Pazhassi Raja (1964 film)

This article is about the 1964 Indian film. For the prince from the royal dynasty of Kottayam the movie is based on, see Pazhassi Raja. For the 2009 Indian film, see Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (film).

Pazhassi Raja
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair as Pazhassi Raja
Directed byKunchako
Written byThikkodiyan
Produced byKunchako
StarringKottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
Prem Nazir
Sathyan
Satyapal
Rajasree
Pankajavalli
CinematographyTN Krishnankutty
Music byR. K. Shekhar
Production
company
Udaya Studios
Distributed byExcel Productions
Release date
  • 21 August 1964 (1964-08-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Pazhassi Raja is a 1964 Malayalam biographical film, directed and produced by Kunchako. It is written by well known playwright Thikkodiyan and is based on the life of warrior king Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja. It stars Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair in the title role, with Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Satyapal, S. P. Pillai, Rajashree and Pankajavalli in other important roles.[1]

Pazhassi Raja is the second historical film in Malayalam, the first one was Veluthamby Dalava (1962) by the same director.[1] Pazhassi Raja was completely filmed from Kunchako's Udaya Studios, which resulted in the lack of technical perfection and eventually lead to the commercial failure of the film.[1] Its music is composed by R. K. Shekhar, who debuted as a music director through this film.

  1. ^ a b c B. Vijayakumar (14 December 2009). "Pazhassi Raja 1964". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.