Nadodimannan

Nadodimannan
Nadodimannan
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Viji Thampi
Screenplay by	Krishna Poojappura
Story by	V.S. Subhash
Produced by	V. S. Suresh
Starring	Dileep ; Sayaji Shinde ; Nedumudi Venu ; Ananya ; Archana Kavi ; Mythili ; Asif Ali
Cinematography	Sanjeev Sankar
Edited by	K. Sreenivas
Music by	Vidyasagar
Production; company	Vendhar Movies
Release date	18 October 2013;
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Last updated June 28, 2024

Nadodimannan (transl. The Vagabond/Immigrant king) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language satirical action comedy film directed by Viji Thampi, starring Dileep, Sayaji Shinde, Nedumudi Venu, Ananya, Archana Kavi and Mythili.^[1] Dileep and Viji Thampi collaborated after 17 years in this movie. The film is a satire that portrays how corruption and favoritism engulfs a place and how it is curbed.

Plot

The movie starts with Vinayachandran, an environmentalist getting killed by an influential real estate criminal, Pushpam Prakashan as Vinayachandran was opposing Prakashan's dream project- Pushpam Mall citing environmental and societal reasons. Prakashan has the backing of the ruling party, police and a corrupt Mayor Purushothaman for all his wrongdoings as he helps them financially whenever they are in need. Once his eyes cast on something, Prakashan will try to acquire it by any means for his gains. His next target is an old man Damodaran's house and its surrounding plot occupied by Damodaran and his granddaughter Meera for developing another project. Even though Damodaran approaches higher-ranked officials including Mayor to save from the advances of Prakashan, he now realizes that they all are nothing but associates of Prakashan. One night, Prakashan's henchmen attacked him and tried to kidnap Meera. In the tussle, Damodaran stabs himself and Prakashan's henchmen hospitalized him as his death will bring trouble to Prakashan.

The film then focuses to Palakkad where Padmanabhan hails from. Padmanabhan is a carefree and cheerful guy who along with his friends do roadside shows, artificial political rallies, marches and hail and hoot for movies in theatres for daily wages. One day, he gets a call from Thiruvananthapuram to get his gang for organizing a political rally in support of Mayor Purushothaman to boost his image in the upcoming election. Padmanabhan and his gang leaves to Thiruvananthapuram the next day and he gets injured in a bomb blast and is hospitalized.

Padmanabhan knowingly and unknowingly involves in various issues happening there. When the people found a leader's characteristics in Padmanabhan, they and Thiruvithancore (Travancore) Thirumanassu force him to contest in the upcoming election. He wins the election and becomes the next mayor. Being the mayor in the city, Padmanabhan is loved by everybody and he starts building public parks, toilets and facilities for the common people. He also asks the people to give away the places which really belong to the government. By seeing all these changes, Prakashan gets furious and tries to kill Padmanabhan but the plan doesn't go as planned when Padmanabhan's mother and his chauffeur Subair get killed in the accident made by Prakashan's henchman Kannappan.

Padmanabhan devises a plan to get revenge on Prakashan. He decides to destroy Pushpam Mall for good. He calls on a demolition firm and sets the equipments for demolition all throughout the building. But when there is only 15 minutes left for demolition, Prakashan calls Padmanabhan saying that he has kidnapped Thirumanassu. Padmanabhan rushes into the building and fights off Prakashan and Kannappan. During the fight, Kannappan is accidentally shot by Prakashan when he tries to shoot Padmanabhan. When Padmanabhan is about to kill Prakashan, Thirumanassu stops him, saying to him "let god decide his fate", but Padmanabhan cuts Prakashan's thumb for accessing the elevator and they escape just in time and the building is demolished killing Prakashan along with it. The mall is now converted into a public park.

Cast

Dileep as Mayor Padmanabhan
Sayaji Shinde as Pushpam Prakashan, a corrupt real estate of Thiruvananthapuram, and main antagonist
Nedumudi Venu as Thiruvithancore Maharaja Udaya Varma Thampuran Thirumannasu
Ananya as Meera, Padmanabhan's love interest
Archana Kavi as Athira, a medical college doctor and Thirumannasu's granddaughter
Mythili as Rima, a journalist
Shobha Mohan as Jalaja, Padmanabhan's mother
Janardhanan as Damodaran, Meera's grandfather
Suraj Venjaramoodu as Sarasappan, Padmanabhan's friend
Salim Kumar as Ravi, Padmanabhan's brother-in-law
Riyaz Khan as CI George T. V., Pushpam Prakashan's associate
Vijayaraghavan as former Mayor Purushothoman, a corrupt mayor of Trivandrum and Pushpam Prakashan's associate
Saikumar as Chief Minister Thomas Chacko
Shammi Thilakan as CI Karadi Johnny
Shivaji Guruvayoor as SI Hameed
Kalabhavan Prajod as Subair
Sreelatha Namboothiri as Shahina, Subair's mother
Mohan Jose as Finance Minister K. A. Paulose
Ashokan as Vinayachandran (extended cameo)
Balachandran Chullikadu as KRP
Sunil Sukhada as Varijakshan
Manu Varma as Joseph Kuruvilla
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Swami, Thirumannasu's associate
Chali Pala as Peelipose, Pushpam Prakashan's associate
Abu Salim as Kannappan, Pushpam Prakashan's henchmen
Kulappulli Leela as Leela
Sreekala Sasidharan as Deepa, Vinayachandran's wife
Murali as Sakhavu Madhavan, Padmanabhan's late father (Photo archive)
Asif Ali as Arun, Rima's husband (Photo archive)
Kalabhavan Haneef as Vasu
Shiju as Chandrakumar, Owner of Demolition Company
Narayanankutty
Vettoor Purushan as Krishnankutty
Koottickal Jayachandran as Santhosh, Padmanabhan's friend
A. S. Joby as Krishnankutty
Kalabhavan Rahman
Gayathri (Malayalam actress) as Padmanabhan's sister
Manu Raj as George

Music

The film features three tracks composed by Vidyasagar.

Track#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Palam Kadakkan Padmanaabha"	M. G. Sreekumar
2	"Macha Ente Matharam"	Udit Narayan, Rimi Tomy, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Ranjini Jose
3	"Mannan Mannan Nadodi Mannan"	Afsal
4	Sarvarogi	Vishnu

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References

↑ Sanjith Sidhardhan, TNN (2 December 2011). "Three heroines opposite Dileep!". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

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[1] Sanjith Sidhardhan, TNN (2 December 2011). "Three heroines opposite Dileep!". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.

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