''Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu'' is a 2015 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 film directed by

Priyanandanan Priyanandanan is an Indian film and drama director from Kerala. His second movie, ''Pulijanmam,'' received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 2006. Biography Priyanandanan is a native of Vallachira in Thrissur District, Kerala. ...

, starring Siddharth Bharathan and

Vinay Forrt Vinay Kumar, professionally credited as Vinay Forrt is an Indian film and stage actor. He hails from Fort Kochi, Kerala and is a theatre activist with more than a decade's worth of experience in the theatrical field as well as a postgraduate in ...

Plot

''Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu'' is the story of Damanan and Madanan, who are petty thieves and one day their plan goes downhill and the duo jumps into a river to escape and they lose consciousness. Both see a dream....

Cast

* Siddharth Bharathan *

Aparna Vinod Aparna Vinod is an Indian actress. She made her film debut in 2015 with the Malayalam film ''Njan Ninnodu Koodeyundu''. Early life and education Aparna was born in Ernakulam in Kerala to entrepreneur Vinod P (a descendant of Padmanaban Palp ...

*Navami Murali *Jaise Jose *

Madhupal Madhupal Kannambathu is an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. Madhupal made his acting debut with ''Kashmeeram'' in 1994 and his directorial debut with ''Thalappavu'' (2008), which was about Naxal Varghese an ...

* Antony Mathai

Reception

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 ...

'' gave the movie 2.5 stars, stating that "Replete with performances that also feel functional at many junctures, the movie is a tad too contrived for the average audience." NowRunning was also mixed in their review, as they praised the performances by the lead actors while also writing "But there is indeed an air of artificiality that is very much there, and at times it makes the proceedings appear a bit too synthetic. The film isn't able to sustain its momentum as well in the latter half, and it all winds up in a hurry, as the two men are shaken out of the reverie that they have been caught in."

References

External links

* 2015 films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Priyanandanan {{2010s-Malayalam-film-stub