Nandanam (transl. Heavenly Garden) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language romantic film written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith. Starring Navya Nair and Prithviraj Sukumaran with Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Revathi, Aravind Akash, Siddique and Sai Kumar in supporting roles. K. J. Yesudas and Sudheesh makes Cameo Appearance. The film won four Kerala State Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards South.
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Directed by | Ranjith |
Written by | Ranjith |
Produced by | Siddique Ranjith |
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Cinematography | Alagappan N. |
Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
Music by | Raveendran C. Rajamani (score) |
Production company | Bhavana Cinema |
Distributed by | Kokers Films |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Budget | ₹ 1.5 Crore |
Box office | ₹ 8 - 9.4 Crore |
Balamani is an orphan who works as a maid to Unniyamma, the aging matriarch of the Ambalapaattil family, and stays with her in the large mansion. Though an ardent devotee of Lord Guruvayurappan (Lord Krishna), Balamani never gets to go to the sacred temple and offer her prayers to the deity. However, she likes the company and the love of Unniyamma who treats her like a granddaughter, and the affections of Kesavan Nair who is a distant relative of hers and had brought her to Ambalapaattil when she was young.
One day, Unniyamma's grandson Manu reaches Ambalapaatil to spend time with his grandmother. Balamani recognizes him from a dream she had where she marries him in front of Guruvayur temple. Although Manu regards her initially as just a help, he begins to have affection towards Balamani which she reciprocates.
This movie was shot in Paliyam Kovilakam in Paravoor.
|Dubbed for - Aravind Akash |Character - Unnikrishnan |Dubbed Actor - Sudheesh
|Dubbed for - Kalaranjini |Character - Janaki |Dubbed Actor - Urvashi)
|Dubbed for - Revathy |Character - Thankam |Dubbing Artist - Bhagyalakshmi
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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 Madhavan Raveendran. The songs were chart for weeks and the song Karmukil Varnante become highly popular and Girish Puthenchery and Raveendran won Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyricist and Best Music Director respectively and also K.S. Chithra won Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer of the year 2004.
Track | Song | Singer(s) | Raga |
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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 |
The film was a commercial success at the box office.[1][2]
Ranjith worked on a Tamil remake of the film which was shelved after some pre-production complications,[5] and the movie was remade as Seedan by director Subramaniya Siva. It was also remade in Telugu as Maa Baapu Bommaki Pellanta by Raviraja Pinisetty and in Kannada as Gokula Krishna.
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