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{{Short description|2011 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
|name = Ithu Nammude Katha
|image = Ithu Nammude Katha.jpg
|director = Rajesh Kannankara
|producer = K. C. James
|story = [[Samuthirakani]]
|screenplay = Rajesh Kannankara
|starring = [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] [[Nishan K. P. Nanaiah|Nishan]] Abhishek Vineeth Kumar [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]] [[Amala Paul]] Nimisha
|music = [[Mohan Sitara]] [[Sundar C Babu]]
|cinematography = Vipin Mohan
|editing = V. Sajan
|distributor = Sree Gokulam Films
|studio = The Media Window Creations
|released = {{Film date|df=y|2011|1|28}}
|runtime =
|country = India
|language = Malayalam
|budget =
|gross =
}}
'''''Ithu Nammude Katha''''' ({{lang-ml|ഇതു നമ്മുടെ കഥ}}, {{lang-en|This Is Our Story}}) is a 2011 [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] film written and directed by Rajesh Kannankara, who debuts with this film. It stars [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]], [[Nishan K. P. Nanaiah|Nishan]], Abhishek, Vineeth Kumar, [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]], [[Amala Paul]] and Nimisha in the lead roles. The film is a remake of 2009 Tamil film ''[[Nadodigal]]'' with story credited to Samuthirakani.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7921/malayalam/ithu-nammude-katha/preview.htm|title=Ithu Nammude Katha Synopsis|website=Nowrunning.com|accessdate=21 January 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-ithu-nammude-katha/20110131.htm|title=Ithu Nammude Katha Review|website=[[Rediff.com]]|accessdate=10 February 2012}}</ref> The story revolves around a girl with lot of problems. She enters the life of a group of three youngsters. The film released on 28 January 2011, but was a flop at the box office, mainly due to poor publicity.

==Plot==
Vinod ([[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]), Santhosh ([[Nishan (actor)|Nishan]]) and Kochumon ([[Abhishek Raveendran]]) are best friends who always hang out together. Vinod is betrothed to his cousin, Kalyani ([[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]]) but her father is stubborn that he will only let him marry her if he has a government job. Santhosh is secretly in love with Vinod's sister, Ammu ([[Nimisha Suresh]]) and Vinod is aware of their relation even though he turns a blind eye towards it.
One day, Mahesh ([[Vineeth Kumar]]), Vinod's friend, comes to their village. The trio saves him from committing suicide and asks him why he tried to kill himself. Mahesh tells them that he is in love with a girl named Aishwarya ([[Amala Paul]]), who is the daughter of his mother's political rival and realizing that both the families wont agree to their marriage, his only way was to die as he cant live without Aishwarya. The trio agrees to help Mahesh elope with Aishwarya. They safely saves the couple from the attacks of their families and bids them goodbye asking them to live their life happily. But in the fight, Santhosh loses his leg and Kochumon his hearing ability and Vinod loses his grandmother in an ambush from Aishwarya's family. As the families file a case against the three of them, they become a burden to even their families. Kalyani is forced to marry a government employee, breaking Vinod's heart. Vinod supports Ammu's relation with Santhosh in front of their parents. Months later, while they are attending the trial of the case in the court, they are informed that the case is closed. They realise that Mahesh and Aishwarya got separated and moved back to their respective houses. They try to meet both of them, but are restricted by their parents, forcing them to kidnap both of them. They are angry towards the both of them because they have sacrificed their own life to unite them, only for them to get separated after few weeks. They leave the place and deciding to rebuild their life once again from scratch and on their way back, they hear another trio talking about helping their friend elope with his girlfriend.

==Cast==

*[[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] as ''Vinod Kumar''
*[[Nishan K. P. Nanaiah|Nishan]] as ''Santhosh George''
*Abhishek Raveendran as ''Sainulabdeen'' / ''Kochumon''
*[[Vineeth Kumar]] as ''Mahesh''
*[[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]] as ''Kalyani''
*[[Amala Paul]] as ''Aishwarya''
*[[Nimisha Suresh]] as ''Ammu''
*[[Kottayam Nazeer]] as ''"Chenkal Choola" Babu''
*[[Suraj Venjaramoodu]] as ''Tintumon / Bapootty''
*[[Lalu Alex]] as ''George Kutty''
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as ''Sarkar Pillai''
*[[Indrans]] as ''Kunju Muhammad''
*[[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as V''ijayarakhavan''
*[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as ''Saraswathy''
*[[Shobha Mohan]] as ''Saudhamini''
*[[Ambika Mohan]] as ''Ramani''
*[[Jagadheesh]] as ''Satheesh''
*[[Kalaranjini]] as ''Sethulekshmi''
* Balachandran Chullikadu as ''Advocate''

==Production==
''Pooja'' of the film was held in [[Kochi]] in July 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kerala9.com/news/ithu-nammude-katha-pooja-pictures/|title=Ithu Nammude Katha Pooja Pictures|website=Kerala9.com|date=29 July 2010 |accessdate=16 January 2011}}</ref> ''Ithu Nammude Katha'' began its filming in August 2010 in [[Kavalam]] near [[Changanassery]].<ref name="Production">{{cite news|url=http://www.realbollywood.com/news/2010/08/ithu-nammude-katha-starts-shooting-kavalam.html|title=Ithu Nammude Katha Starts Shooting In Kavalam|website=Realbollywood.com|date=12 August 2010|accessdate=16 January 2011}}</ref> In addition to Kavalam, the locations for the film include [[Kuttanadu]], [[Pollachi]] and Gundalpettu.<ref name="The Hindu"/> The film features an [[ensemble cast]] consisting of many new faces. According to the director, they are planning to include all the new faces of Malayalam cinema, perhaps in cameo roles or as part of a song sequence.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/youth-brigade-again/article625017.ece|title=Youth brigade again|accessdate=10 July 2016|first=Vijay|last=George|work=The Hindu|date=10 September 2010}}</ref> The lead male roles have been played by [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]], [[Nishan K. P. Nanaiah|Nishan]] and Abhishek, who previously teamed up in ''[[Apoorvaragam]]'' and the former two also in ''[[Ritu (2009 film)|Ritu]]''. There are 3 female leads in the film played by [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]], Nimisha and [[Amala Paul]]. Ananya's previous films were ''[[Nadodigal]]'', on which the film is based on, ''[[Shikkar]]'' and ''[[Kandahar (2010 film)|Kandahar]]'', Nimisha has done significant roles in ''[[Pachakuthira]]'' and ''[[Mayavi (2007 film)|Mayavi]]'' whereas Amala Paul is an upcoming star in films.<ref name="The Hindu"/>

== Soundtrack ==
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==Reception==
The film received moderately positive reviews from critics. But it ended up as a box office disaster mainly due to lack of publicity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/feature/featuredetails.asp?ncode=3176&feature_cat=Cat19 |title=Analysis of Malayalam cinema 2011 |website=Deepika |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205120905/http://malayalam.deepikaglobal.com/feature/Featuredetails.asp?ncode=3176&feature_cat=Cat19 |archivedate= 5 February 2012 |accessdate=4 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Naadodigal]]
*[[Shambo Shiva Shambo]]
*[[Hudugaru]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1822235|Ithu Nammude Katha}}
{{Naadodigal}}

[[Category:2011 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2011 romance films]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:Changanassery]]
[[Category:Films shot in Kerala]]

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