Gramam
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| name = Gramam
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| director = Mohan Sharma
| producer = Mohan Sharma
| writer = Mohan Sharma
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| music =
| cinematography = Madhu Ambat
| editing = B. Lenin
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|8|10}} (Malayalam)
3 January 2014 (Tamil)
| runtime = 131 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
Tamil
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Gramam (Namma Gramam) is an Indian bilingual film written, directed and produced by actor-producer Mohan Sharma. It was simultaneously made in Malayalam and Tamil languages under the titles Gramam and Namma Gramam, respectively. It stars Nishan, Samvrutha, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumari Nair, Mohan Sharma, Y. G. Mahendraa, Nalini and Fathima Babu. The film, which was well received by critics upon its screening at various film festivals, won two National Film Awards and two Kerala State Film Awards among other laurels.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3580841.ece|title=Frames of memory |first=K|last=Pradeep|date=26 June 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Kochi|accessdate=29 June 2012}} Gramam is the first part of a trilogy on the Palakkad Brahmin community. Set between 1937 and 1947, the film is about a child widow and how she fights societal conventions. The second and third parts of the trilogy will be respectively set between 1947-1962 and 1962–1975.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article3501121.ece|title=A new role|first=K|last=Pradeep|date=7 June 2012|newspaper=The Hindu|location=Kochi|accessdate=29 June 2012}} The film got released in Kerala on 10 August 2012. Sukumari received the National award for Best Supporting actress in 2010 for her sensitive portrayal.
Cast
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- Mohan Sharma as Rao Bahadur Mani Swami
- Nishan as Kannan
- Samvrutha as Thulasi
- Sukumari as Amminiyamma/ Paatti
- Nedumudi Venu as Govindankutty Maashu
- Nalini as Kunju Ammaal
- Priya as Nechumu/Lakshmiyamma
- Renuka as Thankam
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Panikkar Jolsyan
- Kalamandalam Radhika as Narayani
- Fathima Babu as Karthyayani
- Y. G. Mahendra as Burma Ambi Swami
- Maya Vishwanath as Bhargavi
- Kripa as Vrinda
- Aneesh G Menon as Kuttan
- Ravi Shankar
- Abhilash
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Awards
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|1954481}}
Category:2010s Malayalam-language films
Category:2010s Tamil-language films
Category:Films featuring a Best Supporting Actress National Film Award–winning performance
Category:Films that won the Best Costume Design National Film Award
Category:2012 multilingual films
Category:Indian multilingual films
Category:Films shot in Palakkad
Category:2012 directorial debut films
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