Nandanam (film)

Nandanam
Directed by Ranjith
Produced by Siddique
Ranjith
Written by Ranjith
Starring Navya Nair
Prithviraj
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Revathi
Siddique
Innocent
Aravind Akash
Jagathy Sreekumar
N. F. Varghese
Music by Raveendran
Rajamani
(background score)
Cinematography Azhagappan
Edited by Ranjan Abraham
Production
company
Bhavana Cinema
Distributed by Kokers Release
Release date
  • 20 December 2002 (2002-12-20)
Running time
 145 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam
Budget ₹1 crore (US$140,000)
Box office ₹4 crore (US$560,000)

Nandanam (English: The Flower Garden) is a 2002 Malayalam film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith, starring Navya Nair and Prithviraj Sukumaran along with Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Revathi, and Aravind Akash. Singer K. J. Yesudas made a cameo appearance. The music was composed by Raveendran. It was the debut film of actor Prithviraj.

Synopsis

Balamani (Navya Nair) is a young orphaned girl and housemaid, she is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. Balamani takes care of Unni Amma (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) who lives in the ancestral house. Unni Amma considers Balamani like her daughter. For Balamani, Lord Krishna and Unni Amma are everything. Unni Amma's grandson Manu (Prithviraj) comes from Bangalore to stay with his grandmother for a few days before leaving for the US. Balamani is astonished at the sight of Manu, because she had dreams about him in which the two of them were getting married. Eventually, they fall in love.

Manu's mother (Revathy), who was unaware of the affair, asks Manu to marry her friend's daughter. Manu discloses his wish to his mother, but in vain, as his mother had taken the marriage preparations to a point of no-return. His decision to marry the housemaid was not welcomed and Manu was forced to go through the arranged marriage that was set for him. Disheartened,Balamani prays to Guruvayurappan (LOrd Krishna) to giving her strength to let go of her love. Unnikrishnan (Aravind Akash), who is her neighbor, consoles her and tells everything will be all-right. Unni Ama makes a scene and it gains support for Balamani being united with Manu from the family and they get happily married in Guruvayur Temple in front of Lord Guruvayurappan. Later when goes to visit Unnikrishnan at his house, she is shocked to know that the real Unni is somebody else(Sudheesh) and realizes that whom she met as Unnikrishnan, who consoled her, was the Lord Krishna himself.

Cast

Soundtrack

Nandanam
Soundtrack album by Raveendran
Released 2002
Genre Film
Label Satyam Audios
Producer Siddique, Ranjith

The most critically acclaimed and popular songs of this film were written by Gireesh Puthenchery and composed by maestro Raveendran. The songs were on chart for weeks and the song Karmukil Varnante become highly popular and won Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer.

TrackSongSinger(s)Raga
1 Sreelavasantham Dr. K. J. Yesudas Yamuna Kalyani
2 Manassil M. G. Sreekumar, Radhika Thilak Naatta
3 Aarum P. Jayachandran, Sujatha Shuddha Dhanyasi
4 Mouliyil K. S. Chithra Mohanam
5 Gopike Dr. K. J. Yesudas Megh
6 Karmukil K. S. Chithra Harikambhoji
7 Aarum Sujatha Shuddha Dhanyasi, Abhogi
8 Manassil M. G. Sreekumar Naatta

Box office

The film became a commercial success at the box office.[1][2]

Awards

Filmfare Awards South
Kerala State Film Awards


Asianet Film Awards

Remakes

Ranjith also worked on a Tamil remake of the film, which was shelved after some pre-production activities,[3] and the movie was remade as Seedan by director Subramaniya Shiva. It was also remade in Telugu as Maa Baapu Bommaki Pellanta by Raviraja Pinisetty and in Kannada as Nanda Gokula.

References

  1. ↑ "A filmi shot in the arm". The Hindu. 15 February 2003.
  2. ↑ "Prithviraj's Birthday: Some Career-Defining Roles of the Actor [PHOTOS]". International Business Times. 16 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Prema Manmadhan (2010-01-09). "Sitting Pretty". The Hindu.
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