ആദാമിന്‍റെ മകൻ അബു (2011)

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• Auszeichnungen: 2 · Nominierungen: 1. Darunter: National Film Award/Bester Film; Kerala State Film Award for Best Film

Adaminte Makan Abu is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language social drama film written, directed and co-produced by Salim Ahamed. It stars Salim Kumar and Zarina Wahab, with Mukesh, Kalabhavan Mani, Suraj Venjarammoodu, and Nedumudi Venu in supporting roles. The cinematography was handled by Madhu Ambat. The film features songs composed by Ramesh Narayan and score by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally. The film tells the story of a poor attar seller Abu (Kumar) whose only remaining wish in life is the Hajj pilgrimage, which he strives hard to fulfill.

Production

Development on the film began roughly a decade before it was released. Adaminte Makan Abu marks the directorial debut of Salim Ahamed, who says that he had entertained the story in his mind for many years. Upon graduating from college in the early 2000s, Ahamed dreamed of joining the film industry but found it hard to break into and ended up a travel consultant.

The central character Abu was significantly inspired by a man named Aboottikka in Ahamed's home village who looked and behaved a lot like the central character. In Ahamed's own words, the old couple he had met at the Umrah pilgrimage became Aboottikka and that in turn turned out to be Adaminte Makan Abu. Ahamed said that he had written three basic plots during his college days.

Both Ashraf Bedi And Salim Ahamed did considerable research before they finalised the cast and crew. They decided to take the risk of filming with a serious theme when they secured Salim Kumar in the lead, although the actor did not have the glamour of a conventional hero. They were confident that the risk would be minimal compared to the final result's worth.

Aside from Kumar and Wahab, the film also stars several other actors like Kalabhavan Mani, Mukesh, Suraj Venjarammoodu, Nedumudi Venu and Jaffer Idukki in key roles. Ahamed says that he wanted to work with the industry's best people from the beginning and that their liking for the subject made this (relatively) easy. Madhu Ambat was doing a Malayalam film after a gap of nearly 12 years.

Pattanam Rasheed did makeup for all the actors. The artificial beard he used initially didn't match Kumar's skin tone so he imported a matching beard from Mumbai, spending his own money. Shooting began on 7 November 2010 and took place in Thrissur and Kozhikode in Kerala. Major sections were filmed from a house in Athani in Thrissur. The set was made by debuting art director Jyothish on a shoestring of ₹2 lakh (US$2,076.90).

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