Neelathamara (2009 film)

Neelathamara
Directed by	Lal Jose
Produced by	Menaka Revathy Kalamandir
Written by	M.T. Vasudevan Nair
Starring	Archana Kavi Kailash Suresh Nair Rima Kallingal Samvrutha Sunil Jaya Menon Tony Kattukaran
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Vijay Ulaganath
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham Sangeeth Kollam
Production company	Revathy Kalaamandhir
Distributed by	India : Playhouse Europe: PJ Entertainments
Release date	27 November 2009 (2009-11-27)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹ 1.5 crores

Neelathamara (Malayalam: നീലത്താമര) (English: The Blue Lotus) is a 2009 Malayalam romantic drama film written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and directed by Lal Jose. It is the remake of the 1979 film of the same name, scripted by M.T. himself and directed by Yusuf Ali Kechery. The film was produced by Suresh Kumar under the banner of Revathy Kalamandir. It stars Kailash and newcomer Archana Kavi in the lead roles. The film received positive reviews and was a box office hit.

Beena (Amala Paul), a program producer with NDTV 24x7, is in her ancestral village for a television program. She wants her fiancé (Tony Kattukaran) to meet her grandmother, who has just been discharged from hospital. Beena, the daughter of K.P. Haridas, who died a few years back is not in good terms with her mother Ratnam over her second marriage. Ratnam happens to visit the house at the same time. There she meets Kuttimalu, a middle-age lady, who was once a housemaid in her teenage days. Kuttimalu is welcomed by grandmother with the same warmth that she enjoyed long back, and she says that her daughters are now well settled and are leading a happy lives. Ratnam is also affectionate towards Kuttimalu, who had once had an affair with Haridas.

In the night, while arranging the old books of Haridas, Ratnam comes across the snaps of Kuttimalu, which he had taken in his college days. She hands them over to Kuttimalu, which takes her back to the old days. The story switches to the late 1970s, when Kuttimalu (Archana Kavi) had arrived as a maid with Appukuttan, her cousin and her grandmother. Kuttimalu succeeds in winning the heart of Haridas's mother in no time. She was an innocent village girl who always found fun in sharing secrets with Ammini (Rima Kallingal), a girl of her age.