Ponthan Mada

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

Ponthan Mada is a 1994 Malayalam-language Indian feature film written and directed by T. V. Chandran. The film stars Mammootty and Naseeruddin Shah.

Plot

Ponthan Mada is based on two short stories, Ponthan Mada and Sheema Thampuran by C. V. Sreeraman. Set in the 1940s British India, the film is about the extraordinary, uncanny and touching bonding of the so-called low-caste Ponthan Mada (Mammootty) with 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.

Cast

• Mammootty
• Naseeruddin Shah
• Laboni Sarkar
• Janardhanan
• Maniyanpilla Raju
• Sreejaya
• Zeenath
• Mavelikkara Ponnamma
• Premachandran

Awards

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

Other awards

• Muttathu Varkey Award - T. V. Chandran (for screenplay)

Trivia

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

External links

• Ponthan Mada at IMDb