#1983 malayalam movie with subtitle driver#

It is also one film that does justice to history. 'It deals with a contentious chapter of our Independence struggle, but does it in grand style and high drama. In a 2017 The Times of India article, it was written that 1921 'perhaps, remain his best cinematic work'. ' 1921 was shot on a wide canvas with hundreds of actors and required to be dealt with sensitively considering the communal passions that the event evinces in Malabar', wrote the Times of India in 2017. Says Damodaran who created the film: 'A few years back history could have been told as it was in Malayalam cinema but today I have to weave an actual incident in masala form with a larger than life character for the sake of Mammootty.' even history has been tinged with an overdose of fantasy to suit the image of Mammootty ,' film critic Sreedhar Pillai wrote in India Today. 'The top dream merchants of the industry see to it that the characters are created according to the diktats of these superstars. The film was publicised by 'Gayathri' and was distributed by Mannil Films. Recording and re-recording were carried out by Selvaraj. V.' Mohan was the Production Designer while I. Venugopal and Shajoon Kariyal were the Assistant Directors while M. ДЄnil worked as the Associate Director for the film. Ranjini was approached by Sasi for a role, but due to date clashes she could not sign the film. Damodaran called the film his 'dream project'. The film's budget was в‚№12 million (US$160,000). Peter Narakkal was the Production Executive. The film was produced by Muhammed Mannil. Damodaran had particular focus on writing political dramas, and had collaborated with Sasi in his previous films. The screenplay was written by physical education teacher-turned-scriptwriter T.

Kundara Johny as Police Inspector Narayana Menon.

Jagannatha Varma as Kunjikuttan Thamburan.

Vijayaraghavan as Kandan Kutti/Muhammad.

Ummer as Amu Sahib (Deputy Superintendent) Bahadoor as Kattilasseri Muhammad Musliyar.

Soman as Shekharan Varma (Captain, discharged) Ravi as Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji The film also touches various social dilemmas which led to the 1921 Uprising, the atrocities committed by the British Indian army and the rebels during the events and the eventual collapse of the rebel unity and organisation. The plot gradually introduces a variety of characters, representing the South Malabar society of the 1920s. Ravi), one of the prominent leaders of the 1921 Malabar rebellion. Both men join the brigade of Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji ( T.

#1983 malayalam movie with subtitle driver#

The film focuses on Mappila bullock cart driver Khader ( Mammootty), a retired corporal and World War 1 veteran, and Unni Krishnan ( Suresh Gopi), a hardline nationalist revolutionary from a family of upper-caste Hindu Nair landlords.