Kerala Revolution History Based 20 Films in Malayalam
Changes in the socio-economic and political sectors in Kerala during the initial decades of 20th century created conditions congenial for the growth of Communist Party.
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- DirectorMadhupalStarsLalPrithviraj SukumaranSantha DeviThe movie is based on a true story about the confession of a police constable about gunning down a Naxalite (Arikkad Varghese) in a fake encounter as per the order of his superiors in 1970.
- DirectorVenu NagavalliStarsMohanlalSuresh GopiMuraliThe revolt of two communist childhood friends turned leaders against capitalism, slavery and caste systems.
- DirectorGaganvihari BorateStarsNandita DasSharad S. KapoorMakrand DeshpandeThis film is mainly based on various true incidents relating to tribles, their culture and their lifestyle. The main characters are Dr. Kanna (Sharad Kapoor), his fiancée Rupi (Ms. Nandita Das), Rajayya (Makrand Deshpande) as Naxalite Commander, Inspector Despande (Sayaji Shinde), Ghisu (Vijay Raj) and Dattu (Rajpal Yadav). Also, introducing Hemangini as Mainee. Dr. Kanna & Rupi are childhood lovers and made for each other. Kanna is intelligent and presently doing final year MBBS in Nagpur. Everybody is proud of him. The first trible Indian to achieve such status. Rupi is typical aggressive trible girl, wildcat like manners and irrespective of free trible culture where sex before marriage is treated as part of education, nobody proposes to her knowing her love and devotion to Kanna. Kannas brother Ghisu is one aggressive and hot-tempered with who is illiterate and is slowly getting attracted towards Naxalites. Kanna does not like this. Kanna goes back to city to complete his final year but not before warning his loved ones that Naxalisam is not good for them. Due to Rangers atrocities and high handedness, Ghisu becomes a Naxalite. Rupi who is totally devoted to Kanna does try to convince Ghisu. Ghisu firm on his views. Ranger and Inspector Shinde are desperately searching Ghisu. In the process they have tortured villagers and something dreadful happens and Rupi disappears. When Kanna comes back from Nagpur both the persons he loved the most Rupi and Ghisu are not there for him. He is under the impression that Rupi is dead. He makes all efforts to bring Ghisu back but does not succeed. Actually Rupi is not dead. She has also become a Naxalite. She knows that Kanna is back but now she does not want to go back to him. Naxalites are becoming more and more popular among tribles because of their capacity to give instant justice and more and more youths are joining them. Ghisu and Rupi are now promoted as commanders of their new Dalam. On the other hand, Govt. has taken serious note of the situation and special task force is sent to the jungle to deal with Naxal problem. War between Kanna's non-violence and Rajayya violence begins. Both, Ghisu and Rupi are in a situation; where on one side is their love for Kanna and on the other side is the conviction to fight for justice.
- DirectorK.S. SethumadhavanStarsSathyanPrem NazirSheelaAn amoral, hypocritical worker with Communist leanings learns the consequences of his callousness and redeems himself.
- DirectorA. VincentStarsKaduvakkulam AntonyAdoor BhasiNellikode BhaskaranA story of a woman with legendary ill-fortune.
- DirectorKunchackoStarsP.J. AnthonyKaduvakkulam AntonyBahadur
- DirectorP. BhaskaranStarsC.A. BalanAdoor BhasiKottayam ChellappanTwo freedom fighters, Mammotty and Ravi, shed their blood and face several hardships while fighting against the British during India's freedom struggle.
- DirectorMadhuStarsKedamangalam AliBahadurParavoor BharathanMadhu is a rich playboy who runs away from home rather than marry the rich socialite fiance picked by his very rich grandfather. Forced to slum it he finds out what is really important in life, encounters Malu, falls in love.
- DirectorP.G. ViswambharanStarsMala AravindanRavi KumarMammoottySphodanam is the story of two people who have to fight for justice against the landlord as they are the voice of the working class. Ultimately good wins the battle over evil, but it suffers many.
- DirectorSasikumarStarsAdoor BhasiDhanyaJayabharathi
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsAlummoodanAshokanAzeezThe film starts in the early 1950s showing Sridharan, the protagonist, as a very popular communist leader and trade union activist. He is forced to go underground after his name was associated with the murder of the owner of a tile factory.
- DirectorLenin RajendranStarsVijay MenonVenu NagavalliMurali
- DirectorJayarajStarsRanjithSiddiqueJagadishInduchoodan (Ranjith) is the head master of a school. His family consists of his wife Chithra (Meera Vasudev), a son, a daughter and his mother-in-law (Kaviyoor Ponnamma). A friend from past, Harikrishnan (Siddique) visits Induchoodan. It is revealed that Induchoodan was a naxalite in the past and was imprisoned for six years. This triggers flashback to 20 years back. Induchoodan is a guest lecturer in a college. He is a revolutionary who dreams equality and justice and is willing to take up arms against injustice. Induchoodan and his group of six including Harikrishnan, Kuriakose (Nishanth Sagar), Rasheed (Meghanadhan) and Kariyathan (I.M. Vijayan) start an operation named 'Operation April' aimed at eliminating those who exploit the tribal people and rape tribal women. They plan to kill Chacko Muthalali, an estate owner who has bad taste towards women. Induchoodan gets caught and is sentenced to imprisonment. After six years he comes out of jail. The movie talks about the rest of the life of Induchoodan.
- DirectorMohan GandhiStarsSathyanSheelaKaduvakkulam Antony
- DirectorP. ChandrakumarStarsParavoor BharathanRavi KumarMenaka
- DirectorP. BhaskaranStarsC.A. BalanAdoor BhasiKottayam ChellappanTwo freedom fighters, Mammotty and Ravi, shed their blood and face several hardships while fighting against the British during India's freedom struggle.
- DirectorK.S. GopalakrishnanStarsUnni MaryAnuradhaRaghu
- DirectorP.A. BackerStarsBharatiT.V. ChandranDawn
- DirectorK.G. RajasekharanStarsRavi KumarSeemaKamal HaasanA young boy who watches his parents getting murdered spends most of his childhood planning to take revenge on their killers since the investigating officer was unable to catch them.