Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu

<p>Kunjoonjamma Thomas is a widow living in the village all by herself. People always make fun of her because she is grumpy and depressed due to the deaths of her husband and her only child. Children irritate her by ringing her door bell and running away. One day, her granddaughter Girly, who she had never met, visits her. Initially, Kunjoonjamma does not like Girly, but they soon become close to each other. Kunjoonjamma takes down the door bell, saying to Girly that its only purpose was for Girly’s return. Now that Girly is with her, she does not need it. Kunjoonjamma’s neighbor, Sreekumar, falls in love with Girly. One day, Sreekumar’s friend, Alexi, comes to his house and sees Girly. He identifies her as a girl missing from Delhi, and immediately informs her father about her whereabouts. Girly had run away from Delhi because she had and does not have much time to live. She wanted to enjoy the rest of her life. When her father comes to take her back to Delhi for an urgent operation, she refuses to go, claiming that even the doctors are not sure whether the operation will be successful. initially, the reason Girly had been separated from her grandmother aligned with her mother wanting to distance herself from her grandmother, following her mother’s death after the pair left for abroad, girly’s grandmother blames her father, thinking he is the cause of her daughter’s death, they end up rekindling due to girly, and finally towards the climax, Her grandmother mixes sleeping pills in soup and gives it to Girly, and her father takes her to Delhi while she is unconscious. with sreekumar finding a picture of himself in girly’s room while packing her things for Delhi, and realizes she must have reciprocated his feelings for her The movie ends with an ending open to interpretation, the ambulance slowly fading away into the darkness. Sreekumar watches it leave,with sadness and hope, and when he turns away he sees Kunjoonjamma refixing the door bell with the hope that Girly will return one day. Some portions of the film was shot at the in , such as the dance sequences of the song “Lathiri Poothiri Punthiri Cheppo” and a scene. During that scene, Nadhiya Moidu’s hand was burnt with a sparkler from a fellow dancer, which left a scar on her hand since then. was the debut film of Nadhiya Moidu and the comeback film of onscreen. It is also the acting debut and the only film appearance of Fazil as of 2017, who did a minor role until 2019 film . Nadhiya Moidu’s voice was dubbed by in the film. This film marked the film debut of director duo , who worked as to Fazil. The music was composed by and lyrics was written by . The songs sung by in the film gave her first break in her career. The film was the second highest grossing Malayalam film of the year and was the longest running Malayalam film of the year, running for 175 days in theatres. The performances of Mohanlal, Nadhiya, and Padmini were critically acclaimed. A Tamil remake was made by Fazil himself as , in which Nadhiya Moidu and Padmini reprise their roles. Mohanlal’s role was done by . The film was a commercial success. It was also remade in as (1986), directed by . Fazil once planned to make a sequel for the film, which did not materialise. He had a plot of Girly after the operation and Sreekumar searching for her. He said in an interview with .</p>