How Old Are You? (film)

How Old Are You
How Old Are You Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rosshan Andrrews
Produced by	Listin Stephen
Written by	Bobby Sanjay
Starring	Manju Warrier Kunchako Boban Kanika Lalu Alex Amritha Anil
Music by	Gopi Sunder
Cinematography	R. Diwakaran
Edited by	Mahesh Narayanan
Production company	Magic Frames
Distributed by	Central Pictures, Tricolor Entertainment Australia & Bunkers Ent NZ, Indian Movies (UK)
Release date	17 May 2014 (2014-05-17) (Kerala)
Running time	141 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

How Old Are You is a 2014 Malayalam drama film directed by Rosshan Andrrews, written by Bobby Sanjay and produced by Listin Stephen under the banner of Magic Frames. It stars Manju Warrier in the lead role along with Kunchako Boban, Kanika, Lalu Alex and Amritha Anil. Manju Warrier plays the character of Nirupama Rajeev, a UD clerk in Revenue department. She was acting in a film after a 14-year sabbatical. The film released on 17 May 2014. It received positive reviews from critics and was a big hit of the year. The film was remade in Tamil as 36 Vayadhinile with Jyothika in the lead, making her comeback.

The story is centered on a 36-year-old character named Nirupama Rajeev (Manju Warrier) who works as a UD clerk in the Revenue Department. Her husband is Rajeev Narayanan (Kunchako Boban) who works at Akashavaani and aspires of migrating to Ireland, but Nirupama can't accompany him as most Irish companies turn down her job applications. There is nothing interesting about her life; she leads a normal life but craves for a change.

One fine day, she gets an invitation from the President and gets summoned to the IG's office and learns that the President of India would like to have a conversation with her. Unfortunately, Nirupama faints in-front of the President and the meeting turns out to be a disaster. Post this, she becomes the laughing stock on Facebook. Nirupama is then faced with an issue of being criticized by her family members. Later Nirupama gets in a situation where she has to watch her husband and daughter fly to Ireland.

Susan David (Kanika), her old classmate, a successful business woman, reminds her of the woman she used to be and inspires her to rediscover her younger self. Nirupama then explains her situation, when she met the president, to the social medias and clears her name. Her inability to rise up to her daughter's expectations and the discomfiture of her husband being mistaken for her younger brother further troubles her. Nirupama had a habit of having a vegetable garden on her roof, without the usage of chemicals or pesticides. One day Nirupama visits an old woman whom she would meet everyday on her bus. Both of them don't even know their names, and when she gets to know that the woman is sick, Nirupama turns up at her house with her own vegetable. The old woman thanks her for the time she spent for her and for reminding that she is not alone in this world. News of her pure vegetables spreads via the neighbor of the sick woman. In between, Nirupama's daughter calls her to Ireland, but she hesitates as she has lots of work left to be done. Her vegetables are asked for a wedding. For this Nirupama encourages all her neighbors to cultivate vegetables on their rooftops as well, which turns out to be a huge success. Her friend Susuan david encourages her into a seminar with important people as audience. Her topic of biofarming influenced all the officials and gives her the job of making it a reality. Once again the President meets her and family.