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Nandanam (transl. Flower garden) is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith. It stars Prithviraj Sukumaran and Navya Nair, along with Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Revathi, and Aravind Akash. Singer K. J. Yesudas made a cameo appearance. It was the debut film of Prithviraj. Ranjith co-produced the film with Siddique. The music was composed by Raveendran. The film was released on 20 December 2002. The film won four Kerala State Film Awards (including Best Actress for Nair) and two Filmfare Awards South—Best Film and Best Actress (Nair).

Plot[edit]

Balamani is a young orphaned girl and housemaid. She is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. Balamani takes care of Unniyamma who lives near the Guruvayoor temple. Unniyamma considers Balamani like her own daughter. For Balamani, Lord Krishna and Unniyamma are everything. Despite being a devotee of Lord Krishna, she had never been able to visit Guruvayur Temple since her childhood and is always sad for the same. Unniyamma's grandson, Manu comes from Bangalore to stay with his grandmother for a few days before leaving to the US. Balamani is astonished at the sight of Manu, because she had dreamt him before in which the two were getting married. Eventually, they fall in love.

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Manu's mother, who was unaware of this 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 by the relatives and Manu was forced to go through the arranged marriage that was set for him. Disheartened, Balamani prays to Lord Guruvayurappan (Lord Krishna) to give her strength to let go of her love. Unnikrishnan, whom Balamani lovingly calls 'Unni ettan' her neighbour befriends her and consoles her saying that everything will fall in place at the end.

The bride of Manu elopes with her lover as she doesn't have interest in this marriage. Thus the words of the neighbour becomes true. Unniyamma creates a scene in which she supports Balamani after which Manu and Balamani get happily married in Guruvayur Temple in front of Lord Guruvayurappan. After the marriage , she goes to visit Unnikrishnan at his house, but is shocked to learn that the real Unnikrishnan is someone else. She rushes back to temple and realizes that whom she met as Unniettan, her friend who consoled her, was Lord Krishna himself.

Cast[edit]

• Prithviraj Sukumaran as Manu Nandakumar
• Navya Nair as Balamani
• Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Ambalapatil Unni Amma, Manu's maternal grandmother
• Revathi as Thankam Nandakumar (Unni Amma's daughter and M/o Manu)
• Aravind Akash as Unnikrishnan (Guruvayurappan)
• Siddique as Balachandran, Unni Amma's nephew
• Saikumar as Ramadasan, Unni Amma's second son and Thankam's elder brother
• Innocent as Kesavan Nair
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Kumbidi/Palarivattom Sasi
• Vijayakumari as Parootty Amma
• Subbalakshmi as Veshamani Ammal
• Meena Ganesh as Karthyayani Amma
• N. F. Varghese as Sreedharan, Unni Amma's nephew
• Jagannatha Varma as Ambalapatil Madhava Menon, Unniyamma's Relative
• Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Shankarammavan, Unniyamma's Relative
• Sadiq as Vijayan, Unniyamma's Nephew
• Mala Aravindan as Sankaran Mushari
• Kalabhavan Mani as Manikandan (S/o Sankaran Moosari)
• Jagadeesh as Elder S/o Sankaran Moosari
• Augustine as Kunjiraman, the cook
• Kalaranjini as Janaki, (Janu Ettathy) (Unnikrishnan's Mother and Thankam's friend)
• V. K. Sreeraman as Vishwanatha Menon, Unni Amma's eldest son
• Zeenath as Unni Amma's niece
• Subair as Venu Menon
• Jolly Easo as Sumam Venu, Thankam's friend
• Jyothirmayi as D/o Venu Menon
• Bindu Ramakrishnan as Unni Amma's relative
• Ambika Mohan as Unni Amma's relative
• Nivia Rebin as Unni Amma's relative
• Gayathri as Sakundala, Janaki's maid
• Sudheesh as real Unnikrishnan (Cameo appearance)
• K. J. Yesudas as Himself (Cameo appearance)
• Sukumaran as Nandakumar (Photo Presence)

Soundtrack[edit]

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.

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

Filmfare Awards South

• Filmfare Award for Best Film- Ranjith
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Navya Nair

Kerala State Film Awards

• Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress-Navya Nair
• Best Female Playback Singer - K.S.Chitra
• Best Music Director - Raveendran
• Kerala State Film Award for Best Lyrics - Gireesh Puthenchery

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Asianet Film Awards

• Asianet Award for Best Film - Ranjith
• Asianet Award for Best Actress - Navya Nair

Remakes[edit]

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 Gokula Krishna.

