Ithu Nammude Katha
Ithu Nammude Katha | |
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Directed by | Rajesh Kannankara |
Produced by | K. C. James |
Screenplay by | Rajesh Kannankara |
Story by | Samuthirakani |
Starring |
Asif Ali Nishan Abhishek Vineeth Kumar Ananya Amala Paul Nimisha |
Music by |
Mohan Sitara Sundar C Babu |
Cinematography | Vipin Mohan |
Editing by | V. Sajan |
Studio | The Media Window Creations |
Distributed by | Sree Gokulam Films |
Release dates |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Ithu Nammude Katha (Malayalam: ഇതു നമ്മുടെ കഥ, English: This Is Our Story) is a 2011 Malayalam film written and directed by Rajesh Kannankara, who debuts with this film. It stars Asif Ali, Nishan, Abhishek, Vineeth Kumar, Ananya, Amala Paul and Nimisha in the lead roles. The film is an unofficial remake of 2009 Tamil film Nadodigal with story credited to Samuthirakani.[1][2] The story revolves around a girl with lot of problems. She enters the life of a group of three youngsters. The film released on 28 January 2011.
Cast
- Asif Ali as Vinod
- Nishan as Santhosh
- Abhishek as Konjumon
- Vineeth Kumar as Mahesh
- Ananya as Kalyani
- Amala Paul as Aiswarya
- Nimisha Suresh as Ammu (Vinod's sister)
- Kottayam Nazeer as "Chenkal Choola" Babu
- Suraj Venjaramoodu
- Lalu Alex as Santhosh's father
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Kalyani's father
- Indrans Kunjumon's father
- Devan
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Vinod's and Ammu's Grandmother
- Shobha Mohan as Vinod's mother
- Ambika Mohan as Kalyani's mother
- Manoj Thomas
Character map of remakes
Naadodigal Tamil (2009) | Shambo Shiva Shambo Telugu (2010) | Hudugaru Kannada (2011) | Ithu Nammude Katha Malayalam (2011) | Run Bengali (2011) | Rangrezz Hindi (2013) |
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Karunakaran (Sasikumar) | Karunakar (Ravi Teja) | Prabhu (Puneet Rajkumar) | Vinod (Asif Ali) | Jeet (Rahul Banerjee) | Rishi (Jackky Bhagnani) |
Rangapandi (Bharani) | Malli (Allari Naresh) | Siddesh (Yogesh) | Kochumon (Abhishek) | Ghona (Arnab) | Pakkya (Vijay Verma) |
Chandran (Vijay Vasanth) | Chandu (Siva Balaji) | Chandru (Srinagar Kitty) | Santhosh (Nishan) | Ricky (Abhiraj) | Vinu (Amitosh Nagpal) |
Nallammaal (Ananya) | Karunakar's cousin (Priyamani) | Gayathri (Radhika Pandit) | Kalyani (Ananya) | Megha (Priyanka Sarkar) | Megha (Priya Anand) |
Pavithra (Abhinaya) | Pavithra (Abhinaya) | Pavithra (Abhinaya) | Ammu (Nimisha Suresh) | Barsha (Pamela Mondal) |
Production
Pooja of the film was held in Kochi on July 2010.[3] Ithu Nammude Katha began its filming on August 2010 in Kavalam near Changanassery.[4] In addition to Kavalam, the locations for the film include Kuttanadu, Pollachi and Gundalpettu.[5] The film features an ensemble cast consisting of many new faces. According to the director, they are planning to include all the new faces of Malayalam cinema, perhaps in cameo roles or as part of a song sequence.[5] The lead male roles have been played by Asif Ali, Nishan and Abhishek, who previously teamed up in Apoorvaragam and the former two also in Ritu. There are 3 female leads in the film played by Ananya, Nimisha and Amala Paul. Ananya's previous films were Nadodigal, on which the film is based on, Shikkar and Kandahar, Nimisha has done significant roles in Pachakuthira and Mayavi whereas Amala Paul is an upcoming star in films.[5]
Reception
The film received moderately positive reviews from critics. But it ended up as a box office flop mainly due to lack of publicity.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Ithu Nammude Katha Synopsis". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ↑ "Ithu Nammude Katha Review". Rediff. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ↑ "Ithu Nammude Katha Pooja Pictures". Kerala9.com. 29 July 2010.
- ↑ "Ithu Nammude Katha Starts Shooting In Kavalam". Realbollywood.com. 12 August 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 George, Vijay (10 September 2010). "Youth brigade again". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Analysis of Malayalam cinema 2011". Deepika. Retrieved 4 January 2012.