1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare

1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare (2022)

1921: പുഴ മുതൽ പുഴ വരെ

Malabar Rebellion of 1921 and the anti-colonial uprising led by resistance leader Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji.

Date of release
2022-08-13
TMDB
3.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
3h 12m
Genres
War, History
Director
Ramasimhan Aboobakker

Casting

Interesting facts

1921: Puzha Muthal Puzha Vare is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language period film written, produced, edited, and directed by Ramasimhan. It is based on the 1921 Malabar riots. The film depicts the accused religious persecution of Hindus spearheaded by Variyankunnath Kunjahammad Haji. The film stars Thalaivasal Vijay, R. L. V. Ramakrishnan, Joy Mathew, Dinesh Panicker, Vijay Menon, Santhosh K. Nayar, Kozhikode Narayanan Nair, Agna Suresh, and Kenas Mathew George.

Production

In 2020, a film on Variyankunnath Kunjahammad Haji was announced by Ali Akbar (later rechristened as Ramasimhan) in the centenary year of Malabar rebellion of 1921. Capital for the film was sourced through crowdfunding from public. Ramahimhan said he based the incidents in the screenplay from books about Malabar riots by K. Madhavan Nair, Appu Nedungadi, and also from The Mopla Rebellion, 1921 by C.

Principal photography began on 20 February 2021 in Wayanad. Beside, the film was shot in Palakkad, interior scenes shot in Kozhikode, Nilambur, and kovilakam scenes in Manjeri. In September 2021, Ramasimhan said that they have raised ₹1.5 crore through crowdfunding and the film's budget is ₹3 crore and 60 percent of the filming has bee completed by then. Shooting was then postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

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