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Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989)

2h 48m

Running Time

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989)

Name: Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1989-04-14

2h 48m

Running Time

Plot.

Chanthu, a poor orphan and Aromal are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar, a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.

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Release Date
April 14, 1989

Original Name
ഒരു വടക്കൻ വീരഗാഥ

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 48m

Genres
Action Drama

Last updated: 2024-09-18

This Movie Is About.

revenge

orphan

uncle

deception

epic

kalari

cousin

feudal lord

ballads of north malabar

Wiki.

Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (transl. A Northern Ballad of Valour) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language epic historical drama film directed by Hariharan, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and starring Mammootty, Suresh Gopi, Balan K. Nair, Captain Raju and Madhavi. The film won four National Film Awards (1989) including Best Actor (Mammootty), Best Screenplay (M. T. Vasudevan Nair), Best Production Design and Best Costume Design (P. Krishnamoorthy) and eight Kerala State Film Awards.

This film is based on a subplot of Vadakkan Pattukal, a medieval ballad from North Malabar and is often regarded as a classic of Malayalam cinema. The story is a reinterpretation of the life of the legendary Chandu Chekavar and depicts him as an unlucky and misunderstood but ultimately honourable man rather than the traitorous character that earned him the sobriquet of Chathiyan Chandu (literally 'Chandu the Betrayer') in folklore.