Nalla Pattukare is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by M. S. Sivachandran starring Vijay Madhav in the lead role.

The movie is based on the struggles of upcoming artists and was modelled upon the popular Asianet

Asianet

Asianet Communications Limited is an Indian media conglomerate jointly owned by STAR TV and Jupiter Entertainment. Formed in 1991 and headquartered in the city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south Indian state of Kerala, the company owns several television channels including Asianet, the first...

 reality TV show called Idea Star Singer

Idea Star Singer

Idea Star Singer is a popular Malayalam music reality-television competition, broadcast on the Malayalam channel Asianet and is sponsored by Idea Cellular Limited. The current season of the show is aired from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m [8.00 pm to 9.30 pm from Monday, 19th July 2010],, Monday...

. Vijay Madhav was himself a former contestant in this show. Besides Vijay Madhav, the film also stars other ISS contestants such as Imran, Bitty, Arun Gopan and others.

The music for the movie was done by Sharreth

Sharreth

Sujith Vasudevan I, better known by his stage name Sharreth , is a music director and singer.He began by composing film scores mainly for Malayalam films, but has gone on to compose for Tamil and Telugu films too. Most recently, he scored the music for the Tamil-Telugu bilingual 180.He won the...

, one of the permanent judges of the ISS

Idea Star Singer

Idea Star Singer is a popular Malayalam music reality-television competition, broadcast on the Malayalam channel Asianet and is sponsored by Idea Cellular Limited. The current season of the show is aired from 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m [8.00 pm to 9.30 pm from Monday, 19th July 2010],, Monday...

 show. The songs were sung by popular ISS Contestants such as Najeem Arshad, Durga, Sannidanandan, Shikha, Vani, Yasin, Shwetha, Gayatri, Somdas, Pramod, Vivekanandan, Bitty and Sonia.

Cast

• Vijay Madhav .... Shahjahan
• Bheeman Raghu
  Bheeman Raghu
  Bheeman Reghu is a Malayalam actor best known for his portrayal of villains in Indian cinema.In a career spanning nearly three decades, he has appeared in more than 400 films in Malayalam, and has recently started doing comedy roles...
  
   .... Krishnankutty
• Najeem Arshad .... Rajesh
• Sannidanandan .... Sandanam
• Hima .... Reshma
• Imran Khan .... Salman Khan
• Vijayaraghavan ....
• Jagathy Sreekumar
  Jagathy Sreekumar
  Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films...
  
   .... Pattalam Paulose
• Prasobh ....
• Santhadevi ....
• Asharaf Nissar ....
• Rajasenan
  Rajasenan
  Rajasenan is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor who has worked in Malayalam cinema. His notable films include Ayalathe Adheham , Meleparambil Aanveedu , CID Unnikrishnan B.A., B.Ed. and Aadyathe Kanmani .He also acted the lead role in the film Bharya Onnu Makkal Moonnu ,...
  
  .... Special Appearance
• Reshmi Boban .... Special Appearance
• Sharath .... Himself
• Ouseppachan .... Himself

External links

• http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7295/malayalam/nalla-pattukare/index.htm
• http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/9233/nalla-pattukare.html