References[edit]

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 (9 January 2010). 'Sitting Pretty'. The Hindu.

External links[edit]

• Nandanam on IMDb

Pranchiyettan & the Saint is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language satiricalcomedy film written, directed, and produced by Ranjith.^[1] The film centres on the fictitious conversation between the Thrissur based rice merchant C. E. Francis a.k.a. Pranchiyettan (Mammootty) and St. Francis of Assisi (Jesse Fox Allen). Priyamani, Innocent, Siddique, Khushbu Sundar, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ganapathy, Sasi Kalinga, Tini Tom and Biju Menon play the other important roles.

Plot[edit]

Chirammal Enashu Francis, a.k.a. Pranchiyettan (Mammootty), is a successful businessman based in Thrissur. He is a devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi and often has imaginary conversations with the saint. His ancestors were rice traders, but he has grown beyond the small rice shop to expand his business into jewellery, real estate, finance, shopping complexes and lot more. Even though he is successful and wealthy, he is not well-educated. (He has not cleared the SSLC exams), He is unhappy with his name and also wants to become a celebrity. He is called Ari ('rice') Pranchi by everybody, citing his ancestors' business as a colloquial taunt. He wants to change his image from Ari Pranchi to something great and is ready to spend a fortune for it. The film deals with how Pranchi tries to get a good name and what changes that brings to his life.

The story starts with Francis talking to Saint Francis of Assisi about his own life. It starts with a short flashback about a quarrel between Francis and Jose (Siddique) over their lady love Omana (Khushbu Sundar) when they were in school. Francis had a romance going with Omana but he had to give her up because of Jose's tricks. Now Jose and Omana are apparently happily married and are leading doctors in the city.

The story progresses with several anecdotes about Francis' attempts to get a good name for himself. These attempts are always told to him by his friend Vasu Menon (Innocent), who always takes him to problems. He fights a local club election for the place of the club's President but is defeated by Jose. He then arranges a felicitation for the Oscar award-winner Gafoor Chekutty (a spoof of Resul Pookutty), but has to be satisfied with only a back row seat as he had to give up his seat on the dais for a Padmashree recipient. Inspired by the recognition and respect given to a Padmashree recipient, he decides to somehow grab such an award as that may help in changing his name from Ari Pranchi to Padmashree Pranchi. He bribes a politician named Ajay Nambiar (Balachandran Chullikkadu) with ₹15 million to get the award, but the corrupt politician dupes him.

Dejected, he withdraws into his house when a young woman named Padmashree (Priyamani) comes from Mumbai to invite him for an inauguration ceremony. Following an initial altercation with her due to his misunderstanding of her intention, both become good friends and eventually, Francis falls in love with her. He also helps to prevent her tharavadu (ancestral home) from being sold off. However, he is unable to express his love for her and she returns to Mumbai.

During an interaction with his friend Antony (Sivaji Guruvayoor), who is the principal of the local school, he narrates his woe to Francis. He fears that he might not be able to retire with the satisfaction of having presided over a school that got a pass rate of 100% in the SSLC exams. Moved, Francis resolves to help him. He quickly learns that the problem lies with a sole student named Pauly K. J.(Ganapathy), who always fails in the exams. Pauly's dad (Sreejith Ravi) says they are not financially sound and hence cannot help him enough with his studies. So, he brings the boy to his home and arranges for a special tutor, Pandit Deenadayal (Jagathy Sreekumar), to teach him. Deenadayal discovers that the boy is smart and immensely intelligent, but something is holding him back. He tries to teach Pauly to the best of his ability but, the boy's wit proves too much for him.

Pauly fails the exam again. Furious, Francis throws him out of his house. Upon learning that Pauly's parents were just his foster parents, he and Pauly go to see Pauly's biological father, Joppan (Biju Menon), who is in prison serving a life sentence. Francis comes to know that Joppan, under the influence of alcohol and drugs, hacked his wife (Pauly's mother) and Pauly's teacher to death in front of Pauly. Francis concludes that this incident psychologically scarred the boy, which caused his academic performance to tank. The jail warden (Chaali Pala) discloses to Francis that Joppan is suffering from terminal liver cancer, and he deliberately hides it from the boy so as to not cause him further distress.

