Vilkkanundu Swapnangal
| Vilkkanundu Swapnangal | |
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| Directed by | Azad |
| Written by | M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| Produced by | V. B. K. Menon |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ramachandra Babu |
| Edited by | G. Venkitaraman |
| Music by | M. B. Sreenivasan |
| Distributed by | Dinny Films |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) |
Vilkkanundu Swapnangal (transl. Dreams for Sale) is a 1980 Indian Malayalam-language drama film, directed by Azad, written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and produced by V. B. K. Menon. The film stars Sukumaran, Srividya, Sudheer, Bahadoor and Sreenivasan. The film also features Mammootty, in his first credited role.
The film explores the Middle East boom that happened in Kerala in the late seventies and early eighties, when people started to go there in search of jobs with a higher pay. The film explores this through Rajagopal (Sukumaran) who goes to the middle east as an illegal immigrant to support his family.