Visappinte Vili

Visappinte Vili
Malayalam poster
Directed byK. J. Mohan Rao
Written byMuthukulam Raghavan Pillai
Produced byKunchacko
K. V. Koshi
StarringPrem Nazir
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Kumari Thankam
Pankajavalli
Nanukuttan
Mathappan
S. P. Pillai
Baby Girija
Sasikumar
Adoor Pankajam
CinematographyE. R. Cooper
Edited byS. Williams
Music byP. S. Divakar
Production
company
Release date
  • August 22, 1952 (1952-08-22)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Visappinte Vili (transl. Call of hunger) is a 1952 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by K. J. Mohan Rao and produced by Kunchacko and K. V. Koshi under the banner of K&K Combines. It stars Prem Nazir, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Kumari Thankam, Pankajavalli, Nanukuttan, Mathappan, S. P. Pillai and Baby Girija.

It was the second film in the career of Prem Nazir. It was on the sets of this film that he was renamed Prem Nazir by Thikkurussi Sukumaran Nair. He was credited as Abdul Khader in his debut film Marumakal. Visappinte Vili became the break in his career. Made on a low budget, the film became the highest-grossing film of the year. There were ten other releases in 1952, out of which only Amma enjoyed success.