Adaminte Makan Abu

Adaminte Makan Abu
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySalim Ahamed
Written bySalim Ahamed
Screenplay bySalim Ahamed
Story bySalim Ahamed
Produced bySalim Ahamed
Ashraf Bedi
StarringSalim Kumar
Zarina Wahab
CinematographyMadhu Ambat
Edited byVijay Shankar
Music byRamesh Narayan Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Production
company
Distributed byKalasangham Films
Laughing Villa
Allens Media Through
Khas
Manjunatha
Release date
  • 24 June 2011 (2011-06-24)[1]
Running time
101 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget1.5 crore[2]

Adaminte Makan Abu (transl. Abu, Son of Adam) 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 (a kind of perfume) seller Abu (Kumar) whose only remaining wish in life is the Hajj pilgrimage, which he strives hard to fulfill.

Development on Adaminte Makan Abu began roughly a decade before it was released. It was shot digitally over one month, beginning on 7 November 2010. Thrissur and Kozhikode were the major filming locales. Adaminte Makan Abu was released in theatres on 24 June 2011. It received wide critical acclaim, with much praise for its story, direction, cast, cinematography, and score. The film won four National Film Awards: Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Background Score, and four Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Screenplay and Best Background Music. It was sent as India's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 2011 but was not nominated.[3]

  1. ^ "ആദാമിന്റെ മകന്‍ അബു 24ന്". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). 21 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  2. ^ Sreenivasa Raghavan (21 May 2011). "Small-budget Adaminte Makan... set for big release". Deccan Chronicle. India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  3. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2012.