Poochakkoru Mookkuthi is a screwball comedy Malayalam film written and directed by Priyadarshan, based on Charles Dickens's play The Strange Gentleman .The film features an ensemble cast featuring Shankar, Mohanlal, Menaka, M G Soman, Nedumudi Venu, CI Paul, Sukumari, Jagathy Sreekumar, Kuthiravattam Pappu, Sreenivasan and Baiju. Poochakkoru Mookkuthi marks the directorial debut of Priyadarshan, the first collaboration of Priyadarshan and Mohanlal as director and actor. Their frequent collaborator M. G. Sreekumar made his Malayalam debut as a playback singer through the film.Poochakkoru Mookkuthi is regarded as one of the landmark films in Malayalam cinema. The success of the film triggered a deluge of screwball comedy films in Malayalam in mid-1980s.
