''Naval Enna Jewel'

is a 2017 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

co-written, co-produced and directed by Renji Lal Damodaran. The film revolves around the lives of a mother and daughter who were the victims of an ''Arabi kalyanam''. The film stars Reem Kadem in titular role, where

Shweta Menon Shwetha Menon is an Indian actress, model and television anchor. She won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides appearing in a number of Telugu and Tamil Language Fil ...

Anu Sithara Anu Sithara is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam films. She has also appeared in some Tamil Films . Anu made her debut in 2013 as a child artist in ''Pottas Bomb''. Anu also a trained Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam ( ...

Adil Hussain Adil Hussain () is an Indian actor who has worked in Indian cinema, including art house cinema and mainstream Bollywood, as well as international cinema, in films such as ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' and ''Life of Pi'' (both 2012). He rece ...

, Alen Matters, Anjali Nair,

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana, ...

and

Paris Laxmi Myriam Sophia Lakshmi Quinio (born 16 July 1991), known professionally as Paris Laxmi is a dancer and actress born in France and settled in Kerala, India. With her husband Kathakali dancer Pallippuram Sunil, she runs the Kalashakti School of Arts ...

portray supporting roles. ''Naval Enna Jewel'' released on 18 August 2017 and received mixed response from critics while Shwetha Menon's performance got praises.

Plot

Asma is the eldest daughter in a poor Muslim family in Malabar. Asma is married to a 70-year-old Iranian as his fifth wife. Soon the Iranian dies and Asma becomes a widow with one child. But Asma's daughter Naval gets good education and grew into a progressive woman. Her guardian, Chachu made all this possible. And one day Naval had to kill a man for attempting rape. Naval gets a death sentence for the same. Then it is revealed that Chachu is not a man but Asma. Then the film follows Asma's attempts to help Naval.

Cast

* Reem Kadem as Naval Al Ameer *

Shwetha Menon Shwetha Menon is an Indian actress, model and television anchor. She won '' Femina Miss India Asia Pacific 1994''. She has predominantly acted in Malayalam and Hindi language films, besides appearing in a number of Telugu and Tamil Language Fil ...

as Asma and Chachu *

as Murshthak Hussain * Alen Matters as Aslam *

Anjali Aneesh Anjali Nair (born 16 July 1988) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. She is a recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actress at Kerala State film Awards in 2015. Early and per ...

as Reena Mathews * Renny Johnson as Hussain Babba *

Manikandan Pattambi Manikandan Pattambi ( ml, മണികണ്ഠൻ പട്ടാമ്പി) is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He's best known for his roles in Malayalam television. He became famous for his character ''Sathyasheelan'' in the si ...

* Chinnu Korah as Teacher

Soundtrack

The film soundtrack consist of three Malayalam songs and one English song. Music of Malayalam songs was composed by

M Jayachandran Madhusoodanan Jayachandran is an Indian composer, singer, and musician. He has won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director for a record number of nine times. In 2005, he also won the state award for best male singer. In 2015, he wo ...

, with lyrics by Rafeeq Ahammed and Kavyamayi Renji Lal. The fourth song is by Eddie Torres and Ashley Garland.

Critical response

Naval Enna Jewel received mixed reviews generally. Meera Manu of

Deccan Chronicle ''Deccan Chronicle'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded by Rajagopal Mudaliar in the 1930s & currently owned by Samagrah Commercial Pvt Limited. It is published in Hyderabad, Telangana, by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited ( ...

described the film as fight against patriarchy. And she is given 3.5 ratings out of five. Asha Praksh of

The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

wrote that beside a serious theme, the film lacks a consistency of story telling.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6095014
Official Facebook Page
2017 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian drama films Films shot in Kannur Films shot in Thalassery Films shot in Kozhikode Films set in Iran 2017 drama films