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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ee Nadu<br />
| image = Eenadumalayalam.jpg<br />
| caption =<br />
| director = [[I. V. Sasi]]<br />
| producer = N. G. John<br />
| writer = [[T. Damodaran]]<br />
| starring = [[Balan K. Nair]]<br>[[Ratheesh]]<br>[[Mammootty]]<br>[[T. G. Ravi]]<br>[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]]<br>Krishnachandran<br />
| music = [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]]<br />
| cinematography = S. S. Chandramohan<br/>C. E. Babu<br />
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]<br />
| distributor = Geo Pictures<br />
| released = {{Film date|1982|04|14|df=y}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
}}<br />
'''''Ee Nadu''''' is a 1982 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[political film]] directed by [[I. V. Sasi]], written by [[T. Damodaran]], and starring [[Balan K. Nair]], [[Ratheesh]], [[Mammootty]] and [[T. G. Ravi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1335|title=Ee Naadu|access-date=2014-10-16|publisher=MalayalaChalachithram}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1924 |title=Ee Naadu |access-date=2014-10-16 |publisher=malayalasangeetham.info |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317143207/http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1924 |archive-date=17 March 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> The film was remade in Telugu with the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20974/page/n643|title=Sunday Vol.9-10(March-July)1982|year=1982|publisher=ANANDA BAZAR PUBLICATION, CALCUTTA}}</ref> It was also remade in Hindi as ''[[Yeh Desh]]'' and in Tamil as ''[[Idhu Enga Naadu]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/south/from-poochakkoru-mookuthi-to-virus-7-times-when-malayalam-cinema-handled-ensemble-multi-narrative-movies-in-the-right-way-941141.html|title = From Poochakkoru Mookuthi to Virus, 7 Times when Malayalam Cinema Handled Ensemble Multi-Narrative Movies in the Right Way! &#124; 🎥 LatestLY|date = 20 June 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Spurious liquor supplied by governmental arrack outlets kills several poor people in Kerala. People hit the streets to demand justice. They want the culprits to be brought to book.<br />
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This film was loosely based on a liquor poisoning mishap occurred in [[Vypeen]] [[Kerala]] [[India]]<br />
Known as [[Vypeen alcohol poisonings]] in 1982 claiming 77 lives<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Balan K. Nair]] as Comrade Krishna Pillai <br />
*[[Ratheesh]] as Venu<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Salim<br />
*[[T. G. Ravi]] as Karunakaran <br />
*[[Ravindran (actor)|Ravindran]] as. Prathapan<br />
*[[Anjali Naidu]] as Nabeeza Salim <br />
*[[Sreenivasan]] as P. P. Sreenivasan<br />
*[[Krishnachandran]] as Sasi<br />
*[[Lalu Alex]] as A.S.P. Alexander<br />
*[[Prathapachandran]] as Minister Govindan<br />
*[[Sankaradi]] as. Kuttyahamed<br />
*[[Vanitha Krishnachandran]] as Radha<br />
*[[Aranmula Ponnamma]] as Parvathiamma<br />
*[[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Dakshayani<br />
*[[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Bharathan<br />
*[[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]] as Sreedevi<br />
*[[Kunjandi]] as Bheeran<br />
*[[Alummoodan]] as Reporter<br />
*[[Manavalan Joseph]] as Police Constable<br />
*[[Sathaar]] as Rajagopala Varma<br />
*Thrissur Elsy as Maria<br />
*[[Kuthiravattom Pappu]] as Khader<br />
*[[G. K. Pillai (actor)|G. K. Pillai]] as Joshi John<br />
*[[Surekha (actress)|Surekha]] as Chempakam<br />
*[[Achankunju]] as Porinju<br />
*Thodupuzha Radhakrishnan as Majeed<br />
*[[Nellikode Bhaskaran]] as Gopalan<br />
*[[P. K. Abraham]] as College Principal<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Release==<br />
The film released on 14 April 1982.<br />
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===Box office===<br />
The film was the highest grossing South Indian film at that time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/iniyenkilum-starring-mammootty-mohan-lal-seema-is-a-badly-made-film/1/371951.html|title=Poor patchwork|work=[[India Today]]|date=15 September 1983|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809211709/http://m.indiatoday.in/story/iniyenkilum-starring-mammootty-mohan-lal-seema-is-a-badly-made-film/1/371951.html|archive-date=9 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film was commercial success.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/he-reigned-at-box-office-but-made-classics-too/article19912969.ece|title=I.V. Sasi reigned at the box office, and made classics too|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 October 2017|last1=Kumar|first1=P. k Ajith}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2017/10/24/iv-sasi-hitmaker-mammootty-films.amp.html|title=IV Sasi: the hitmaker who discovered Mammootty, the actor|work=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=24 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/i-v-sasi-has-been-a-trendsetter-in-the-film-industry/article19924652.ece|title=The End of an Epoch|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 October 2017|last1=Venkiteswaran|first1=C. s.}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The music was composed by [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] and the lyrics were written by [[Yusufali Kechery]]. <br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
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| 1 || "Aakaasha Perunthachan" || [[S. Janaki]], J. M. Raju || [[Yusufali Kechery]] <br />
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| 2 || "Ambili Manavatti Azhakulla Manavaatti" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], S. Janaki, [[P. Jayachandran]], [[C. O. Anto]], J. M. Raju, [[S. P. Sailaja]] || Yusufali Kechery<br />
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| 3 || "Iru Meyyaanennaalum" {{clarify span|(Bit)|reason=What does this mean? It's unclear.|date=May 2020}} || J. M. Raju ||Yusufali Kechery<br />
|- <br />
| 4 || "Maanathe Hoori Pole" || [[Unni Menon]], Chorus || Yusufali Kechery <br />
|- <br />
| 5 || "Maanathe Kottaarathil" {{clarify span|(Bit)|reason=What does this mean? It's unclear.|date=May 2020}} || S. Janaki || Yusufali Kechery<br />
|- <br />
| 6 || "Thattedi Sosamme" || Chorus, J. M. Raju, [[Krishnachandran]] || Yusufali Kechery<br />
|}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[[Filmfare Award for Best Film - Malayalam]] won by N.G. John (1982)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xU3jAAAAMAAJ&q=Eenadu|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|first=Sir Stanley|last=Reed|date=2 December 1984|publisher=Bennett, Coleman.|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0215738}}<br />
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{{I. V. Sasi}}<br />
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[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1982 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by T. Damodaran]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by I. V. Sasi]]<br />
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]<br />
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