''Ishtam'' () is a 2001 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by

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and written by

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. It stars

Dileep Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan Pillai, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, inc ...

and

Navya Nair Navya Nair is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Malayalam films, along with others in Kannada and Tamil. She is the recipient of several awards. Personal life Nair married Santhosh Menon in 2010, and the couple have a son. ...

(in her acting debut), with

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 ...

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, and Jayasudha appearing in supporting roles. The music was composed by

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. ''Ishtam'' was remade in

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as ''

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'' by

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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 he ragged her and cut her hair for which she left the college. So Anjana plans to take a sweet revenge by making a false call. After all those fun incidents, Anjana meets Pavan and then Pavan regret for his mischief he had done to Anjana and then they both become friends. Anjana lives with an spinster music teacher, Sridevi.At Anjana's friend's marriage, Krishnankutty Menono saw Sridevi and it turns out that Krishnankutty Menon and Sridevi were actually star-crossed lovers when they were young. Pavan, Anjana, Narayanan and Pavan's brother, Vipin plans to reunite them after all these years - and in the process, Pavan and Anjana discover their feelings for each other as well.

Cast

as Pavan K Menon aka Pavi *

as Anjana Pillai(''Rose''), Pavi's childhood friend *

as Krishnankutty Menon, father of Pavi and Vipin * Jayasudha as Sreedevi Teacher *

as Vipin K Menon *

as Narayanan, friend of Krishnankutty Menon *

Balachandra Menon Balachandra Menon ( ml, ബാലചന്ദ്ര മേനോൻ) (born 11 January 1954) is an Indian actor, director and script writer. He made a number of films in the 1980s and 1990s. He has directed 40 films and has acted in over 100. ...

as Gokul Das (Anjana Pillai's Father) *Suma Jayaram as Girija Menon *

Jyothirmayi Jyothirmayi is an Indian actress, television presenter, and former model, who works in Malayalam cinema. Starting her career as a model, she ventured into television, working as an anchor and later starring numerous Television show. Career J ...

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 8 songs, all composed by

and

Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri Padma Shri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannet ...

and sachidanandan puzhankara

Box office

The film was commercial success.

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2001 romantic comedy-drama films 2001 films Malayalam films remade in other languages Films directed by Sibi Malayil Films scored by Mohan Sithara 2001 comedy-drama films Indian romantic comedy-drama films Films shot in Thrissur {{2000s-romantic-comedy-film-stub