Nagarame Nanni

{{short description|1967 Malayalam film by A. Vincent}} {{No plot|date=December 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Nagarame Nanni | image = | caption = Nagarame Nandi (നഗരമേ നന്ദി) | director = A. Vincent | producer = Shobhana Parameswaran Nair | writer = M. T. Vasudevan Nair | narrator = | starring = Prem Nazir Madhu Usha Nandhini K. P. Ummer P. J. Antony Sukumari Adoor Bhasi | music = K. Raghavan | cinematography = A. Venkat | editing = | studio = Roopavani | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1967|10|05|df=y}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Malayalam | budget = | gross = }} '''''Nagarame Nanni''''' is a 1967 Malayalam language film, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by A. Vincent.<ref>C. S. Venkiteswaran (27 February 2015). [http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/guiding-light-of-malayalam-cinema/article6936773.ece "Guiding light of Malayalam cinema"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 12 December 2017.</ref> The film stars Madhu, Prem Nazir, Usha Nandhini and K. P. Ummer among others. The film tells the story of a family that migrates from a village to the city of Madras in search of a better life. The theme was about the lure of the city and how the dreams of villagers are shattered by its inexorable logic of greed. The plot is similar to the 1964 film ''Birds of Exile'' (Turkish original title: Gurbet Kuşları) by Halit Refiğ.<ref name=Vijayakumar/> K. Balachander's Tamil film ''Pattina Pravesam'' (1977) was based on all these three films.<ref name=Vijayakumar/>

Film expert B. Vijayakumar of ''The Hindu'' described the film as "one of the best social movies produced in Malayalam."<ref name=Vijayakumar>B. Vijayakumar (22 February 2010). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110704173608/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/02/22/stories/2010022250860400.htm "NAGARAME NANNI 1967"]. ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 28 May 2013.</ref>

==Cast== * Madhu as Raghavan * Prem Nazir as Madhavankutty * Ushanandini as Bharathi * P. J. Antony as Anandan Pillai * K. P. Ummer as Captain Das * Sukumari as Mrs. Mudaliar * Bharathi Menon as Madhavankutty's mother * Jyothi Lakshmi as Kunhilakshmi, Madhavankutty's sister * Adoor Bhasi * Nilambur Balan * Dhaamu * Pariyanampatta Kunjunni Namboothirippad * Nambiar * Venu * Kuttan Pilla * Edasseri * Maniyan * Shankar Menon * Solaman * Prabhakaran * Santha Devi

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Category:1967 films Category:1967 black-and-white films Category:1967 Malayalam-language films Category:1967 Indian films Category:Indian black-and-white films Category:Films directed by A. Vincent Category:Indian remakes of foreign films Category:Films based on Turkish novels