Marthanda Varma (film)

Marthanda Varma
Malayalamമാർത്താണ്ഡവർമ്മ
Directed byP. V. Rao
Written byP. V. Rao (screenplay)
Based onMarthandavarma
by C. V. Raman Pillai
Produced byR. Sunder Raj
StarringJaidev
A. V. P. Menon
Devaki
Padmini
CinematographyPandurang E. Naik
Distributed byShri Rajeshwari Films
Release date
Running time
118 mins.
CountryIndia
LanguagesSilent film with intertitles in English and Malayalam

Marthanda Varma is a 1933 black and white Indian silent film directed by P. V. Rao, based on the 1891 Malayalam novel by C. V. Raman Pillai. This was the first film based on Malayalam literature and the next film of the Malayalam film industry after Vigathakumaran.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference filmref1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ B. Vijayakumar (27 January 2013). "Old is Gold: Marthanda Varma, 1931". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 April 2014.