Nammal is a blockbuster Malayalam movie released in 2002. It is directed by the notable director, Kamal

Kamaluddin Mohammed

Kamaluddin Mohammed, usually credited as Kamal, is a Malayali Indian film director. His first film was Mizhineer Pookkal in 1986 and to date, he has directed more than 32 movies, among which include 2 non-malayalam movies, one each in Tamil and Hindi...

 and produced by David Kachapalli. The movie stars Jishnu

Jishnu (actor)

Jishnu Raghavan is a Malayalam film actor. He is the son of Malayalam actor Raghavan. He started his career through a superhit Malayalam film Nammal...

, Siddharth , Renuka Menon

Renuka Menon

Renuka Menon is an Indian Malayali film actress, who has appeared in various South Indian films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages.- Career :...

 and Bhavana. It is best known for its award winning song, "Sukamanee Nilavu", sung by Vidhu Prathap

Vidhu Prathap

Vidhu Prathap is an Indian playback singer born on September 1, 1980. He has sung many songs in over a hundred and fifty films in mostly Malayalam and a few in Tamil, Kannada and Telugu languages...

 and Jyotsana. The movie was shot in the campus of Government Engineering College, Thrissur

Government Engineering College, Thrissur

The Government Engineering College Thrissur is a technical education institute in Kerala, India. It is the second oldest engineering college established in Kerala and the first engineering college to be established after the formation of Kerala State...

 and Holy Trinity School, Palakkad.

Other members of the cast include Vigeesh and Innocent. The music director is Mohan Sithara and songs were penned by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri.

Plot

Nammal is another campus movie from Kamal after Niram. What is different this time is Kamal introduces new faces Siddharth and Jishnu. Kamal provides glimpses of the new campus with adenvture in his movie with these debutants.

Snehalatha (Suhasini) takes charge as the Principal in a college where
Shyam (Siddharth) and Sivan (Jishnu) are the heroes. Shyam and Sivan are fun filled characters as well as naughty. Aparna (Renuka Menon) is teased and ragged by the duo, who happens to be the daughter of Principal's friend. Aparna complaints and Snehalatha takes action against Shyam and Shivan. Soon to her surpurise she discovers that Shyam and Shivan are orphans, hardworking and their guardian is a priest (Balachandra Menon). But the real twist to the story happens when Snehalatha finds out that one of them is her son.

Suhasini has done a splendid job backed by a strong character. Music by Mohan Sitara's and script by Kalavoor Ravi kumar.

Cast and Crew

• Jishnu
  Jishnu (actor)
  Jishnu Raghavan is a Malayalam film actor. He is the son of Malayalam actor Raghavan. He started his career through a superhit Malayalam film Nammal...
  
  : Sivan
• Siddharth: Shyam
• Renuka Menon
  Renuka Menon
  Renuka Menon is an Indian Malayali film actress, who has appeared in various South Indian films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages.- Career :...
  
  : Aparna
• Bhavana: Parimalam
• Suhasini Mani Ratnam
  Suhasini Mani Ratnam
  Suhasini Maniratnam is an Indian actress. She made her film debut in 1980 with the Tamil film Nenjathai Killathe for which she won the Best Actress award. Suhasini has won a National Film Award for Best Actress for Sindhu Bhairavi in 1986...
  
  : Snehalatha
• Vijeesh: Jojo Thomas (Noolunda)
• Innocent
  Innocent Vincent
  Innocent Thekkethala , popularly known as Innocent, is a Malayalam film actor and producer. He was born in Irinjalakuda in Thrissur district of Kerala, India. He is one of the most successful and leading comedy actors of Malayalam cinema...
  
  : Shanmughan
• 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...
  
  : Sathyanathan

• Kamal
  Kamaluddin Mohammed
  Kamaluddin Mohammed, usually credited as Kamal, is a Malayali Indian film director. His first film was Mizhineer Pookkal in 1986 and to date, he has directed more than 32 movies, among which include 2 non-malayalam movies, one each in Tamil and Hindi...
  
  : Director
• David Kachappally: Producer
• Kalavur Ravikumar: Writing Credits
• Venugopal
  Venugopal
  Venugopal or Venu Gopal is one of the names of Krishna, the bearer of Venu.* D. Venugopal or Danapal Venugopal is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India from Tiruvannamalai Constituency.* G. Venugopal is an Indian playback singer....
  
  : Cinematographer
• Mohan Sitara: Music Director
• K. Rajagopal
  K. Rajagopal
  Datuk K. Rajagopal, is a Malaysian football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Malaysia and former Under-23 Malaysia coach....
  
  : Film Editor

Awards

Malayalam Movie Awards 2002

• Kamal
  Kamaluddin Mohammed
  Kamaluddin Mohammed, usually credited as Kamal, is a Malayali Indian film director. His first film was Mizhineer Pookkal in 1986 and to date, he has directed more than 32 movies, among which include 2 non-malayalam movies, one each in Tamil and Hindi...
  
  /David Kachapally
  • Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Quality
• Suresh Kollam
  • Best Art Direction
• Bhavana
  Bhavana Balachandran
  Karthika Menon , better known by her stage name Bhavana , is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut in Kamal's super hit Nammal , which won her critical acclaim and various honors...
  
  
  • Special Jury Mention