Francis then goes to the church in his car. While Pauly sleeps in the car, he talks to Saint Francis. He asks for the Saint's permission for him to adopt Pauly. Fearing failure, he asks the Saint to permit him only if he will succeed. The Saint then shows Francis 3 visuals. The first shows his lost love Omana and Jose cheating on each other. In the second, Ajay Nambiar, the man who cheated him by offering the Padmashree for a bribe is arrested by the police. In the third, Padmashree openly admits her love for Francis to her friend in Mumbai, and further discloses that she is going to propose to him. The Saint then tells him that what one sees as a success is not always a success and what one has lost can always come back to him in the future. Happy, Francis asks the Saint to bless Pauly. But when he returns with the boy, they find the place empty. An incredulous Pauly dismisses Francis' encounter with the Saint as make believe, but when Francis avers that he asked for and got the Saint's permission to adopt Pauly, he says that he too has seen the saint in human form, as Francis. The film concludes with father and son vowing to clear the SSLC exams together the coming year.^[2]

Cast[edit]

• Mammootty as Chirammal Enashu Francis a.k.a. Pranchiyettan
• Priyamani as Padmashree a.k.a. Pappy
• Innocent as Vasu Menon
• Sasi Kalinga as Eeyyappan
• Siddique as Dr. Jose
• Khushbu Sundar as Dr. Omana
• Balachandran Chullikkadu as Ajay Nambiar
• Ganapathi as Pauly
• Biju Menon as Joppan, Pauly's father
• Idavela Babu as Yousuf
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Pandit Deena Dayal
• Jesse Fox Allen as the Saint Francis of Assisi
• Ramu as Bahuleyan
• Shivaji Guruvayoor as Antony Master
• Sreejith Ravi as Vargeese
• T. G. Ravi as Uthup
• Tini Tom as Subran
• Vimal Kumar as Unni
• Jijoy Rajagopal as Ad Film Director
• V. K. Sreeraman as Achutha Warrier

Crew[edit]

voice-artists

Production[edit]

The film was announced on June 2010. The film is produced by Renjith, under the banner of his Capitol Theatres.^[3] Shooting began on 1 July 2010.^[4]

The cast includes Mammootty, he plays the role of Chirammal Enashu Francis, a rice merchant in Thrissur. Hafis Firosh plays Mammootty's childhood counterpart. Innocent plays the role of Vasu Menon, friend of Pranchiyettan. Australian theatre artist Jesse Fox Allen played the role of the Saint. Apart from cine-artistes, this film also features many faces from the professional drama world, as in Renjith's Paleri Manikyam.^[5]Jagathy Sreekumar plays Deena Dayal. 'My character is there only in a few scenes but he makes a definite impact, which is quite exciting for an actor. He is an idealistic teacher, who lives as per Gandhian principles and leads a simple life,' says Jagathy Sreekumar.^[3] Master Ganapathy, who plays Pauly, says, 'It is indeed great to be doing such a nice role with some of the big names in the industry. My character is a live wire.'^[3]

Music[edit]

The score and the only song of the film were composed by Ouseppachan; the lyrics were penned by Shibu Chakravarthy. The music by Ouseppachan was 'among the highlights of the film', according to one reviewer.^[6] However, the only song featured in the film, 'Kinavile', generated mixed responses. It was sung by Gayatri, with male backing vocals provided by Ouseppachan himself. The soundtrack also features a male version of the song 'Kinavile', which was sung by Franco. This version was not picturised and was not featured in the film. The soundtrack was released on Mathrubhumi Music.

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

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It ran for more than 200 days in a theatre in Kerala.^[7][8][9] The film grossed close to ₹4 crore (US$560,000) from 19 days.^[10] The film collected US$957 from UK box office.^[11] Made on a budget of ₹1.50 crore, it grossed a distributor's share of ₹2 crore in its final run.^[12]

Critical response[edit]

Rediff's reviewer rated the film 5 out of 5 and said, 'Pranchiyettan and the Saint is impressive... the success of [the film] rests on the shoulders of writer director Ranjith who gives a meaty story to actors to dig their teeth into.'^[13] The performance by Mammootty as well as the supporting cast also earned appreciation from critics. The review on Rediff said, 'The film depends heavily on Mammootty's histrionic skills to be convincing and it works. It is this effortless and natural performance that gives Pranchiyettan [its] lifeblood.'^[13] Nowrunning comments: 'Very few films are complex and comic at the same time, but Pranchiyettan achieves this almost impossible feat by employing clever plot devices, a fresh narrative structure and a string of metaphoric scenarios.' The review praises Ranjith's work, saying, 'There shouldn't be any trouble enthroning Ranjith as the harbinger of change in Malayalam cinema'.^[14]Sify called the film 'Very Good' and rated it 4 out of 5. Their review focused mainly on the apt usage of Thrissur slang by Mammootty.^[6]

