Nettippattom

{{Distinguish|text=[[Nettipattom]], an ornament used in [[Kerala]] to decorate temple elephants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Nettippattom | image = Nettippattom (movie).jpg | caption = | director = Kaladharan | producer = Balagopalan Thampi | writer = [[Sasidharan Arattuvazhi]] | screenplay = | starring = {{ubl|[[Sreenivasan]]|[[Rekha Harris|Rekha]]|[[Sukumari]]|[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]|[[Manoj K. Jayan]]|[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]]|[[Jagadish]]}} | music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] | cinematography = [[Saloo George]] | editing = | studio = | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991}} | country = [[India]] | language = [[Malayalam]] }}

'''''Nettippattom''''' is a [[List of Malayalam films of 1991|1991]] Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[comedy film|comedy]] [[Drama film|drama]] film directed by Kaladharan and produced by Balagopalan Thampi. The film starred [[Sreenivasan]], [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]], [[Sukumari]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Manoj K. Jayan]], [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]], [[Vijayaraghavan]], [[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]], [[Jagadish]] and Kumbalathu Padmakumar. The film's musical scored by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=2420|title=Nettippattam|accessdate=2014-10-14|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?327|title=Nettippattam|accessdate=2014-10-14|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/nettippattam-malayalam-movie/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035134/http://spicyonion.com/title/nettippattam-malayalam-movie/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Nettippattam|accessdate=2014-10-14|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref>

==Plot== Peethambaran is an educated man who is involved in the problems of his village. He does not look after his family. He is both partially fooled by the villagers and his friends for their own good. While doing charity, he meets Indu. Later, he contests in local elections by compulsion of his friends, in which he loses. He also loses his property deeds to a friend who cheated. Meanwhile, Indu's family proposes a boy from their family to Peethambaran's sister. They also proposed to marry Indu to Peethambaran as they belong to an aristocratic family, though now in poor financial conditions. He gets married. In the end, he tries to change for Indu and denies helping his friend Jacob, whose sister was cheated, to avenge an act of Peethambaran and friends to shut down a ration shop. However, Indu, as a working woman, wants him not to sacrifice his identify while not keeping her waiting forever for him.

==Cast== {{colbegin}} *[[Sreenivasan]] as Peethambaran *[[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] as Indu *[[Jagadish]] as Jacob *[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Uthaman Pillai *[[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Freddy *[[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] as Peethambaran's mother *[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Kumaran *[[Sukumari]] as Jacob's Mother *[[Sankaradi]] as Achuthan Nair *James as Devan *[[Krishnankutty Nair]] as Ganeshan, Indu's Father *Kumbalathu Padmakumar as Postman *[[Beena Antony]] as Sandhya *[[Bobby Kottarakkara]] as Dhamu aka Madantha *[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Avarachan *[[Kothuku Nanappan]] as Harindran, Peethambaran's uncle *[[Poojappura Ravi]] as Police Sub Inspector Sathyan *[[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Sugunan *[[T. P. Madhavan]] *Adinad Sasi as Shanthappan *[[Sandra Thomas]] *Sabnam {{colend}}

==Soundtrack== The music was composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] and the lyrics were written by [[Bichu Thirumala]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss) |- | 1 || "Chothikozhunne" || [[K. S. Chithra]], Balagopalan Thampi, Chorus || [[Bichu Thirumala]] || |- | 2 || "Hariyum Sreeyum" || Balagopalan Thampi || Bichu Thirumala || |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|0353792|Nettippattam}}

[[Category:1991 films]] [[Category:1991 Malayalam-language films]] [[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]] [[Category:Films shot in Alappuzha]] [[Category:Films directed by Kaladharan]] [[Category:Malayalam-language comedy-drama films]]