Nadodimannan

Nadodimannan is a 2013 Malayalam action comedy film directed by Viji Thampi, starring Dileep, Ananya, Mythili and Archana Kavi in the lead roles. Dileep and Viji Thampi collaborated after 17 years in this movie. This film was a hit at the box office.

Plot

In Nadodimannan, Padmanabhan (Dileep) plays a village youth who does not have a particular inclination towards any political party and joins any protest being held. He earns a living by participating in demonstrations for various political parties. He then reaches the city where he is strung to the upper levels of society and gets elected as the Mayor. His conflicts and attempts to cleanse the city form the rest of the story. Ananya plays the character of Meera, who lives in difficult surroundings, but is bold. Archana Kavi plays Aathira, a member of a former royal family, Mythili stars as Rima, a broadcast journalist Padmanabhan befriends during his activist days, who helps him bring to light certain crucial issues before the public. Bollywood actor Sayaji Shinde plays the local king pin who is at odds with Padmanabhan.

Cast

• Dileep as Padmanabhan
• Ananya as Meera
• Nedumudi Venu as Thiruvilancore Thirumanassu
• Sayaji Shinde as Pushpam Prakashan
• Archana Kavi as Aathira
• Mythili as Rima
• Shobha Mohan as Padmanabhan's mother
• Janardhanan as Damodharan
• Riyaz Khan as George TV
• Shivaji Guruvayoor as Hameed
• Kalabhavan Prajod as Subair
• Sreelatha Namboothiri as Subair's Umma
• Mohan Jose as Minister Paulose
• Shiju as owner of Demolition Company
• Ashokan as Vinayachandran
• Balachandran Chullikadu as KRP
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Sarasappan
• Koottickal Jayachandran
• Sunil Sukhada as Varijakshan
• Manu Varma as Kuruvila Joseph
• Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Maharaja's associate
• Chali Pala as Peelipose, associate of Pushpam Prakash
• Abu Salim as Kannappan, another associate of Pushpam Prakash
• Salim Kumar as Ravi
• Kulappulli Leela as Leela
• Sreekala Sasidharan
• Shammi Thilakan as CI Karadi
• Sai Kumar as Thomas Chacko
• Vijayaraghavan as Mayor Purushothaman
• Indrans
• Narayanankutty
• Raja Sahib
• Joby as man who urinates on the roadside
• Kalabhavan Rahman
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Vasu

Music

The film features three tracks composed by Vidyasagar.

Box Office

This film was a hit at the box office.

References