''Ee Snehatheerathu'' or ''Saamam'' is a 2004

Malayalam film Malayalam cinema is an Indian cinema, Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based in Kochi, Kerala, India. The films produced in Malayalam cinema are known for their cinematography and story-driven plots. In 1982, ...

directed by

Kaviyoor Sivaprasad Kaviyoor Sivaprasad is a Malayalam film director, screenwriter and visiting faculty of Malayalam University and SJCC. He is the father of actor-director Sidhartha Siva. Awards * 2016: ''Chalachithra Prathiba Award'' by the Kerala Film Critics ...

and written by Ramakrishnan, starring

Kunchacko Boban Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer. Sometimes referred to as Chackochan, he works in the Malayalam film industry and has acted in more than 90 films in more than two decades. He is a member of the List ...

, Umashankari Sumithra,

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Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...

and

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

won the Special Jury Award at the

Kerala State Film Awards The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Cha ...

for this movie.

Plot

Viswanathan (Kunchacko Boban) who is idealistic to a fault, suspicious of an evil-doer but kind-hearted Gounder (Lal). Nathan's father Sasthri (Nedumudi Venu) has been enjoying Gounder's largesse but Nathan refuses to believe that it comes no strings attached. It makes him fiercely protective of his mother (Jayaprada) and sister (Suja Karthika). Nathan teaches at a "parallel college" where his student (Uma Shankari) falls for his charm.

Cast

as Vishwanathan * Umashankari Sumithra as Gayathri *

Jaya Prada Jaya Prada Nahata (born Lalitha Rani; 3 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician. She is hailed as one of the most iconic and influential actresses in both Telugu and Hindi film industries in late '70s, '80s and early '90s. Jayaprada i ...

as Lekshmi, Vishwanathan's Mother *

as Chinnappa Gounder *

Ravi Menon Chalappurathu Raveendranatha Menon (1950 – 24 November 2007), popularly known as Ravi Menon was a veteran Indian film actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was born in Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad in 1950. He completed diploma from the Film a ...

... Gayathri's Father *

Kannur Sreelatha Kannur Sreelatha is an Indian actress from Kannur who is best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. Making her debut with the movie ''Prashnam Gurutharam'', directed by Balachandra Menon, she has acted in many stage plays before entering into ...

.... Gayathri's Mother *

as Sashtri, Vishwanathan's Father *

as Parasheri * Suja Karthika as Divya, Vishwanathan's Sister *

Sudheesh Sudheesh (born 7 December 1972) is an Indian actor and director from Calicut who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He won Kerala State Film Awards for Best Character Actor in 2021. Personal life Sudheesh is the only son of T. S ...

as Ganesh * Arun as Murugan, Chinnappa Gounder's brother *

Cochin Haneefa Muhammed Haneefa (22 April 1951 – 2 February 2010), better known by his stage name Cochin Haneefa, was an Indian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He started his career in the 1970s mainly portraying villainous roles, before going on to ...

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by

Dr. L. Subramaniam Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (born 23 July 1947) is an Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music. Early years Subramaniam was born in Madras, Madras Presidency, Brit ...

, with lyrics by

S. Ramesan Nair S. Ramesan Nair (3 May 1948 – 18 June 2021) was an Indian lyricist and poet who worked predominantly in the Malayalam film industry. Over his career he wrote songs for over 170 films and over 3,000 devotional songs outside of the films. He d ...

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2004 films Films directed by Kaviyoor Sivaprasad Films scored by L. Subramaniam {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub