At the 63rd Filmfare Awards South, Premam was nominated in seven categories, winning Best Female Debut (Sai Pallavi) and Best Male Playback Singer ( Vijay Yesudas for 'Malare'). The film received nominations and won awards in several categories including Nivin and Pallavi's performance, music, cinematography, and editing. The film was remade in Telugu in 2016 with the same name. The film had a theatrical run of 175 days in Kerala and over 300 days in Tamil Nadu. The film was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam movies of the decade.
It was a commercial success grossing ₹60 crore. The film was produced on a budget of ₹4 crore. The plot follows George (Nivin)’s romantic journey with his friends from their teens to adulthood. It features an ensemble supporting cast including Madonna Sebastian, Anupama Parameswaran, Shabareesh Varma, Krishna Sankar, Siju Wilson, Ananth Nag, Vinay Forrt, Soubin Shahir, Sharafudheen and others.
The movie was Pallavi's debut film a lead role. It was produced by Anwar Rasheed and features Nivin Pauly and Sai Pallavi in lead roles. Love) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age romance film written, directed and edited by Alphonse Puthren.
