Ishtam (2001 Malayalam film)

Ishtam
Directed bySibi Malayil
Written byKalavoor Ravikumar
Produced byDavid Kachappally
StarringDileep
Navya Nair
Nedumudi Venu
Jayasudha
Innocent
Sreenivasan
CinematographyVenugopal
Edited byL. Bhoominathan
Music byMohan Sitara
Release date
  • 27 October 2001 (2001-10-27)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Ishtam (transl. Love ) is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar.[1] 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.[2]

Plot

Pawan, whose mother died twenty four years ago when he was a child, lives with his father Krishnankutty Menon, a rich businessman. His father frequently and hilariously gets in trouble with the police officer Mariamma, mostly due to his best friend, Narayanan. Anjana meets Pavan whom she was ragged by and made her cut her hair due to which she left the college. So, she plans to take sweet revenge by making a false call. After all those fun incidents, Anjana meets Pavan who regrets the mischief he had done and then, they become friends. Anjana lives with a spinster music teacher, Sridevi. At Anjana's friend's marriage, Krishnankutty Menon meets Sridevi, and it turns out that Krishnankutty Menon and Sridevi were star-crossed lovers when they were young. Pavan, Anjana, Narayanan, and Pavan's brother, Vipin, plan to reunite them after all these years. In the process, Pavan and Anjana discover their feelings for each other as well.

Cast

  • Dileep as Pavan K Menon (Pavi)
  • Navya Nair as Anjana Pillai (Rose), Pavi's childhood friend
  • Nedumudi Venu as Krishnankutty Menon, Pavi's and Vipin's father
  • Jayasudha as Sreedevi Teacher
  • Sreenivasan as Vipin K Menon
  • Innocent as Narayanan, Krishnankutty's friend
  • Balachandra Menon as Gokul Das, Anjana's father
  • Suma Jayaram as Girija Menon
  • Jyothirmayi as Jyothi
  • Kalpana as Mariamma 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 eight songs, all composed by Mohan Sitara and lyrics by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and Sachidanandan Puzhankara.[3]

# Title Singer(s) Lyrics Raga(s)
1 "Chanchala Druthapada" K. S. Chitra Sibi Malayil

Brindabani Sarang

2 "Ishtam Ishtam" Chorus Kaithapram Chorus
3 "Kaliparayum" Sunil Viswachaithanya Kaithapram Sunil
4 "Kandu Kandu" Dhanya Sachidanandan Puzhankara Kapi
5 "Kandu Kandu" Dr. K. J. Yesudas Kaithapram

Kapi

6 "Kanumbol Parayamo" Dr. K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra Sachidanandan Puzhankara Kalyani
7 "Kanumbol Parayamo" Dr. K. J. Yesudas Sachidanandan Puzhankara Kalyani
8 "Vattathil" Sunil Viswachaithanya Kaithapram Sunil

Box office

The film was a commercial success.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Father's Day 2020: 'Ishtam' to 'Kireedam', five Malayalam movies that portrayed fatherhood at its best". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Ishtam Review | Ishtam Malayalam Movie Review by K. T. Thomas". March 2002.
  3. ^ Ishtam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Mohan Sithara, 19 July 2002, retrieved 26 July 2023
  4. ^ Unni R. Nair (4 January 2002). "Let down". Screen India. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007.