Ishtam (2001 Malayalam film)
Ishtam (transl. Romance ) is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar. It stars Dileep and Navya Nair (in her acting debut), with Nedumudi Venu, Innocent, Sreenivasan, and Jayasudha appearing in supporting roles. The music was composed by Mohan Sitara. Ishtam was remade in Hindi as Mere Baap Pehle Aap by Priyadarshan.
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| Directed by | Sibi Malayil |
| Produced by | David Kachappally |
| Written by | Kalavoor Ravikumar |
| Starring | Dileep Navya Nair Nedumudi Venu Jayasudha Innocent Sreenivasan |
| Music by | Mohan Sitara |
| Cinematography | Venugopal |
| Edited by | L. Bhoominathan |
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Running time | 154 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Pawan (Dileep), whose mother died 24 years ago when he was a child, lives with his widower father Krishnankutty Menon (Nedumudi Venu), a rich businessman. His father frequently and hilariously gets in trouble with the police officer Mariyamma (Kalpana), mostly due to his best friend, Narayanan (Innocent). Pavan meets Anjana (Navya Nair) who was his old college mate, who lives with her unmarried music teacher Sridevi. It turns out that Krishnankutty Menon and Sridevi (Jayasudha) were actually star-crossed lovers when they were young. Pavan, Anjana, Narayanan (Innocent) and Pavan's brother (Sreenivasan) make a plan to reunite them after all these years - and in the process, Pavan and Anjana discover their feelings for each other as well.
Cast
- Dileep as Pavan K Menon aka Pavi
- Navya Nair as Anjana Pillai(Rose), Pavi's Childhood Friend
- Nedumudi Venu as Krishnankutty Menon, Father of Pavi and Vipin
- Jayasudha as Sreedevi Teacher
- Sreenivasan as Vipin K Menon
- Innocent as Narayanan, Friend of Krishnankutty Menon
- Balachandra Menon as Anjana Pillai's Father
- Suma Jayaram as Girija Menon
- Jyothirmayi as Jyothi
- Kalpana as Mariyamma Thomas
- Arun Ghosh as Jyothi's Husband
- Deepika Mohan as Jyothi's Mother
- Niyas Backer as Babukuttan
- Bindhu Krishna
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack contains 8 songs, all composed by Mohan Sitara and Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri.
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Raga(s) |
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| 1 | "Chanchala" | K. S. Chitra | |
| 2 | "Ishtam Ishtam" | Chorus | |
| 3 | "Kaliparayum" | Sunil | |
| 4 | "Kandu Kandu" | Dhanya | |
| 5 | "Kandu Kandu" | Dr. K. J. Yesudas | |
| 6 | "Kanumpol" | Dr. K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra | |
| 7 | "Kanumpol" | Dr. K. J. Yesudas | |
| 8 | "Vattathil" | Sunil |
Box office
The film was commercial success.[1]
References
- Unni R. Nair (4 January 2002). "Let down". Screen India. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007.