Accolades[edit]

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Amrita-FEFKA Film Awards^[15][16]

• Best Actor – Mammootty

Asianet Film Awards^[17]

• Best Film – Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actor – Mammootty
• Best Cinematographer – Venu

Asiavision Awards^[18]

• Best Film – Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actor – Mammootty
• Best Supporting Actor – Siddique
• Outstanding Performance – Innocent

Filmfare Awards^[19]

• Best Film – Pranchiyettan & the Saint (Won)
• Best Director – Ranjith (Won)
• Best Actor – Mammootty (Won)
• Best Actress – Priyamani (Nominated)

Inspire Film Awards^[20][21]

• Best Film – Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actor – Mammootty
• Best Script – Ranjith

Kerala State Film Awards

• Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value- Ranjith

Kerala Film Critics Awards^[22]

• Best Film – Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actor – Mammootty
• Best Script – Ranjith
• Best Director – Ranjith

Vanitha Film Awards^[23]

• Best Film – Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actor – Mammootty
• Best Director – Ranjith
• Best Script – Ranjith
• Best Cinematography – Venu

Vellinakshatram Film Awards^[24]

• Best Film – Pranchiyettan & the Saint
• Best Actor – Mammootty
• Best Director – Ranjith

References[edit]

1. ^Metromatinee (2010). 'Pranchiyettan and The Saint'. Metromatinee. Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
2. ^Reviewscreen (2010). 'Pranjiyettan and the Saint Plot Review'. Reviewscreen. Archived from the original on 6 November 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
3. ^ ^abcThe Hindu (6 August 2010). 'Merchant of Thrissur'. The Hindu. India. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
4. ^Nowrunning (2010). 'Mammootty and Ranjith together for 'Pranchiyettan and the Saint'. Nowrunning. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
5. ^Indiaglitz (2010). 'Mammootty with Renjith in 'Pranchiyettan And The Saint''. Indiaglitz. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
6. ^ ^abMoviebuzz (2010). 'Pranchiyettan & the Saint'. Sify. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
7. ^'Pranchiyettan And The Saint still running strong'. The Indian Express. 18 March 2011.
8. ^'Pranchiyettan to celebrate 50 days at home'. Sify. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
9. ^P. Sangeetha. 'Pranchiyettan 50'. The Times of India. India. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
10. ^'Three-fold success for Malayalam cinema this season'. The Hindu. 29 September 2010.
11. ^'Pranchiyettan and the Saint'. Box Office Mojo. 30 October 2011.
12. ^'Top 10 Malayalam grossers of 2010'. Sify. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
13. ^ ^abParesh C Palicha (2010). 'Pranchiyettan and the Saint is impressive'. Rediff. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
14. ^VN (2010). 'Pranchiyettan and the Saint is a must watch'. Nowrunning. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
15. ^'Amrita FEFKA Film Awards Announced'. Best Media Info. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
16. ^'Amritha awards for Mammootty, Kavya and T D Dasan'. Indiaglitz. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
17. ^'Mammootty, Mohanlal bag Asianet film awards yet again'. Indo-Asian News Service. NDTV. 1 January 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011.
18. ^'Shaji, Ranjith, Mammootty, Meera Bag Asiavision Awards'. Outlook. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
19. ^'The glitter, the gloss, the razzmatazz'. Times of India. India. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
20. ^'ഇന്‍സ്പയര്‍ ഫിലിം അവാര്‍ഡ് പ്രാഞ്ചിയേട്ടന്‍ മികച്ച ചിത്രം'. Deshabhimani.com. 22 May 2011.
21. ^'ഇന്‍സ്‌പെയര്‍ ചലച്ചിത്ര പുരസ്‌കാരം പ്രാഞ്ചിയേട്ടന്‍ മികച്ച ചിത്രം'. Mathrubhumi.com. 22 May 2011. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011.
22. ^'Critics award: 'Gaddama' adjudged best film'. The Indian Express. India. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
23. ^''Mammootty, Mamtha win Vanitha Film award''. Manorama Online. 10 February 2011. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012.
24. ^''പ്രാഞ്ചിയേട്ടന് മൂന്ന് അവാർഡ്''. Kaumudi Plus. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011.

External links[edit]

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• Pranchiyettan & the Saint on IMDb