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Piravi
Directed by	Shaji N. Karun
Produced by	Shaji N. Karun
Written by	S. Jayachandran Nair; Reghunath Paleri; Shaji N. Karun;
Starring	Premji; Archana; Lakshmi Krishnamoorthy; C. V. Sreeraman; Mullenezhi; K. Gopalakrishnan
Music by	G. Aravindan
Cinematography	Sunny Joseph
Editing by	Venugopal
Release date(s)	1988
Running time	110 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Piravi (Malayalam for The Birth) (1988) is a Malayalam feature film directed by Shaji N. Karun. It stars Premji, Archana and Lakshmi Krishnamurthy. The film's music is composed by G. Aravindan. Piravi met with widespread critical acclaim upon release. The film was screened and very well received at many film festivals across the world, bagging at least 31 awards in total, including the Caméra d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] It also won the Golden Lotus Award for Best Film at the National Film Awards in 1989.

The film is thought to be based on the story of Rajan, a young man who was allegedly killed in a police camp in Kakkayam in Kerala.^[2]

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Raghu is one of two children born to Raghava Chakyar (Premji) and his wife. Born quite late in his parents' marriage, Raghu is brought up with immense devotion and love until adulthood.

Now studying in an engineering college far from home, Raghu must return home for the engagement ceremony of his sister (Archana), but fails to turn up. His father Raghava waits endlessly for his son to return. Raghava takes daily trips to the local bus stop, waiting all day in the hope that Raghu will eventually come home. Soon it emerges, and the family come to know through newspapers, that Raghu has been taken into custody by the police for political reasons.

Raghava sets out to try and find his son, and he eventually reaches police headquarters. However the police pretend not to know about Raghu, or his whereabouts, and furthermore, deny the fact that Raghu was taken into custody. Raghu's sister eventually comes to the realisation that her brother probably has died as a result of police torture, but hasn't the heart to tell her father. Raghava slowly begins to lose grip of reality, and starts to dream of his family reuniting once more.