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{{Infobox film
| name = Ennennum Kannettante
| image = Ennennum Kannettante poster.jpg
| caption = ''Ennennum Kannettante'' poster
| alt =
| director = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| story = [[Madhu Muttam]]
| producer = Sajan
| screenplay = Fazil
| starring = {{Unbulleted_list|Sangeet Pillai|Sonia G. Nair}}
| music = [[Jerry Amaldev]]
| cinematography = [[Vipindas]]
| editing = T. R. Shekhar
| studio = Saj Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1986|04|10|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Ennennum Kannettante''''' ({{translation|Kannettan's Forever}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]]-language [[romance film]], written and directed by [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]], starring newcomers Sangeet Pillai and Sonia G. Nair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Malayalam films released during the year 1986 |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/1986.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119232635/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/1986.htm |archive-date=19 January 2011 |access-date=19 February 2011 |website=PRD, Government of Kerala}}</ref> The film won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value]] for the year 1986.<ref name="awards">{{Cite web |title=State Film Awards: 1969–2008 |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119014326/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm |archive-date=19 November 2009 |access-date=19 February 2011 |publisher=Information and Public Relations Department of Kerala}}</ref> [[Srividya]] won the [[Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actress]] also for this film.<ref name="awards" /> Despite all the critical acclaim, the film was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Prema Manmadhan |date=23 December 2005 |title=His experiments with cinema |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301990100.htm |url-status=usurped |access-date=19 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203235735/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301990100.htm |archive-date=3 December 2008 |quote=My film Ennennum Kannettante was a failure at the box office, ironically it got the award for the best film with popular appeal.}}</ref> It was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] by the same director as ''[[Varusham 16]]'' (1989) and also in Kannada as ''[[Halli Krishna Delhi Radha]]'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2021 |title=Anandham Vilayadum Veedu: Gautham Karthik-Cheran family entertainer to hit theatres in November |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/anandham-vilayadum-veedu-gautham-karthikcheran-family-entertainer-to-hit-theatres-in-november/fae61f3f5e861 |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=OTTPlay}}</ref>

== Plot ==
''Ennennum Kannettante'' is a teenage love story. It portrays the incomplete love story of 19-year-old Kannan and 16-year-old Radhika.

Kannan comes from [[Trivandrum]] to his Valiya Koikkal Tharavadu (ancestral house) with his mother to spend vacation and to attend the festival in their family temple, the Pookkulangara Devi temple. There are his relatives, like grandfather Parameswara Kurup, grandmother, head of the family and his aunt Vijayalakshmi and her children. Everybody likes Kannan very much, and he has a good time along with his friend Gopu.

But with the arrival of his uncle's daughter (''Murappennu'') Radhika from [[Bangalore]] after a gap of nine years to perform her dance debut (''Arangettam'') in the temple, everyone's attention turns to her. Kannan initially felt sad and angry but, once he sees Radhika, immediately falls in love with her. Kannan and Radhika were childhood friends and both have memories of their childhood. Radhika also likes Kannan, but was afraid to reveal it to Kannan. To know whether Radhika loves him, Kannan plans to ask her secretly and hides himself in the bathroom. Radhika sees him and cries aloud. The whole family learns of the incident, and Kannan was blamed by all, including his mother. She send a message to Kannan's father to take him back to Trivandrum for his exams. Meanwhile, Radhika reveal to Kannan that she loves him as much as he loves her. Soon, Kannan's father take him back to the city.

After finishing the exams, Kannan rushed back to the village to meet Radhika, but she had already gone to the railway station to return to Bangalore and then to the [[United States]] with her parents. Kannan rushed to the station. As he reached there, the train had already left and he couldn't meet Radhika one last time, even though he chased her train. Radhika had left a souvenir for him on the platform, but the heartbroken Kannan didn't see it.

== Cast ==
* Sangeet Pillai as Kannan
* Sonia G. Nair as Radhika<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anand |first=Shilpa Nair |date=21 February 2016 |title=Saying it through dance |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/saying-it-through-dance/article8261313.ece |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701021720/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/saying-it-through-dance/article8261313.ece |archive-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>
* [[Appa Haja]] as Gopu
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Tharavadu Karanavar
* [[Thilakan]] as Parameswara Kurup (Kannan's grandfather)
* [[K. P. Ummer]] as Kannan's father
* [[Srividya]] as Kannan's mother
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Padmanabha Pillai
* [[Jalaja]] as Vijayalakshmi (Viji)
* [[Sukumari]]
* [[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]] as Maheswari
* [[Adoor Bhavani]]

== Soundtrack ==

{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Kaithapram Damodaran]] except where noted
| all_music = [[Jerry Amaldev]]
| title1 = Bhaagavatham
| lyrics1 = [[Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan]]
| extra1 = [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]
| title2 = Devadundhubhi
| extra2 = [[K. J. Yesudas]]
| title3 = Devadundhubhi
| extra3 = K. J. Yesudas, Satheesh Babu & Sunanda
| title4 = Kaakkem Keekkem
| lyrics4 = [[Madhu Muttam]]
| extra4 = Padma Subramaniam, Sunanda
| title5 = Nizhalaay Pozhiyum
| extra5 = K. J. Yesudas
| title6 = Onnaanam Kulakkadavil
| extra6 = [[Choir]]
| title7 = Poovattaka Thattichinni
| extra7 = K. J. Yesudas, [[K. S. Chithra]], Choir
| title8 = Thankathala Thaalam
| extra8 = K. J. Yesudas, Choir
}}

This was the first work of poet [[Kaithapram Damodaran]] as a lyricist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 December 2010 |title=Kaithapram in a new role |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2010/dec/17/kaithapram-in-a-new-role-211895.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204124601/https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2010/dec/17/kaithapram-in-a-new-role-211895.html |archive-date=4 February 2022 |access-date=12 April 2022 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> Kaithapram used to write poems in [[Mathrubhumi]], and this brought him to the notice of playback singer [[K. J. Yesudas]], who asked him to write lyrics for his [[Tharangini Records]]. Fazil heard some of these, and asked Kaithapram to write the lyrics for the film.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0214671}}
* [http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4546 ''Ennennum Kannettante''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721222613/http://www.malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?4546 |date=21 July 2011 }} at the Malayalam Movie Database
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714023555/http://malayalamcinema.com/php/filmDetails.php?filmid=2004&cur_page=1&pages=1&linkid=16&val=rev ''Ennennum Kannettante''] at [[Association of Malayalam Movie Artists|AMMA]] Official website

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[[Category:1980s coming-of-age films]]
[[Category:1986 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:1986 romance films]]
[[Category:1980s teen romance films]]
[[Category:Coming-of-age romance films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Jerry Amaldev]]
[[Category:Indian coming-of-age films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]

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