Ponthan Mada

Ponthan Mada
Ponthan Mada
Directed by	T. V. Chandran
Produced by	T. Ravindranath
Screenplay by	T. V. Chandran
Story by	C. V. Sreeraman
Starring	Mammootty; Naseeruddin Shah; Sreejaya; Laboni Sarkar; Janardhanan; Maniyanpilla Raju;
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	Venugopal
Distributed by	Mac Release
Release date	10 March 1994
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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Ponthan Mada is a 1994 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by T. V. Chandran. The film stars Mammootty and Naseeruddin Shah. It is based on two short stories, Ponthan Mada and Sheema Thampuran by C. V. Sreeraman. The film won four awards at the National Film Awards including the Best Actor award for Mammotty. It also won the Kerala State Film Award for the best second film.

Plot[edit]

Set in the 1940s British India, the film is about the extraordinary, uncanny and touching relationship between the so-called low-caste Ponthan Mada (Mammootty) and his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran (Naseeruddin Shah), who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army. Crossing the class boundaries, the two communicate through Thampuran's window with Mada hanging from an areca palm tree.

Cast[edit]

Awards[edit]

The film has won the following awards since its release:

1994 National Film Awards (India)

Won - Golden Lotus Award - Best Director - T. V. Chandran
Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Actor - Mammootty
Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Music Director - Johnson
Won - Silver Lotus Award - Best Cinematography - Venu

1994 Kerala State Film Awards (India)

Won - Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film - Second Best Film

Other awards

Muttathu Varkey Award (2016) - T. V. Chandran (for screenplay)^[1]

Trivia[edit]

This is the only Malayalam-language film of Naseeruddin Shah.

References[edit]

↑ "Muttathu Varkey Award for T.V. Chandran". The Hindu. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

External links[edit]

Ponthan Mada at IMDb

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[1] "Muttathu Varkey Award for T.V. Chandran". The Hindu. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

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