Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Bhakta Kuchela (1961)

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Bhakta Kuchela (1961)

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+== Bhakta Kuchela ==
+
+1961 165’ b&w Malayalam
+
+d/p P. Subramanyam
+
+pc Neela Prod.
+
+s Nagavalli R.S. Kurup
+
+lyr Thirunayanar Kurichi
+
+c N.S. Mani m Brother Lakshmanan
+
+lp Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair,
+Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair, S.P. Pillai,
+T.K. Balachandran, Kumari, Ambika, Shanti,
+Shashi, Kushalakumari, Jose Prakash, Hari,
+C.S. Kantha Rao, Adoor Pankajam, Vinodhini,
+Vilasini, Satheesh
+
+The first big mythological by a director who,
+having put the radicalism of Randidangazhi
+(1958) behind him, would be increasingly
+associated with the devotional genre through
+the 60s (including Biblical themes e.g. Snapaka
+Yohannan, 1963). Krishna’s childhood friend
+and devotee, the Brahmin Kuchela, grows up
+to father 27 children even as he pines to meet
+his idol. His worship of Krishna causes enmity
+with King Shishupala. With his several
+offspring on the verge of starvation, he goes on
+a pilgrimage to Dwarka, where he meets his
+friend and master. To his astonishment Krishna
+sends him away empty-handed, but Kuchela
+returns home to find that his modest hut has
+miraculously been turned into a palace. The
+film did much to establish a bigger-budgeted
+version of the B-movie mythologicals routinely
+churned out by studios in Alleppey and
+Trivandrum.