Pathonpatham Noottandu
| Pathonpatham Noottandu | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Vinayan |
| Written by | Vinayan |
| Produced by | Gokulam Gopalan |
| Starring | Siju Wilson Anoop Menon Kayadu Lohar Chemban Vinod Jose Indrans Alencier Ley Lopez |
| Cinematography | Shaji Kumar |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
| Music by | M. Jayachandran |
Production company | Sree Gokulam Movies |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pathonpatham Noottandu (transl. Nineteenth Century) is an upcoming Malayalam-language historic drama film written and directed by Vinayan.[1] The movie revolves around the life of a fiery Ezhava chieftain, Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker and also portrays the lifestyle of people of the 19th century in Kerala, India.[2] The film stars Siju Wilson, Anoop Menon, Kayadu Lohar, Chemban Vinod Jose, Indrans, Alencier Ley Lopez and many more.[3] The film is produced by Gokulam Gopalan under the banner of Sree Gokulam Movies.
Premise
This period piece film revolves around the life of Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a 19th century fiery social reformer-cum-Ezhava chieftain and his unswerving fight against the dominant caste oppressions by the upper classes prevalent at that time.[4]
Cast
- Siju Wilson as Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a 19th century Ezhava chieftain[5]
- Anoop Menon as Maharaja of Travancore[6]
- Kayadu Lohar as Nangeli, a 19th century Ezhava warrior[7]
- Chemban Vinod Jose as Kayamkulam Kochunni, a 19th century Mappila highwayman[8]
- Deepti Sati as Savithri[9]
- Senthil Krishna as Chirikkandan[10]
- Renu Soundar as Neeli[11]
- John Kolvenbach as William Cullen
- Deepak Dobriyal as Dadabhai Naoroji
- P. Balachandran as Thomas Mar Athanasius
- Babu Antony as Dionysious V
- Lal as Mathews Mar Athanasius
- Ramesh Kottayam as Kuriakose Elias Chavara
- Sudev Nair as Bischof Charles Hyacinth Valerga
- Alancier Ley Lopez as T. Madhava Rao
- Poonam Bajwa as Mathruppillil Kalyanikutty Amma
- Suresh Krishna as Panickacherri Parameswara Kaimal
- Vishnu Vinay as Chanthunni Chekavar, Panicker's right-hand man
- Bibin George as Panicker's home caretaker
- Indrans
- Sudheer Karamana
- Jaffar Idukki
- Sreejith Ravi
- Sunil Sukhada
- Naseer Sankranthi
- Spadikam George
- Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai
- Raghavan
- Tini Tom
- M. B. Padmakumar
- Krishna
- Biju Pappan
- Koottickal Jayachandran
- Manikandan R. Achari
- Jayan Cherthala
- Madhuri Braganza
Music
The Film will have four songs. M. Jayachandran is the music director of the film and Rafeeq Ahamed will be the lyricist.[12]
Production
The director Vinayan announced the movie in March 2020 by making casting call.[13] Due to the covid the shooting was delayed and it began in January 2021 after the Puja held in Kochi.[14] The shooting of the film is still progressing. Vinayan says that the film will be directly released in theaters and will not have an OTT release[15]
Shaji Kumar is the cinematographer of the film. National Film Awards winner Vivek Harshan will do the editing in the film. Pattanam Rasheed will do the make-up and the costumes will be arranged by Dhanya Bhalakrishnan. V.C Praveen, and Biju Gopalan are the co-producers of the movie and Badusha is the production controller.
References
- ^ "Vinayan to direct his dream project, Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Its not just a biopic of a historic warrior says Vinayan".
- ^ "The film Pathonpatham Noottandu has a huge cast".
- ^ "Vinayan on 'Pathonpatham Noottandu': The first cut was completed lately and the output exceeds my expectations - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "Siju Wilson joins the cast of Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Anoop Menon as the Maharaja of Travancore in Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Kayadu Lohar as Nangeli in Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Chamban Vinod Jose as Kayamkulam Kochunni in Vinayan's Epic".
- ^ "Deepti Sati as a classical dancer in Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Senthil Krishna as Chirikkandan in Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Renu Saundar happy to be a part of Pathonpatham Noottandu film".
- ^ "M Jayachandran starts composing the songs for Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Vinayan announces his next film".
- ^ "Puja for the film Pathonpatham Noottandu".
- ^ "Vinayan says that the film will be released in theaters".