Nombarathi Poovu (English: The Sorrowful Flower) is a 1987 Malayalam drama film, written and directed by P.

The movie shows how a young woman, Padmini, who is separated from her husband, becomes attached to an orphan girl, Gigi, she meets while they are hospitalised after a bus accident.

Padmarajan had initially decided to cast Shabana Azmi in the lead role of Padmini.

For this, Padmarajan and producer Gandhimati Balan made a visit to Shabana's home in Juhu, Bombay.

After the reading, Shabana agreed to do the role, but on one condition, that the Malayalam dialogues be reduced and prominence given to her expressions.