Chattakkari (1974)

Interesting facts

Chattakkari is a 1974 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and produced by M. O. Joseph, starring Lakshmi, Mohan Sharma, Adoor Bhasi and Sukumari. The film was written by Thoppil Bhasi based on Pamman's famous novel of the same name. Chattakkari is the love story of an Anglo-Indian girl (Lakshmi) and a Hindu boy who consummate the relationship. She has a child out-of-wedlock in secret.

Production

Pamman's story was published in Jay Keralam a weekly published in Chennai. Producer M. O. Joseph bought the rights. He signed director K. S. Sethumadhavan, cinematographer Balu Mahendra and scriptwriter Thoppil Bhasi for the film. The director suggested Lakshmi as heroine and Mohan who had acted in P. N. Menon's art film as hero. Sukumari was Lakshmi's mother in the film.

The film's ending is different from that of the book. In the book the Hindu boy deserts his Anglo Indian girlfriend who is pregnant and never comes back but in the films, he comes back to accept her. Rahim, an admirer of Julie whom she had rejected, tries to influence her father by giving him booze and due to this the old man vomits blood and dies. In the film, Rahim has no role in the death of the old man.

The film was shot at Shornur Junction, a famous railway Junction in the Southern Railway especially during the steam era. Shornur had one of the largest steam locomotive workshops.

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