Kayamkulam Kochhunni

aka The Dear One of Kayamkulam 1966 131’ b&w Malayalam d/p P.A. Thomas dial Jagathi N.K. Achari lyr P. Bhaskaran, Abhayadev c P.B. Mani m B.A. Chidambaranath lp Sathyan, Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, K.P. Oomer, Adoor Bhasi, Manavalan Joseph, Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai, Kaduvakulam Anthony, O. Ramdas, Kothamangalam Ali, Lateef, Usha Kumari (aka Vijayanirmala), Kamaladevi, Sukumari, Nalini, Parvati, Laxmi

A story featuring Central Travancore’s Robin Hood-type folk hero, Kochhunni (Sathyan), an expert in Kerala’s martial arts who became a notorious dacoit, allegedly with a golden heart. Betrayed by his lover, the palace maid Janaki, he escapes, settles the score with Janaki and her accomplice and then gives himself up to the law.

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