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Pazhassi Raja (1964) (1964) | Malayalam
Pazhassi Raja (1964) ( 1964 ) |Malayalam
Drama
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, and Prem Nazir, Sathyan, Satyapal, S. P. Pillai, Rajashree and Pankajavalli in other important roles.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.Its music is composed by A. R. Rahman's father R. K. Shekhar, who debuted as a music director through this film. The music was widely appreciated and was a hit.
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