Pattalam is a 2003 Malayalam film by Lal Jose

Lal Jose

Lal Jose is an Indian film director. His debut film as a director is Oru Maravathoor Kanavu . His popular films include Meesa Madhavan , Classmates and Arabikkatha .- Biography :...

 starring Mammootty

Mammootty

Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...

 and Biju Menon

Biju Menon

Biju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...

 in lead roles with 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...

, Oduvil Unnikrishnan

Oduvil Unnikrishnan

Oduvil Unnikrishnan was an award winning Malayalam movie actor known for his versatile acting skills, known for his portrayal of classical ancient aristocratic personalities in Malayalam cinema with his unique provincial linguistic style, expressions and dialect. He was noted as a serious as well...

, Innocent and Jyothirmai in supporting roles. This film revolves around the incidents happening in a small village after army sets up a temporary camp. This film was a huge flop at box office.

Plot

Army comes to a local village in Kerala because of a terror threat. The army is led by Captain Pattabhiraman (Mammootty

Mammootty

Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...

) and commader Benny (Biju Menon

Biju Menon

Biju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...

). One day the Major sees a widow named Vimala (Tessa) singing. Vimala is living her life in her husband's home after death of her husband. A village girl Satyabhama (Jyothirmayi) and Benny falls in love and elopes. Pattabhiraman discovers that a Terriost has placed a bomb in a water tank. He finds the terrorists and defuses the bomb. Benny reveals to Vimala that Pattabhiraman killed her husband Nandu (Indrajith

Indrajith

Indrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...

) in the war. Major confesses that this story is true and he did that as a mercy killing because he was badly injured in the war. Vimala forgives him and the couple happily unites.

Theatrical Response

Despite huge initial pull, this film failed to create any impact at the box office and ended as a big flop.

Cast

• Mammootty
  Mammootty
  Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
  
   as Major Pattabhiraman
• Biju Menon
  Biju Menon
  Biju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...
  
   as Capt Benny
• Tessa as Vimala
• Jyothirmayi as Bhama
• Innocent as Sivasankaran Nair
• 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...
  
   as Kumaran
• Salim Kumar as Gabbar Kesavan
• Kalabhavan Mani
  Kalabhavan Mani
  Kalabhavan Mani is a South Indian actor and singer. He began his career in Malayalam film industry, later he became a busy artist in tamil and telungu industry, especially in villain roles. Although he began his carrier as a comedian , he proved his versatility in various roles such as serious...
  
   as Moythu Pilakkandi
• Sukumari
  Sukumari
  Sukumari is an Indian film actress who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is presumed to be about two-thousand. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of...
  
   as Pattabhiraman's Mother
• Saikumar as Vishwanathan
• Indrajith
  Indrajith
  Indrajith is an Indian film actor. He is the elder son of late Malayalam actor Sukumaran and actress Mallika. His brother Prithviraj is also an actor...
  
   as Nandakumar
• Bindu Panicker
  Bindu Panicker
  Bindu Panicker is a Malayalam actress who has more than 80 films to her credit. She has played both comedic and character roles in Malayalam cinema, and also takes on character roles. Her films include Vaatsalyam, Soothradharan, and Joker.She won the fourth Lux-Asianet award for the best...
  
   as Panchayat President Sulochana
• Mala Aravindan
  Mala Aravindan
  Mala Aravindan is a Malayalam film actor.- Biography :He was born in Kerala, India as the eldest son of Ayyappan, an Excise department employee and Ponnamma, a school teacher. Later, he relocated to Mala and started using the place name along with his name....
  
   as Gopalan
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan
  Oduvil Unnikrishnan
  Oduvil Unnikrishnan was an award winning Malayalam movie actor known for his versatile acting skills, known for his portrayal of classical ancient aristocratic personalities in Malayalam cinema with his unique provincial linguistic style, expressions and dialect. He was noted as a serious as well...
  
   as Narayanan
• Sudheesh
  Sudheesh
  Sudheesh is an Indian actor who mainly works in Malayalam cinema.-Filmography:-External links:****...
  
   as Suku
• Mamukkoya
  Mamukkoya
  Mamukkoya is a popular Malayalam comedian actor. His unique usage of Mappila dialect and style marks his presence in the industry. He has acted in more than 450 Malayalam films and is the first winner of State award for Best Comedian in malayalam films, the category introduced in 2009- Career...
  
   as Hamsa
• Major Ravi
  Major Ravi
  Major A.K. Ravindran, better known by his screen name Major Ravi is a former Indian Army Officer and a Malayali Indian filmmaker.He is a recipient of the President's medal, joined the Indian army as a jawan in 1975 and graduated from the Army Cadet College to become a commando in the year 1988...
  
   as James

Soundtrack

Music : Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar (music director)

Vidyasagar is an Award-Winning Indian film music director and music composer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industry. He is very popular in South Indian music industry and best known for his soulful melodies. His fast numbers to many films have earned him much fame too. He has...

Song Title	Singers
"Aaroral"	K. J. Yesudas K. J. Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian classical musician and playback singer.Yesudas sings Indian classical, devotional, and popular music. He has recorded more than 50,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi,... , Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...
"Aalilekkavile"	P. Jayachandran, Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...
"Aaroral"	Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...
"Dingiripattalam"	Kalyani
"Pamba Ganapathi"	M. G. Sreekumar M. G. Sreekumar M. G. Sreekumar is a two-time National Award-winning Indian playback singer and music director who works in Malayalam cinema. With a career of over 25 years, he is one of the prominent male singers in the Malayalam film industry. He is known for matching voice with Malayalam actor Mohanlal. He has...
"Vennakallin"	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... , Radhika Thilak, Biju Narayanan
"Anthimanam"	Biju Narayanan, Preetha
"Theme Music"	Instrumental