''Thilakkam'' () is a 2003 Indian

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-language comedy-drama film directed by

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and written by

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and

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play the lead roles. The rest of the cast include

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, K. P. A. C. Lalitha,

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and

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. It was remade in Kannada as '' Nandeesha'' in 2012, starring Komal.

Plot

Padmanabhan master and his wife is waiting for Unni, their only son who is missing for many years. Ten-year-old Unni gets lost in the crowd during a temple festival where he was along with his neighbour Panikkar, popularly known as Poorappanikkar. Panikkar too did not return since he decided to return only after finding Unni. Ammu is Panikkar's daughter who also believes, like master and his wife, that her father will return one day with Unni. The master finds Unni after years and returns him to the village. The villagers realize that Unni is abnormal and is mentally challenged. He behaves like a small boy and creates all sorts of trouble for the villagers and his parents. His main hobby is to snatch dhothi from people. He snatches the dhothi after aiming at it with a

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resembling Okay gesture. This leads to a series of comical incidents in the village. He is given Ayurveda treatment under the guidance of the church priest. Ammu looks after Unni, which her cousin Gopikkuttan objects to, as he loves her. Meanwhile, Panicker returns to the village. Gopikuttan tries to turn Panicker against Unni. Eventually, Ammu starts to love Unni and waits for his recovery to marry him. But finally Unni gets back his memory only to let out the truth that he is not Unni but Vishnu, the son of a Bangalore don Maheshwar Thampi, from where the story starts. Vishnu disapproves Thampi's lifestyle so he lives away from his father. He falls in love with Gauri and decides to marry her against his father's wish. Vishnu and Gauri's friends arrange a secret party for them. Thampi learns about the party and its location. His men attack it and during the commotion, Gauri falls down even though Vishnu tries to save her. In the present, Thampi visits Vishnu and asks him to come home. Vishnu refuses initially but agrees to go along after Padmanabhan Master asks him to do so. At his home, Thampi tells Vishnu that he realised his mistake and for his mistakes Vishnu and Gauri got the punishment. Thampi tells that Gauri is not dead but she is bedridden. Before her death she wanted to meet Vishnu as her last wish which Thampi fulfilled. Gauri asks Vishnu to marry Ammu and to bring her to Gauri. The film ends with Vishnu marrying Ammu, and Krishnankutty, Unni's friend and a village tailor, snatching his dhothi.

Cast

as Vishnu, Son of Maheswaran Thampi / Unni (mistaken) *

as Ammu *

as Maheswaran Thampi *

as Padmanabhan Master, Unni's father * K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Devakiyamma, mother of Unni *

as Tailor Krishnankutty *

as Fr. Stephen, the church priest *

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as Poorappanikkar *

as Omanakkuttan *

as Vanaja *

as Gopikkuttan *

as Gunda Bhaskaran *

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as Habeeb, Postman *

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as Kunjavara *

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as Swaminathan, the oracle *

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as Gauri (guest role) * Priyanka as Panjavarnam *

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Soundtrack

Box office

The film was declared as a commercial success.

Awards

* Kerala State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer - P. Jayachandran for the song ''Neeyoru puzhayayi''

References

External links

* . {{DEFAULTSORT:Thilakkam (Film) 2003 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films shot in Palakkad Films shot in Ottapalam Malayalam films remade in other languages