Naalu Pennungal (Four Women) is a 2007 Malayalam language anthology film produced and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan based on four short stories written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai.

The film stars Padmapriya, Geethu Mohandas, Manju Pillai and Nandita Das in the major roles and KPAC Lalitha, Mukesh, Manoj K. Jayan, Kavya Madhavan, Sreejith Ravi, Nandhu, Remya Nabeeshan, and M. R. Gopakumar in supporting roles.

[1] The movie chronicles a journey of womanhood across assorted backdrops with a classic amalgamation of source matters and techniques that splendidly spans times and frames.

The movie has four distinct parts, each adapted from separate short stories by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai.

Though the stories are not explicitly connected in narration, a pattern emerges in the flow of the movie, both in the chronological setting and the stature of the women.

The first profile is the story of a street prostitute Kunjipennu and Pappukutty who decide to start a life as husband and wife.

Kumari - literally, a virgin girl- is a farm worker who shouldered the responsibility of running her household at a very early age.

After the wedding, her husband, Narayanan, behaves strangely, as he evades any kind of contact with her, including verbal conversation and sexual activity.

Through their conversations, we realize that they both had an amorous encounter in their youth, from which Chinnu Amma escaped narrowly due to her fear of getting pregnant out of wedlock.

Both films have a four-chapter structure based on independent short stories by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai.

Noted Marathi filmmaker Sachin Kundalkar said that his third film Gandha (Smell), an ensemble of three stories interconnected by the theme of 'smell', was inspired by Naalu Pennungal.