Nandanam (film)

Nandanam
Directed by	Ranjith
Produced by	Siddique Ranjith
Written by	Ranjith
Starring	Navya Nair Prithviraj Kaviyoor Ponnamma Revathi Siddique Innocent Aravindar Jagathy Sreekumar N. F. Varghese Sudheesh
Music by	Raveendran Rajamani (background score)
Cinematography	Azhagappan
Editing by	Ranjan Abraham
Studio	Bhavana Cinema
Distributed by	Kokers Release
Release date(s)	December 20, 2002 (2002-12-20)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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

Plot

An orphaned girl and housemaid, Balamani (Navya Nair) is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. Balamani takes care of Unni Amma (Kaviyoor Ponnamma)who lives in that ancestral house. Unni Amma treats Balamani like her daughter. Unni Amma's grandson Manu (Prithviraj) comes from Bangalore to stay with his grandmother for a few days before he leaves for USA. Balamani was shocked to see Manu for first time, because she had seen him in her dreams before as her groom. They fall in love with each other. Manu's mother (Revathy), who was unaware of his son's affair, asks him 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 by all and Manu was forced to enter the marriage that was set for him. Disheartened Balamani prays to Guruvayurappan. Unnikrishnan (Aravindar & Sudheesh), who was her neighbor boy, consoles her and tells about a prospective U-turn in events that could enable her marriage with Manu. Balamani doesn't hope for that to happen even in the wildest of her dreams. In the series of events that follows, Balamani finally unites with Manu and they get happily married in Guruvayur Temple in front of Lord Guruvayurappan. Later she realizes that it was The Lord Himself (Aravindar) who came to console her as her neighbor lad, Unnikrishnan.

Cast

• Navya Nair as Balamani
• Prithviraj Sukumaran as Manu
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Unni Amma
• Revathi as Thankam
• Siddique as Balan
• Innocent as Kesavan Nair
• Aravindar as Guruvayurappan
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Kumbidi
• N. F. Varghese as Sreedharan
• Sudheesh as Unnikrishnan
• Kalaranjini as Unnikrishnan's Mother
• Sreeraman

Remakes

Ranjith also worked on a Tamil remake of the film, which was shelved after some pre-production activities,^[1] and now once again the movie is remade as Seedan by director Subramaniya Shiva.

References

1. ^ Prema Manmadhan (2010-01-09). "Sitting Pretty". The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/01/09/stories/2010010953950800.htm. 

External links

• Nandanam at the Internet Movie Database