Ishtam (2001 Malayalam film)

Ishtam is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film directed by Sibi Malayil and written by Kalavoor Ravikumar. It stars Dileep and Navya Nair (in her acting debut), with Nedumudi Venu, Innocent, Sreenivasan, and Jayasudha appearing in supporting roles. The music was composed by Mohan Sitara. Ishtam was remade in Hindi as Mere Baap Pehle Aap by Priyadarshan.

Plot
Pawan, whose mother died twenty four years ago when he was a child, lives with his father Krishnankutty Menon, a rich businessman. His father frequently and hilariously gets in trouble with the police officer Mariamma, mostly due to his best friend, Narayanan. Anjana meets Pavan whom she was ragged by and made her cut her hair due to which she left the college. So, she plans to take sweet revenge by making a false call. After all those fun incidents, Anjana meets Pavan who regrets the mischief he had done and then, they become friends. Anjana lives with a spinster music teacher, Sridevi. At Anjana's friend's marriage, Krishnankutty Menon meets Sridevi, and it turns out that Krishnankutty Menon and Sridevi were star-crossed lovers when they were young. Pavan, Anjana, Narayanan, and Pavan's brother, Vipin, plan to reunite them after all these years. In the process, Pavan and Anjana discover their feelings for each other as well.

Cast

 * Dileep as Pavan K Menon (Pavi)
 * Navya Nair as Anjana Pillai (Rose), Pavi's childhood friend
 * Nedumudi Venu as Krishnankutty Menon, Pavi's and Vipin's father
 * Jayasudha as Sreedevi Teacher
 * Sreenivasan as Vipin K Menon
 * Innocent as Narayanan, Krishnankutty's friend
 * Balachandra Menon as Gokul Das, Anjana's father
 * Suma Jayaram as Girija Menon
 * Jyothirmayi as Jyothi
 * Kalpana as Mariamma Thomas
 * Arun Ghosh as Jyothi's husband
 * Deepika Mohan as Jyothi's mother
 * Niyas Backer as Babukuttan
 * Bindhu Krishna

Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack contains eight songs, all composed by Mohan Sitara and lyrics by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri and Sachidanandan Puzhankara.

Box office
The film was a commercial success.