Pothan Vava

Pothan Vava is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Joshiy, starring Mammootty and Usha Uthup. Through this film, the famous Indian pop and Bollywood singer Usha Uthup made her first screen appearance, in which she played the role of the protagonist's mother.^[1][2] The film was released on October 21 coinciding with Diwali. Pothen Vava was credited for an excellent performance and commercial success.

Pothan Vava
Directed by	Joshiy
Written by	Benny P Nayarambalam
Produced by	Lal
Starring	Mammootty Usha Uthup
Cinematography	Sanjeev Sankar
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Music by	Alex Paul
Release date	21 October 2006 (2006-10-21)
Running time	140 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Plot

Vava, a villager, goes through many troubles as he is born to a Christian mother and a Brahmin father. However, he is determined to prove to society that love is what matters the most.

Cast

• Mammootty as Kurisuveettil Pothan Vava
• Usha Uthup as Kurisuveettil Mariamma
• Nedumudi Venu as Meppattor Vishnu Narayanan Nampoothiri
• Gopika as Advocate Gladys
• Bijukuttan as Mathai
• Rajan P. Dev as Vakkachan
• Spadikam George as Antochan
• Maniyanpilla Raju as Paulachan
• Sai Kumar as Sivankutty
• Samvrutha Sunil as Gayathri
• Kalasala Babu as Fr. Abraham
• Biju Pappan as Britto
• Augustine as Kurian
• Kunchan as Panikkar
• Baburaj as Michael
• Ponnamma Babu as Antochan's wife
• Nisha Sarang as Paulachan's wife
• Deepika Mohan
• Narayanankutty
• Lal as himself (Guest Appearance)

Music

The score and soundtrack of the movie was composed by Alex Paul, with lyrics written by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma.

1. "Vave Makane" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Usha Uthup
2. "Vave Makane" - Afsal, Madhu Balakrishnan, Pradeep Palluruthy, Ramesh Babu
3. "Nerane Ellam Nerane" - Madhu Balakrishnan, Reju Joseph, Manjari
4. "Omkarathidambulla" - M. G. Sreekumar
5. "Manjadi Manimuth" - M. G. Sreekumar, Jyotsna
6. "Raga" (Bit) - Jyotsna, Chorus

Box office

The film was a commercial success at the box office.^[3]