathy.<ref name="pa">{{cite news |title=പാർവതി ചിത്രത്തിലെ മനോഹര ഗാനങ്ങൾ (Beautiful songs from actress Parvathy's movies) |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/entertainment/evergreen-malayalam-hit-songs-parvathy-277787/ |date=17 Jul 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0271460}}<br />
{{Joshiy}}<br />
{{Dennis Joseph}}<br />
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[[Category:1988 Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1988 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Kozhikode]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Wayanad]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ouseppachan]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Joshiy]]<br />
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