''Poomaram'' is a 2018 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

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written, co-produced and directed by

Abrid Shine Abrid Shine is an Indian film director, screenwriter and fashion photographer in the Malayalam film industry. He made his directorial debut in 2014 with the film ''1983'', which won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director. Personal ...

. The film stars debutants

Kalidas Jayaram Kalidas Jayaram (born 16 December 1993) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. The son of film actors Jayaram and Parvathy Jayaram, Parvathy, Kalidas made his debut in the Mal ...

as well as

Neeta Pillai Neeta Pillai is an Indian actress from Kerala, India who predominantly working in the Malayalam film industry. She debuted with Poomaram in 2018, alongside Kalidas Jayaram. Early life Neeta was born at Thodupuzha, Kerala to Vijayan P.N. an ...

in lead roles of Malayalam cinema.

Plot

The film is based on the Mahatma Gandhi University Youth Festival which takes place every year, where different colleges under the university participate for winning the champion trophy.

Cast

as Gauthaman C.A, Chairman of Maharaja's College Union *

as Irene George, Chairperson of St. Teresa's College Union * Merin Philip as Friend of Irene * Architha Anish as Malavika *

Joju George Joseph George, better known as Joju George (born 22 October 1977) is an Indian actor, playback singer and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in Malayalam films and worked on Tamil projects as well. In 2015, he won the ...

as Police Inspector Daya Swaroop * Professor Jayaraman Chakiat Siva Rama Menon as Gauthaman's father * Rohini Nair as Teacher * Rajesh varma (Script Writer) as Teacher * Sarvasri as Singer * Shikha Prabhakar as Singer * Ismath P.I as Singer *

Ramya Krishnan Ramya Krishnan (born 15 September 1970), also credited as Ramya Krishna (in the Telugu and Kannada film industries) is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 260 films in five languages: Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi. Ramy ...

as Chenda player * Pooja Suchithran as Harmonium player * Aparna as Tablist * Sreeshma as Meenakshi(Meenu) *

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as Vivek C.B(Kili) * RLV T K Anil Kumar as Dance Master of St.Teresa's College * Sangeetha S kumar * Mintu Maria Vincent * Noufal PN ( Gauthaman's Friend ) *

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 ...

as Himself (Cameo appearance) *Renju Renjimar as Herself (Make-up artist) *

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as Herself (Cameo appearance) *

Suresh Thampanoor V. Suresh Thampanoor, commonly known as Aristo Suresh is a singer, film actor, and lyricist, who works in Malayalam cinema. He was a finalist of the first season of Bigg Boss Malayalam. Personal life Suresh hails from Aristo, a junction in Tham ...

as Suresh (Cameo Appearance) *Rasnesh Kannadikuzhi as Sunikuttan

Production

Principal photography began on 12 September 2016 in

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. Shooting of the movie commenced on 12 September 2016 at

Maharaja's College, Ernakulam The Maharaja's College is a government college of higher education located in Kochi, Kerala. Established in 1875, it is one of the oldest colleges in India. Located in the heart of the city, the college is spread over a campus of on the ban ...

. St. Kuriakose Senior Secondary School Kaduthuruthy, Mangalam College of Engineering and

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Soundtrack

The first track "Njanum Njanumentallum" was released by

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on their

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channel in November 2016. The second song "Kadavathoru Thonni" was released in May 2017.Poomaram song Kadavathoru Thoni: Kalidas Jayaram film’s song hits you at the right spots. Watch video
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Release

The film was scheduled for release in late-December 2017, but was postponed to March 2018. The film later released on 15 March 2018. The film got mixed reviews.

Accolades

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6277824 2018 films Indian drama films 2010s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Perumbavoor G. Raveendranath Films scored by Gopi Sundar Films directed by Abrid Shine