Marthanda Varma (film)

Marthanda Varma is a 1933 black amp white silent film directed by P.V.Rao based on 1891 Malayalam novel by C. V. Raman Pillai. This was the first film based on a Malayalam literature and next film of Malayalam film industry after Vigathakumaran.

The casting credits of the above artists variably contradict in the sources. The character Marthanda Varma is attributed to the actor Jaidev in IMDB whereas in Weblokam Malayalam Webdunia the same character is attributed to actor Andi, who is referred as Tamil from Thalassery. The possibility of name Jaidev being the screen alias of Andi conflicts with the information in Cini Diary, where both the names are listed separately under the artist credits of the movie.Weblokam further states that Tamil actresses Pattamal and Devaki Bhai donned the roles of Subadra and Sulaikha respectively of which the formers character credit brings up another contradiction as Cini Diary states Pattamal is Padmini or rather Pattamals screen alias is Padmini, who is attributed to the character Parukutty in IMDB. ........

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