---
title: 'Karutha Rathrikal (1968)'
type: 'film'
director: 'P. Subramaniam'
released: '1968-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/karutha-rathrikal-1968'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0255299/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Karutha Rathrikal (1968)

1968 · Science Fiction · India

Original title: കറുത്ത രാത്രികൾ

## Synopsis

Karutha Rathrikal is a 1967 Indian Malayalam-language science fiction thriller film directed by P. Subramaniam under the name Mahesh. An adaptation of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, it was the first science fiction film in the history of Malayalam cinema.

## Credits

- **Director:** [P. Subramaniam](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-subramaniam)
- **Producer:** [P. Subramaniam](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-subramaniam)
- **Screenplay:** [Nagavally R. S. Kurup](https://cinepixo.com/people/nagavally-r-s-kurup)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Baburaj](https://cinepixo.com/people/baburaj)

## Cast

- [S. P. Pillai](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-p-pillai)
- [Madhu](https://cinepixo.com/people/madhu)
- [Gemini Ganesan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gemini-ganesan)

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Film facts: Wikidata (Q6373739); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.