Premam

Premam (English: Love) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written, edited, and directed by Alphonse Puthren. It is a three-part coming of age portrait of the lead finding his true love. Produced by Anwar Rasheed for Anwar Rasheed Entertainment, the film stars Nivin Pauly, Madonna Sebastian, Sai Pallavi, and Anupama Parameswaran in the lead roles. The film features 17 debutant actors. Rajesh Murugesan composed the music. Premam was released on 29 May 2015 in India, followed by UAE on 11 June. The film received positive critical response, with praise for direction, acting, cinematography, editing, humour and songs. Produced at a budget of ?4 crore (US$560,000), it grossed an estimated sum of ?60 crore (US$8.3 million) worldwide. making it one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of all time. It became the first Malayalam film to run for over 200 days in Tamil Nadu. The film had a theatrical run of 151 days in Kerala and 259 days in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The film was also remade in Telugu in 2016 as Premam.