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Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum
File:Ente-Veedu-Appuvinteyum.jpg
Directed by Sibi Malayil
Written by Bobby–Sanjay
Produced by Prem Prakash
Starring Template:Unbulleted list
Cinematography Venugopal Madathil
Edited by L.Bhoominathan
Music by Ouseppachan





Country India
Language Malayalam



Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum (transl.  My home also for Appu) is a 2003 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and produced by Prem Prakash.[1] It was the debut movie as scriptwriters of brothers Bobby and Sanjay.[2] The film starred Kalidas Jayaram, Jayaram, and Jyothirmayi in lead roles along with Kalashala Babu, Nedumudi Venu, Siddique, Salim Kumar, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Shammi Thilakan, Sanusha, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha in supporting roles. It was remade in Tamil as Kannadi Pookal in 2005.[3] Kalidas won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his performance in the film.[4][5][6][7]

Plot

The movie revolves around Viswanathan, his wife, Meera, and his son, Vasudev, who are a happy family. Although Meera is Vasu's stepmother, they are very close to each other. Meera loves Vasu as her own son, and Vasu considers Meera as not only his mother but also his best friend.

Meera gives birth to a son and Vasu is the happiest. He names his little brother Appu and cares much for him. After Appu is born, his parents start paying more attention to the baby while Vasu feels left out. On Appu's birthday, Vasu buys him a small gift with the pennies he had saved. But when he sees everyone giving expensive and much costlier gifts, he feels disappointed and hides his gift. He feels insecure when he sees his parents caring for Appu more while not being attentive towards him. Feeling dejected, one day Vasu and his father fall into an argument and Vishwanathan goes to the extent of slapping Vasudev. This begins to create problems leading Vasu to unintentionally kill the baby, which in turn gets him imprisoned in the juvenile home. After completing the terms in the juvenile home, he comes back to the home and gets a surprise from Meera in the form of another baby as his step-brother. He also names that baby Appu and gives him the old gift he bought for the deceased baby. Viswanathan and Meera are happy about their bonding.

Cast

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Reception

Box office

The film was a commercial success.[8][9][10]

Accolades

File:The President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting the Best Child Artists Award for the year 2004 to Kalidas.jpg
Kalidas receiving the Best Child Artist award from President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

National Film Awards 2003[11][12]

Kerala State Film Awards 2003

Asianet Film Awards

See also

References

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  3. Behindwoods : Femme-fatale Parthiban. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  4. Star kids to rock M-Town. The Times of India(10 January 2017). Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. Kalidas Jayaram on doing a movie with his dad(1 November 2018). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. In the limelight(15 September 2016). Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  7. Happy Birthday Kalidas Jayaram: Lesser known facts about the charming actor that will make you his fan(16 December 2020). Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  8. Father son duo who won Kerala State Film Awards(5 September 2016). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. Remake season down south!(23 February 2003). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  10. 2003 Vishu report card. Sify.
  11. Alphonse Puthren to direct Kalidas Jayaram(26 May 2017). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  12. Jayaram Interview: "Acting Is Always Fun"(17 July 2016). Retrieved 8 March 2018.