Kanoor Deluxe

Kanoor Deluxe (1969)

While travelling by bus, the money entrusted to Jayasree gets stolen. However, the conductor and passengers come together to nab the thief.

Date of release
1969-01-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Genres
Mystery
Director
A. B. Raj

Casting

Interesting facts

Kannur Deluxe is a 1969 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film, directed by A. B. Raj and produced by T. E. Vasudevan who wrote the story under the pseudonym V. Devan. It is the first road movie in Malayalam which pivots on a theft that occurs in a bus and stars Prem Nazir, Sheela and Adoor Bhasi. The film was released on 16 May 1969.

Production

The film is perhaps the first road movie in Malayalam. A real life incident that occurred at Cherthala in Alappuzha district of Kerala inspired the modus operandi used to arrest the thief in the film. Major portions of the film were shot inside Kannur Deluxe, a KSRTC bus service between Trivandrum and Kannur that was started in 1967 and is still on. The indoor portions were shot at Vahini, Arunachalam, and Newton Studios. I. V.

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