Nakshathrangale Kaaval (English: The Stars Alone Guard Me) is a Malayalam language novel written by P. Padmarajan and published in 1971.
The story revolves around the life of a girl as she matures into a woman.
It won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Novel.
[1][2] A film adaptation of the novel was released in 1978 with Jayabharathi and Soman playing the lead characters.
It was directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and scripted by Padmarajan.