# Crossroad (film)

Crossroad is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language anthology film comprising 10 stories. It is a portmanteau movie celebrating womanhood and tells the story of ten women. The movie encompasses ten featurette films of fifteen minutes each. The movie showcases each vibrant and variant facet of a Woman and tells the story from her perspective.

## Plot

Pakshikalude Manam: Mythili portrays a bird photographer whose life motto is to see (and seemingly photograph) a rare bird called Aphrodite. The bird has feathers colored like a rainbow and the photographer goes to the forest to see it, against her husband's wish. Will she be able to see the bird forms the crux of the story.

## List of short films

| Short film | Director | Cinematographer | Writer | Music Director |
| Oru Raathriyude Kooli | Madhupal | Pratap P. Nair | P. F. Mathew | Bijibal |
| Kaaval | Neemom Pushparaj | Alagappan N. | Salin Mankuzhy | Ramesh Narayan |
| Pakshikalude Maanam | Nayana Sooryan | Gowtham Lenin | Nayana Sooryan | Ajay Thilak |
| Mounam | Babu Thiruvalla | M. J. Radhakrishnan | Babu Thiruvalla | Bijibal |
| Badar | Ashok R. Nath | Sunil Prem | Rajesh K. R. | Viswajith |
| Mudra | Alberrt Antoni | Sadat | Alberrt Antoni | Jayan V Pisharody |
| Lake House | Sasi Paravoor | | Sasi Paravoor | M. Jayachandran |
| Kodeshyan | Pradeep Nair | Nikhil S. Praveen | Jayaraj | Sooraj S. Kurup |
| Chrerivu | Avira Rebecca | M. J. Radhakrishnan | Nelson Alex | Bijibal |
| Pinpe Nadappaval | Lenin Rajendran | Madhu Ambat | Lenin Rajendran | Anitha Shaiq |

## Cast
### Oru Raathriyude Kooli

* Padmapriya Janakiraman as Seema
* V. K. Baiju as a villager
* Suryakanth Udayakumar as The man met with accident

### Kaaval

* Priyanka Nair as Devi
* Roslin as Devi's neighbour
* Shibu Laban as Sabu, the meter reader
* Pranav Nair as Devi's child
* Pradeesh Nair as Devi's husband
* Neemom Pushparaj as a person in the shop

### Pakshikalude Maanam

* Mythili as the bird photographer
* Vijay Babu as the Husband, Joe
* Gangadhara Menon as the birdwatcher
* Sidhartha Siva as Tommy, the resort owner
* Chethan Jayalal as informer

### Mounam

* Manasa Radhakrishnan as Sally
* Seema G. Nair as Mariyamma, Sally's Mother
* Anu Mohan as Jomon, Sally's love interest

### Badar

* Mamta Mohandas as Badarunneesa
* Babu Annur as Madhavan Nair
* Kochu Preman as Ulahannan, Madhavan's friend
* Kailash as Unni, Madhavan's son

### Mudra

* Isha Talwar as Gaya Parameshwaran
* Anjali Nair as Padmavathi
* Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Gaya's personal assistant

### Lake House

* Richa Panai as Aimy
* Rahul Madhav as Aimy's husband
* Shobha Mohan as Aimy's mother in law

### Kodeshyan

* Punnasserry Kanchana as Thresyama
* Chinnu Kuruvilla as Kunjumol, Thresyama's daughter

### Chrerivu

* Srinda Arhaan as the passenger in the taxi
* Manoj K. Jayan as the taxi driver

### Pinpe Nadappaval

* Anjana Chandran as the wife
* Joy Mathew as the drama director
* Sagar as the husband

## Soundtrack

The film features original songs composed by Amrutha Suresh and Abhirami Suresh, Anitha Shaiq and M. Jayachandran.

## Release
### Critical reception

The Times of India rated 3 out of 5 stars. Sify rated 3.5 out of 5 stars.