Pattalam (2003 film)

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Pattalam
Directed by	Lal Jose
Written by	Reji Nair
Produced by	Maha Subair Sudhish
Starring	Mammootty Biju Menon
Cinematography	S. Kumar
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Music by	Vidyasagar
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films
Release date	5 September 2003 (2003-09-05)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹3 crore[1]

Pattalam (transl. Army) is a 2003 Malayalam-language film by Lal Jose and starring Mammootty, Indrajith Sukumaran and Biju Menon along with Tessa, Jyothirmayi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Oduvil Unnikrishnan and Innocent in supporting roles. The film revolves around incidents in a small village after the army sets up a temporary camp.^[2]

An Army unit comes to a local village in Kerala because of a terror threat. The unit is led by Major Pattabhiraman and his subordinate, Captain Benny. The Major sees a widow named Vimala singing. Vimala is living in her husband's home after his death. A village girl Satyabhama, and Benny fall in love and elope. Pattabhiraman discovers that a terrorist has planned to pour cyanide into a water tank. He finds the terrorist and destroys the water tank by blasting a bomb terrorist had with him. Benny reveals to Vimala that Pattabhiraman killed her husband Nandu in the war. The Major admits the fact, but claims he did it as a mercy killing because Nandu was so badly injured. Vimala forgives him, and the couple happily unites.

Lyrics: Gireesh Puthenchery, Music: Vidyasagar. Bits of the song "Aaroral" were used in the song "Konjam Neram" from Chandramukhi.

• Pattalam at IMDb
• Pattaalam at the Malayalam Movie Database