Loading AI tools
2011 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ithu Nammude Katha (transl. This Is Our Story) is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by Rajesh Kannankara, who debuts with this film. It stars Asif Ali, Nishan, Abhishek, Vineeth Kumar, Ananya and Amala Paul in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2009 Tamil film Nadodigal with story credited to Samuthirakani and also Ananya reprising her role from the original.[1][2] The story revolves around a girl with lot of problems. She enters the life of a group of three youngsters. The film released on 28 January 2011.
| Ithu Nammude Katha | |
|---|---|
| |
| Directed by | Rajesh Kannankara |
| Screenplay by | Rajesh Kannankara |
| Story by | Samuthirakani |
| Based on | Naadodigal by Samuthirakani |
| Produced by | K. C. James |
| Starring | Asif Ali Nishan Abhishek Vineeth Kumar Ananya |
| Cinematography | Vipin Mohan |
| Edited by | V. Sajan |
| Music by | Mohan Sitara Sundar C Babu |
Production company | The Media Window Creations |
| Distributed by | Sree Gokulam Films |
Release date |
|
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Vinod, Santhosh and Kochumon are best friends who always hang out together. Vinod is betrothed to his cousin, Kalyani but her father is stubborn that he will only let him marry her if he has a government job. Santhosh is secretly in love with Vinod's sister, Ammu and Vinod is aware of their relation even though he turns a blind eye towards it. One day, Mahesh, Vinod's friend, comes to their village. The trio saves him from committing suicide and asks him why he tried to kill himself. Mahesh tells them that he is in love with a girl named Aishwarya, who is the daughter of his mother's political rival and realizing that both the families won't agree to their marriage, his only way was to die as he can't live without Aishwarya. The trio agrees to help Mahesh elope with Aishwarya. They safely saves the couple from the attacks of their families and bids them goodbye asking them to live their life happily. But in the fight, Santhosh loses his leg and Kochumon his hearing ability and Vinod loses his grandmother in an ambush from Aishwarya's family. As the families file a case against the three of them, they become a burden to even their families. Kalyani is forced to marry a government employee, breaking Vinod's heart. Vinod supports Ammu's relation with Santhosh in front of their parents. Months later, while they are attending the trial of the case in the court, they are informed that the case is closed. They realise that Mahesh and Aishwarya got separated and moved back to their respective houses. They try to meet both of them, but are restricted by their parents, forcing them to kidnap both of them. They are angry towards the both of them because they have sacrificed their own life to unite them, only for them to get separated after few weeks. They leave the place and deciding to rebuild their life once again from scratch and on their way back, they hear another trio talking about helping their friend elope with his girlfriend.
Pooja of the film was held in Kochi in July 2010.[3] Ithu Nammude Katha began its filming in August 2010 in Kavalam near Changanassery.[4] In addition to Kavalam, the locations for the film include Kuttanadu, Pollachi and Gundalpettu.[5] The film features an ensemble cast consisting of many new faces. According to the director, they are planning to include all the new faces of Malayalam cinema, perhaps in cameo roles or as part of a song sequence.[5] The lead male roles have been played by Asif Ali, Nishan and Abhishek, who previously teamed up in Apoorvaragam and the former two also in Ritu. There are 3 female leads in the film played by Ananya, Nimisha and Amala Paul. Ananya's previous films were Nadodigal, on which the film is based on, Shikkar and Kandahar, Nimisha has done significant roles in Pachakuthira and Mayavi whereas Amala Paul is an upcoming star in films.[5]
The songs were composed by Mohan Sithara and Sundar C. Babu.
The film received moderately positive reviews from critics. But it ended up as a box office disaster mainly due to lack of publicity.[6]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
