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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Punyam Aham<br />
| image = Punyam Aham poster.jpg<br />
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| director = [[Raj Nair]]<br />
| producer = {{ubl|[[Raj Nair]]|Janardhanan Menon|Shyam Prasad Reddy}}<br />
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| starring = {{ubl|[[Prithviraj Sukumaran]]|[[Samvrutha Sunil]]|[[Nedumudi Venu]]}}<br />
| music = [[Isaac Thomas Kottukapally]]<br />
| editing = [[Beena Paul]]<br />
| cinematography = [[M. J. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
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| released = {{Film date|2010|1|22|df=y}}<br />
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| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
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'''''Punyam Aham''''' is a 2010 [[India]]n [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language film directed by [[Raj Nair]]. [[Prithviraj Sukumaran|Prithviraj]], [[Samvrutha Sunil]] and [[Nedumudi Venu]] play the lead roles in this film.<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
''Punyam Aham'' is set in a small village in northern [[Kerala]]. The protagonist is Narayan Unni ([[Prithviraj Sukumaran]]), a young man with a Brahmin father and low-caste mother, who separated, leaving the mother to raise him alone. The film tells the story of Unni leaving home and searching for his identity, and then repeating many of his father's mistakes in life. It is based on the story in traditional folklore about [[Naranath Bhranthan]] and his father [[Vararuchi]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121110042318/http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/08/stories/2009010856560400.htm The Hindu: Shankaramangalm in the limelight]</ref><br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Punyam Aham'' was the directorial debut of [[Raj Nair]], the grandson of novelist [[Thakazhi Shivashankara Pillai]].<ref>[http://www.nowrunning.com/news/news.aspx?it=15308 Now Running: Punyam Aham: Raj Nair turns Director]</ref> Filming began in January 2009 at [[Ottapalam]], then shifted to [[Kuttanad]].<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/44863.html India Glitz: 'Punyam Aham' starts at Kuttanad]</ref> It premiered at the [[Mumbai International Film Festival]] in October 2010.<ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/290306/Time-for-rising-stars-to-twinkle.html Daily Pioneer: Time for rising stars to twinkle]</ref><br />
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== Critical reception ==<br />
Paresh C. Palicha writing for Rediff Movies criticised the plot as "too intellectual".<ref>[http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/jan/25/south-malayalam-movie-review-punyam-aham.htm Rediff Movies: Punyam Aham is too intellectual]</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
[[File:During filming.jpg|thumb|Samvrutha with co-star prithviraj and director during the shoot of the film]]<br />
* [[Prithviraj Sukumaran]] as Naarayanan Unni<br />
* [[Samvrutha Sunil]] as Jayasree<br />
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Kaarackal Easwaran Namboodiri<br />
* [[Nishanth Sagar]] as Georgekutty<br />
* [[Sona Nair]] as Eldest Sister<br />
* [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Jayasree's Amma<br />
* [[M. R. Gopakumar]] as Pappanassar<br />
*[[Sreejith Ravi]] as Pankan<br />
*Sreekala VK as Narayanan's mother<br />
*Roselin<br />
*Binda as Younger sister<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|1838630}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090530180809/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/1484/punyam-aham.html Punyam Aham] on OneIndia.in<br />
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[[Category:2010 films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
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