Nammal

This article is about the Malayalam film. For other uses, see Nammal (disambiguation).

Nammal (transl. Us) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam romantic comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar.^[1] The film stars Jishnu and Sidharth Bharathan. It was the debut film of Sidharth Bharathan, Renuka, and Bhavana.^[2] The music was composed by Mohan Sithara. The film was shot in Government Engineering College, Thrissur and Holy Trinity School, Kanjikode.^[3][4] It was remade in Telugu as Dost (2004).^[5][6]

Nammal
Soundtrack cover
Directed by	Kamal
Screenplay by	Kalavoor Ravikumar
Story by	Balamuralikrishna
Produced by	David Kachappally
Starring	Jishnu Raghavan Sidharth Bharathan Renuka Menon Bhavana
Cinematography	Venugopal
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Music by	Mohan Sithara
Production company	Chinku Achu Cinemas
Distributed by	Swargachithra Release
Release date	20 December 2002 (2002-12-20)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Nammal was released on 20 December 2002 and was commercially successful.^[7][8][9]

Plot

Snehalatha becomes the Principal of a college where Shyam and Shivan are the heroes. Shyam and Shivan are fun-filled characters as well as naughty. Aparna 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. But the real twist to the story happens when Snehalatha learns that one of them is her son. And the son happens to be Shyam.

Cast

• Jishnu Raghavan as Shivan; Shyam's best friend; Snehalatha's adoptive son; Parimalam's love-interest (voiceover by Mithun Ramesh)
• Sidharth Bharathan as Shyam; Shivan's best friend; Snehalatha's biological son; Aparna's boyfriend (voiceover by Sarath Das)
• Renuka Menon as Aparna; Shyam's girlfriend
• Bhavana as Parimalam; Shivan's love interest
• Suhasini Maniratnam as Snehalatha; College Principal; Shyam's mother (voiceover by Bhagyalakshmi)
• Balachandra Menon as Sathyanathan; Shivan and Shyam's adoptive father
• Innocent as Shanmughan; Shivan and Shyam's neighbour
• Mithun Ramesh as Reji; Shyam and Shivan's rival (voiceover by Jis Joy)
• Vijeesh Vijayan as Jojo Thomas alias Noolunda; Shivan and Shyam's friend
• Yamuna Rani as Damayanthi
• Vignesh as Senthil; Parimalam's brother
• Ambika Mohan as Mariyamma; Jojo Thomas's mother
• Kulappulli Leela as Lakshmi; Snehalatha's servant
• T. P. Madhavan as Principal
• Shine Tom Chacko as Bus passenger
• Kalabhavan Shajohn as Puli Gopalan

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains five songs, all composed by Mohan Sithara.^[10] The lyrics were written by Kaithapram Damodaran. The soundtrack was a chartbuster upon its release.^[11][12][13]

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 commercially successful.^[14][15][16]

Awards

Nammal received major accolades at the Kerala State Film Awards, Kerala Film Critics Awards, and Mathrubhumi Film Awards in 2003.

Year	Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref
2002	Kerala Film Critics Awards	Best Actor	Jishnu Raghavan	Won	[17][18]
		Best Newcomer	Sidharth Bharathan	Won
		Second Best Film	David Kachappally	Won
2002	Kerala State Film Awards	Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value	Kamal David Kachapally	Won
2003	Mathrubhumi Film Awards	Best Male Debut	Jishnu Raghavan	Won	[19]