Pathonpatham Noottandu

Pathonpatham Noottandu (2022)

പത്തൊമ്പതാം നൂറ്റാണ്ട്

Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a 19th century fiery social reformer and his unswerving fight against the dominant caste oppressions by the upper classes.

Date of release
2022-09-08
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (12)
Runtime
2h 36m
Genres
History, Action, Drama
Director
Vinayan

Casting

Interesting facts

Pathonpatham Noottandu is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language period action film written and directed by Vinayan. Set in the 19th century Travancore, the story is based on the life of Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a warrior who fought against social injustices suffered by the lower caste. The film stars Siju Wilson and Kayadu Lohar, with Anoop Menon, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sudev Nair, Vishnu Vinay, and Senthil Krishna in supporting roles. The original score was composed by Santhosh Narayanan and songs by M. Jayachandran.

Production

Vinayan announced a film titled Pathonpatham Noottandu in March 2020 by making a casting call. He shared with the media that the story is set in the 1800s in the Kingdom of Travancore and features prominent historical figures, both men and women. Gokulam Gopalan of Sree Gokulam Films was named as the producer.

Vinayan initially pitched the project to actor Mohanlal, with whom he was planning to collaborate. However, Mohanlal declined the offer, suggesting that Vinayan explore a different subject for him.

Siju Wilson was cast in the lead role of Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, social reformer and swordsman. Kayadu Lohar was cast as Nangeli, who plays the female lead. Kayamkulam Kochunni is portrayed by Chemban Vinod Jose. Anoop Menon plays Maharaja of Travancore Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma.

Pooja function of the film was held in Kochi in January 2021, but the shooting was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first schedule of the shooting began in Palakkad and it lasted for about three months. The shooting was temporarily stopped after that, as the state was undergoing the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. On June 27, 2021, Vinayan said that the editing works has started as they have shot about 80 percent of the movie.

Shaji Kumar was the cinematographer of the film. Vivek Harshan did the editing work on the film. Pattanam Rasheed handled the make-up and the costumes were arranged by Dhanya Bhalakrishnan. Ajayan Challissery was the art director of the movie. Supreme Sundar, Rajashekar And Mafia Sasi handled the action choreography of the movie. V. C. Praveen and Biju Gopalan are the co-producers of the movie and Badusha is the production controller.

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