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Premam is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-Tamil languages coming-of-age musical romantic drama film written, edited, and directed by Alphonse Puthren. It was produced by Anwar Rasheed under his production company, Anwar Rasheed Entertainment. The film features Nivin Pauly and Sai Pallavi in the lead roles. The soundtrack and score were composed by Rajesh Murugesan, while the cinematography was handled by Anand C. Chandran. The plot follows love life of George David (Nivin) from teenage to adulthood in three stages. [1] The film was also remade in Telugu in 2016 with the same name. [2]
Produced on a budget of ₹40 million, [3] Premam was released on 29 May 2015 and grossed ₹600 million. [4] The film was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam-language films of the decade. [5] The film garnered awards and nominations in several categories, with particular praise for its direction, screenplay, Nivin and Pallavi's performance, music, cinematography, and editing. The film won 37 awards from 60 nominations.
At the 63rd Filmfare Awards South, Premam was nominated in seven categories, winning Best Female Debut (Sai Pallavi) and Best Male Playback Singer (Vijay Yesudas for "Malare"). At the 5th South Indian International Movie Awards it received fifteen nominations and won seven, including those for Best Film, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Lyricist, Best Male Playback Singer (Vijay Yesudas). Nivin and Sai Pallavi won the Best Actor Critics and Best Debut Actress awards respectively. At the 1st IIFA Utsavam it received nine nominations and won four, including those for Best Performance in a Comic Role, Best Music Direction, Best Lyricist and Best Male Playback Singer. Among other wins, the film received six Asianet Film Awards, six Vanitha Film Awards, three Asianet Comedy Awards, four Asiavision Awards and two CPC Cine Awards. But the movie was not considered by the Kerala State Film Awards, which is official state film award given by Government of Kerala. [6]
Award [lower-alpha 2] | Date of ceremony [lower-alpha 3] | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Asianet Comedy Awards | 13 November 2015 | Best Comedy Pair | Soubin Shahir & Vinay Forrt | Won | [7] |
Best Comedy Dialogue | Sharaf U Dheen | Won | |||
Best Comical Scene Song | Shabareesh Varma , Rajesh Murugesan | Won | |||
Asianet Film Awards | 7 February 2016 | Most Popular Film | Premam | Won | [8] |
Popular Malayalam Actor | Nivin Pauly | Won | |||
Best Director | Alphonse Puthren | Won | |||
Best Music Director | Rajesh Murugesan | Won | |||
Best Singer – Male | Vijay Yesudas ("Malare") | Won | |||
Special Jury Award | Sai Pallavi | Won | |||
Asiavision Movie Awards | 2 December 2015 | Best Popular Movie | Premam | Won | [9] |
Man Of The Year | Nivin Pauly | Won | |||
Sensational Actor Of The Year | Sai Pallavi | Won | |||
Best Singer – Male | Vineeth Sreenivasan ("Aluva Puzha") | Won | |||
CPC Cine Awards | 9 March 2016 | Best Movie | Alphonse Puthren (Premam) | Won | [10] |
Best Music Director | Rajesh Murugesan | Won | |||
Filmfare Awards South | 18 June 2016 | Best Film – Malayalam | Premam | Nominated | [11] [12] |
Best Director – Malayalam | Alphonse Puthren | Nominated | |||
Best Actor – Malayalam | Nivin Pauly | Nominated | |||
Best Female Debut – Malayalam | Sai Pallavi | Won | |||
Best Music Director – Malayalam | Rajesh Murugesan | Nominated | |||
Best Lyricist – Malayalam | Shabareesh Varma ("Malare") | Nominated | |||
Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam | Vijay Yesudas ("Malare") | Won | |||
IBNLive Movie Awards | 7 March 2016 | Best Film (South) | Premam | Nominated | [13] |
Best Southern Director | Alphonse Puthren | Nominated | |||
Best Southern Debut | Sai Pallavi | Won | |||
IIFA Utsavam | 24—25 January 2016 | Best Picture | Premam | Nominated | [14] [15] |
Best Director | Alphonse Puthren | Nominated | |||
Performance In A Negative Role | Nominated | ||||
Performance In A Leading Role – Male | Nivin Pauly | Nominated | |||
Performance In A Supporting Role – Female | Madonna Sebastian | Nominated | |||
Best Performance In A Comic Role | Vinay Forrt | Won | |||
Best Music Direction | Rajesh Murugesan | Won | |||
Best Lyrics | Shabareesh Varma ("Malare") | Won | |||
Best Playback Singer – Male | Vijay Yesudas ("Malare") | Won | |||
Mirchi Music Awards South | 27 July 2016 | Album of the Year | Rajesh Murugesan | Nominated | [16] [17] |
Male Vocalist of the Year | Vijay Yesudas ("Malare") | Nominated | |||
Song of the Year | "Malare" | Nominated | |||
Listeners Choice Song of the Year | Won | ||||
North American Film Awards | 24 July 2016 | Best Playback Singer – Male | Vijay Yesudas | Won | [18] |
South Indian International Movie Awards | 30 June – 1 July 2016 | Best Film – Malayalam | Premam | Won | [19] [20] |
Best Director – Malayalam | Alphonse Putharen | Won | |||
Best Actor – Malayalam | Nivin Pauly | Nominated | |||
Best Actor Critics' Choice – Malayalam | Won | ||||
Best Comedian – Malayalam | Soubin Shahir | Nominated | |||
Vinay Forrt | Nominated | ||||
Best Male Debut – Malayalam | Shabareesh Varma | Nominated | |||
Sharaf U Dheen | Nominated | ||||
Best Female Debut – Malayalam | Sai Pallavi | Won | |||
Madonna Sebastian | Nominated | ||||
Anupama Parameswaran | Nominated | ||||
Best Music Director – Malayalam | Rajesh Murugesan | Won | |||
Best Lyricist – Malayalam | Shabareesh Varma ("Malare") | Won | |||
Best Male Playback Singer – Malayalam | Vijay Yesudas ("Malare") | Won | |||
Vineeth Sreenivasan ("Aluva Puzha") | Nominated | ||||
Vanitha Film Awards | 16 February 2016 | Popular Film | Premam | Won | [21] |
Popular Actor | Nivin Pauly | Won | |||
Best Newcomer – Actor | Krishna Sankar, Sharaf U Dheen , Shabareesh Varma | Won | |||
Best Newcomer – Actress | Sai Pallavi | Won | |||
Best Music Director | Rajesh Murugesan | Won | |||
Best Singer – Male | Vijay Yesudas ("Malare") | Won | |||
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