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{{Infobox film
| name = Ponthan Mada
| name = Ponthan Mada
| image =
| image = Ponthan Mada.jpg
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| caption = Poster
| director = [[T. V. Chandran]]
| director = [[T. V. Chandran]]
| producer = Ravindranath
| producer = T. Ravindranath
| story = [[C. V. Sreeraman]]
| story = [[C. V. Sreeraman]]
| screenplay = T. V. Chandran
| screenplay = T. V. Chandran
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br/>[[Naseeruddin Shah]]<br/>[[Sreejaya]]<br/ >[[Laboni Sarkar]]<br/>[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]<br/>[[Maniyanpilla Raju]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Mammootty]]|[[Naseeruddin Shah]]|[[Sreejaya Nair|Sreejaya]]|[[Laboni Sarkar]]|[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]|[[Maniyanpilla Raju]]}}
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]
| cinematography = [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]
| editing = Venugopal
| editing = Venugopal
| distributor = Mac Release
| distributor = Mac Release
| released = 10 March 1994
| released = {{Film date|1994|03|10|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| runtime = 119 min
| country = India
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| language = Malayalam
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'''''Ponthan Mada''''' is a 1994 Indian [[Malayalam|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 [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] award for Mammotty. It also won the [[Kerala State Film Awards|Kerala State Film Award]] for the best second film. This is the only [[Malayalam language|Malayalam-language]] film of [[Naseeruddin Shah]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/throwback-tuesday-when-mammootty-became-the-lead-character-in-tv-chandrans-ponthan-mada/articleshow/87866089.cms|title=Throwback Tuesday: When Mammootty became the lead character in TV Chandran's ‘Ponthan Mada’|work=The Times of India|date=23 November 2021}}</ref> The film was a commercial success.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725213203/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/94ff8a4a35a9b8876525698d002642a9/46344d1a8344a1f9652572df003429af/$FILE/A0190307.pdf "Malayalam cinema faces a threat"]. ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]''. 24 September 1994. Archived from [http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/94ff8a4a35a9b8876525698d002642a9/46344d1a8344a1f9652572df003429af/%24FILE/A0190307.pdf the original] on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.</ref>
'''''Ponthan Mada''''' is a [[1994 in film|1994]] [[Malayalam language|Malayalam-language]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[feature film]] [[Film writer|written]] and [[Film director|directed]] by [[T. V. Chandran]]. The film stars [[Mammootty]] and [[Naseeruddin Shah]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
'''''Ponthan Mada''''' is based on two short stories, ''Ponthan Mada'' and ''Sheema Thampuran'' by [[C. V. Sreeraman]]. Set in the 1940s [[British Raj|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 a palm tree.
Set in the 1940s [[British Raj|British India]], the film is about the extraordinary, uncanny and touching relationship between the so-called low-caste Ponthan Mada and his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, 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==
==Cast==
* [[Mammootty]]
* [[Mammootty]] as Mada
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]]
* [[Sreejaya Nair]] as Reshmi
* [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Sheema Thampuran
*[[Laboni Sarkar]]
*[[Laboni Sarkar]]
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]
* [[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]]
* [[Maniyanpilla Raju]]
* [[Maniyanpilla Raju]]
* Sreejaya
* [[Zeenath]]
* [[Zeenath]]
* [[Mavelikkara Ponnamma]]
* [[Mavelikkara Ponnamma]]
*Premachandran
*Premachandran

==Soundtrack==
ONV Kurup penned the lyrics.

*"Madam Kondu Adimaranke" - K. S. Chitra


==Awards==
==Awards==
The film has won the following awards since its release:
The film has won the following awards since its release:


'''1994 [[National Film Awards]] ([[India]])'''
'''[[41st National Film Awards|1993]] [[National Film Awards]] ([[India]])'''
* Won - [[National Film Awards|Golden Lotus Award]] - Best Director - [[T. V. Chandran]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Direction|Golden Lotus Award - Best Director]] - [[T. V. Chandran]]
* Won - [[National Film Awards|Silver Lotus Award]] - Best Actor - [[Mammootty]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Silver Lotus Award - Best Actor]] - [[Mammootty]]
* Won - [[National Film Awards|Silver Lotus Award]] - Best Music Director - [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Silver Lotus Award - Best Music Director]] - [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Silver Lotus Award - Best Cinematography]] - [[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]


'''1994 [[Kerala State Film Awards]] ([[India]])'''
'''1994 [[Kerala State Film Awards]] ([[India]])'''
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'''Other awards'''
'''Other awards'''
* [[Muttathu Varkey Award]] (2016) - T. V. Chandran (for screenplay)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/muttathu-varkey-award-for-tv-chandran/article18289268.ece|title=Muttathu Varkey Award for T.V. Chandran|date=29 April 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=30 September 2017}}</ref>
* [[Muttathu Varkey Award]] (2016) - T. V. Chandran (for screenplay)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/muttathu-varkey-award-for-tv-chandran/article18289268.ece|title=Muttathu Varkey Award for T.V. Chandran|date=29 April 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=30 September 2017}}</ref>

==Trivia==
This is the only [[Malayalam language|Malayalam-language]] film of [[Naseeruddin Shah]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{imdb title|id=0248317|title=Ponthan Mada}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0248317|title=Ponthan Mada}}


{{T. V. Chandran}}
{{T. V. Chandran}}


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[[Category:Films directed by T. V. Chandran]]
[[Category:Films scored by Johnson]]
[[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award]]
[[Category:Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award]]
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[[Category:Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography National Film Award]]
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actor National Award-winning performance]]
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actor National Award-winning performance]]
[[Category:Films set in the British Raj]]
[[Category:Films set in the British Raj]]
[[Category:Films shot in Palakkad]]




Latest revision as of 22:09, 7 May 2024

Ponthan Mada
Poster
Directed byT. V. Chandran
Screenplay byT. V. Chandran
Story byC. V. Sreeraman
Produced byT. Ravindranath
Starring
CinematographyVenu
Edited byVenugopal
Music byJohnson
Distributed byMac Release
Release date
  • 10 March 1994 (1994-03-10)
Running time
119 min
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

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. This is the only Malayalam-language film of Naseeruddin Shah.[1] The film was a commercial success.[2]

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 and his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, 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]

Soundtrack[edit]

ONV Kurup penned the lyrics.

  • "Madam Kondu Adimaranke" - K. S. Chitra

Awards[edit]

The film has won the following awards since its release:

1993 National Film Awards (India)

1994 Kerala State Film Awards (India)

Other awards

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Throwback Tuesday: When Mammootty became the lead character in TV Chandran's 'Ponthan Mada'". The Times of India. 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Malayalam cinema faces a threat". The Statesman. 24 September 1994. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Muttathu Varkey Award for T.V. Chandran". The Hindu. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.

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