Ishtam is a 2001 Malayalam film directed by Sibi Malayil

Sibi Malayil

Sibi Malayil is an Indian film director of Malayalam cinema best known for his melodramas of the 80s and 90s. Since the mid-1980s he has directed some 40 movies. Movies like Kireedam, Dasharatham, Thaniyavarthanam, His Highness Abdullah, Bharatham, and Akashadoothu defined the way Malayalam movies...

 starring Dileep

Dileep (actor)

Dileep is an Indian film actor, mimicry artist and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.Dileep started his career as a mimicry artist in the Cochin Kalabhavan troupe. He later started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal with the film Vishnu Lokam...

 and Navya Nair

Navya Nair

Dhanya Nair , better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films. She has won the honour of Kalathilakam in the Alappuzha District Schools Youth Festival.- Personal life :...

. This was Navya's first movie.

Ishtam was later remade in Hindi as Mere Baap Pehle Aap

Mere Baap Pehle Aap

Mere Baap Pehle Aap is a 2008 Bollywood comedy film directed by Priyadarshan. The film stars Akshaye Khanna, Genelia D'Souza, Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Shobana and Rajpal Yadav. The story is adapted from the 2001 Malayalam film Ishtam directed by Sibi Malayil...

 by Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan

Priyadarshan is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter. In a career spanning over two decades, Priyadarshan has directed over 80 films in several Indian languages including Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu...

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Plot

After his mother died five years ago, Pavan (Dileep

Dileep (actor)

Dileep is an Indian film actor, mimicry artist and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.Dileep started his career as a mimicry artist in the Cochin Kalabhavan troupe. He later started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal with the film Vishnu Lokam...

 tries to find second wife for his widowed father (Nedumudi Venu

Nedumudi Venu

Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...

) who is struggling his loneliness. Later Pavan meets Anjana (Navya Nair

Navya Nair

Dhanya Nair , better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films. She has won the honour of Kalathilakam in the Alappuzha District Schools Youth Festival.- Personal life :...

), a college girl whose teacher Sridevi is unmarried. It turns out that Krishnankutty and Sridevi were actually sweethearts some years back.

Cast

• Dileep
  Dileep (actor)
  Dileep is an Indian film actor, mimicry artist and producer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.Dileep started his career as a mimicry artist in the Cochin Kalabhavan troupe. He later started his film career as an assistant director to Kamal with the film Vishnu Lokam...
  
   ... Pavan K. Menon
• Navya Nair
  Navya Nair
  Dhanya Nair , better known by her stage name Navya Nair, is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films. She has won the honour of Kalathilakam in the Alappuzha District Schools Youth Festival.- Personal life :...
  
   ... Anjana(Rose)
• Nedumudi Venu
  Nedumudi Venu
  Nedumudi Venu is a popular Malayalam film actor from Kerala, India. He has also written screenplays and has directed one film.- Early life :...
  
   ... Krishnankutty Menon
• Jayasudha
  Jayasudha
  Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....
  
   ... Sridevi
• Innocent ... Narayanan
• Sreenivasan ... Vipin K. Menon
• Balachandra Menon
  Balachandra Menon
  Balachandra Menon is an Indian film actor, director, script writer, lyricist, and producer who works in Malayalam cinema. He made some popular films in the 1980s and 1990s...
  
   ... Anjana's Father
• Suma Jayaram ... Girija
• Jyothirmayi ... Jyothi
• Kalpana
  Kalpana (Malayalam actress)
  Kalpana is a Malayalam film actress known for her comedy roles. She is the sister of film actresses Urvashi and Kalaranjini. Kalpana Anil, better known by her stage name Kalpana, entered the film industry wanting to work as a heroine. However, she she ended up doing comedy. Kalpana has strayed into...
  
  ... Mariyamma Thomas