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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Karutha Pakshikal<br />
| image = Karutha Pakshikal.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = [[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]]<br />
| producer = {{ubl|K. V. Kaladharan|GV productions}}<br />
| writer = [[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Mammootty]]|[[Meena (actress)|Meena]]|[[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]]|[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]}}<br />
| music = [[Mohan Sitara]]<br />
| cinematography = P. Sukumar<br />
| editing = Rajagopal<br />
| released = 17 November 2006<br />
| runtime = 2hrs<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Karutha Pakshikal''''' ([[English language|English]]: ''Black Birds'') is a [[2006 in film|2006]] [[Malayalam film]] directed by [[Kamaluddin Mohammed|Kamal]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[National Film Awards]]<br />
* 2006 [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare]]<br />
;[[Kerala State Film Awards]]<br />
* 2006 [[Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress]] - [[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]]<br />
* 2006 [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist]] - Baby Malavika<br />
* 2006 Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actor - Mammootty<br />
;[[Filmfare Awards South]]<br />
* 2006 [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam]] - [[Mammootty]]<br />
* 2006 [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Malayalam]] - [[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]]<br />
;[[Asianet Film Awards]]<br />
* 2006 Best Actress - [[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]]<br />
* 2006 Best Child Artist - Baby [[Malavika Nair (Indian actress)|Malavika]]<br />
* 2006 Best Sound Recordist - Anoop, Vinod<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Mammootty]] as Murugan<br />
* [[Meena (actress)|Meena]] as Suvarna (Voice dubbed by [[Praveena]])<br />
*[[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]] as Poongodi <br />
* [[Malavika Nair (actress, born 1999)|Malavika Nair]] as Malli, Murugan's daughter <br />
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]<br />
* [[Rajesh Hebbar]] as Suvarna's husband<br />
* Reshmi Boban<br />
* [[Salim Kumar]]<br />
* [[T. G. Ravi]]<br />
* [[Anoop Chandran]]<br />
* [[Narayanankutty]]<br />
* [[Lishoy]]<br />
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== Plot==<br />
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Widower Murugan moves to Kerala with his three children and irons clothes to make a living. While dealing with daily issues, he also aims to fund the operation of his child who is visually impaired. They come across Meena who belongs to a rich household and is living thee last days of her life as she is suffering from a disease. She bonds with the family, especially the visually impaired daughter of Murugan, and writes her consent to have her eyes donated to the child after her imminent death. The family, especially the children are caught in a dilemma whether to wish for her death (as that would mean eyes for the child) or her recovery. Murugan advises them to pray for her good health. Later, she dies but her busy husband and family does not care about her pledge to donate eyes and she is cremated without eye donation procedures. Initially saddened by this turn of events, Murugan and the family goes back to their usual life with their positive outlook amidst poverty. <br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0867337}}<br />
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[[Category:2006 films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Best Film on Family Welfare National Film Award winners]]<br />
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[[Category:Films shot in Thrissur]]<br />
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