premise: Premam is only a book.
hypothesis: Premam ( Love ) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam coming-of-age musical-romantic comedy film written , edited , and directed by Alphonse Puthren . Produced by Anwar Rasheed for Anwar Rasheed Entertainment , the film stars Nivin Pauly , Madonna Sebastian , Sai Pallavi , and Anupama Parameswaran in the lead roles along with a supporting cast of Shabareesh Varma , Krishna Shankar , Vinay Forrt and Soubin Sahir . It became the second Malayalam film to run for over 200 days in Tamil Nadu . The film was also remade in Telugu in 2016 as Premam . Premam ( Love ) is an 2016 Telugu language coming-of-age romantic drama film co written and directed by Chandoo Mondeti of Karthikeya fame .