Ekalavyan (film)

Ekalavyan is a 1993 Malayalam film starring Suresh Gopi, Geetha, Narendra Prasad, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Ganesh Kumar, Janardanan, Madhu, Maathu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Pappu, and Devan. Directed by Shaji Kailas and written by Renji Panicker, this film broke many records in collection and successfully completed 150 days in theaters. With the success of this film Suresh Gopi established himself as a lead actor in Malayalam cinema. Bollywood movie Singham Returns 2014 is an inspired remake of this movie.

The film, when released, became one of the most controversial films for portraying a godman as villain. The houses of director and script writer were attacked and there were attempts to block the screenings.Shaji Kailas, later in an interview had revealed that he had plans of casting Mammooty as the hero in the film. Suresh Gopi was supposed to play the role of Sarath Chandran. But when Renji Panicker, the script writer, approached Mammooty to explain the script, Mammootys response was not positive. So Suresh Gopi was cast as the hero instead. The huge success of Ekalavyan made Suresh Gopi a superstar along with Mammooty and Mohanlal.The performance of Narendra Prasad was highly appreciated. he also grabbed many awards for the best villain. Script Writer Renji Panicker also had appeared in a cameo role in this film. ........

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