'' Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum'' is a 2003 Indian

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-language family drama film directed by

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and produced by

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. It was the debut movie as scriptwriters of brothers Bobby and Sanjay. The film starred Kalidas Jayaram,

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and Jyothirmayi in lead roles along Kalashala Babu,

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, Siddique, Salim Kumar, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Shammi Thilakan,

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and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in supporting roles. It was remade in Tamil as ''

Kannadi Pookal ''Kannadi Pookal'' ( ''Glass Flowers'') is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language film released on 28 January 2005. It was directed by K. Shahjahan, who previously directed ''Punnagai Desam''. The film was a remake of Malayalam film ''Ente Veedu Appuvintey ...

''. Kalidas won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his performance in the film.

Plot

The movie revolves around Viswanathan, his wife Meera and his son Vasudev who are a very happy family. Although Meera is Vasu's stepmother, they are very close to each other. Meera loves Vasu as her own son and Vasu considers Meera as not only his mother but also as his best friend. In the meantime, Meera gives birth to a son and it is Vasu who is the happiest. He names his little brother Appu and cares much for him. After Appu is born, his parents start paying more attention to the baby while Vasu feels left out. On Appu's birthday, Vasu buys him a small gift with the pennies he had saved. But when he sees everyone is giving expensive and much costlier gifts, he feels disappointed and hides his gift. He feels insecure when he sees his parents caring for Appu more while they are not being attentive towards him. Feeling dejected, one day Vasu and his father fall into an argument and Vishwanathan goes to the extent of slapping Vasudev. This begins to create problems leading Vasu to unintentionally kill the baby, which in-turn gets him imprisoned in the juvenile home. After completing the terms in the juvenile home, he comes back to the home and gets a surprise from Meera in the form of another baby as his step-brother. He names the baby Appu and gifts him the old gift he bought for the deceased baby with Viswanathan and Meera happy about their bonding.

Cast

Reception

Box office

The film was a commercial failure.

Accolades

National Film Awards 2003 * Best Child Artiste – Kalidas Jayaram Kerala State Film Awards 2003 *

Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value The Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value is an award, begun in 1976, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best film with popular appeal and aesthetic value in Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the aw ...

( film producer ) *

Kerala State Film Award for Best Director The Kerala State Film Award for Best Director is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969. It is given to a film director who has exhibited outstanding direction while working in the Malayalam film industry. ...

Asianet Film Awards The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says that awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artis ...

* Asianet Film Award for Best Film -

( film producer )

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0389973
''Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum''
at Oneindia.in 2003 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Malayalam films remade in other languages Films with screenplays by Bobby-Sanjay Films directed by Sibi Malayil Films scored by Ouseppachan