Nammal

Nammal
Nammal
	Soundtrack cover
Directed by	Kamal
Screenplay by	Kalavoor Ravikumar
Story by	Balamuralikrishna
Produced by	David Kachappally
Starring	Sidharth Bharathan; Jishnu Raghavan; Renuka Menon; Bhavana
Cinematography	Venugopal
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Music by	Mohan Sithara; Kaithapram Damodaran
Production; company	Chinku Achu Cinemas
Distributed by	Swargachithra Release
Release date	20 December 2002;
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Nammal (English: Us) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar. The film features Sidharth Bharathan, Jishnu Raghavan, and Renuka Menon in the lead roles. It was the debut film of Sidharth, Renuka, and Bhavana. The music was composed by Mohan Sithara. The film was shot in Government Engineering College, Thrissur and Holy Trinity School, Kanjikode.^[1]

Nammal was released on 20 December 2002 and was a commercial success at the box office. The film received three Kerala State Film Awards—Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value, Special Mention (Bhavana), and Best Art Director. It was remade in Telugu as Dost (2004).

Plot[]

Snehalatha (Suhasini) takes charge as the Principal in a college where Shyam (Sidharth Bharathan) and Sivan (Jishnu Raghavan) are the heroes. Shyam and Sivan are fun filled characters as well as naughty. Aparna (Renuka Menon) is teased and ragged by the duo, who happens to be the daughter of Principal's friend. Aparna complains and Snehalatha takes action against Shyam and Shivan. Soon to her surprise she discovers that Shyam and Shivan are orphans, hardworking their way up the ladder and their guardian is a priest (Balachandra Menon). But the real twist to the story happens when Snehalatha finds out that one of them is her son. And the son happens to be Shivan.Finally it comes to know that Shyam is the only Biological Son of Snehalatha and not Shivan But Shivan has real affectionate towards Snehalatha and at the end she Accepted Both of them as her sons.

Cast[]

Jishnu Raghavan as Shivan
Sidharth Bharathan as Shyam
Renuka Menon as Aparna
Bhavana as Parimalam
Balachandra Menon as Sathyanathan
Innocent as Shanmughan
Suhasini Maniratnam as Snehalatha
Mithun Ramesh as Reji
Vignesh as Senthil, Parimalam's brother
T. P. Madhavan as Principal
as Jojo Thomas / Noolunda
Ambika Mohan as Jojo Thomas's mother
Yamuna as Damayanthi
Kulappulli Leela
Kalabhavan Shajohn
Shine Tom Chacko as uncredited role

Soundtrack[]

The film's soundtrack contains five songs, all composed by Mohan Sithara. Lyrics were written by Kaithapram Damodaran.

No.	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Enkaralil"	Afsal, Franco, Chorus
2	"Ennamme"	K. J. Yesudas
3	"Sukhamaani Nilavu"	Vidhu Prathap, Jyotsna
4	"Kaathu Kaathoru"	Pushpavathi, Balu, Gopan, Sunil
5	"Sooryane"	M. G. Sreekumar, Rajesh Vijay
6	"Sukhamaani Nilavu"	Jyotsna

Box office[]

Nammal was a commercial success at the box office.^[2]

Awards[]

Award	Category	Recipient(s)
Kerala State Film Awards^[3]	Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value	Kamal , David Kachapally
	Best Art Director	Suresh Kollam
	Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention	Bhavana
Kerala Film Critics Award	Best Male Debut	Jishnu Raghavan
	Best Male Debut	Jishnu Raghavan

References[]

^ "Kinescope". The Hindu. 23 December 2002. Archived from the original on 21 July 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "A filmi shot in the arm". The Hindu. 15 February 2003. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016.
^ "State Film Awards (2000–12)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

External links[]

Nammal at IMDb

[1] "Kinescope". The Hindu. 23 December 2002. Archived from the original on 21 July 2003. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[2] "A filmi shot in the arm". The Hindu. 15 February 2003. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016.

[3] "State Film Awards (2000–12)". Kerala State Chalachitra Academy. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

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