Uthrada Rathri is a 1978 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Balachandra Menon in his directorial debut, produced by L. Rajalekshmi Kunjamma, and starring Madhu, Shobha, Sukumaran and Nangasserry Sasi. The film has musical score by Jaya Vijaya. The movie deals with the subject Hypochondriasis, a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness, which is very rarely discussed seriously in movies.Balachandra menon got kerala state award for best screen play It is a lost film.