Vigathakumaran (1930)

Original title

വിഗതകുമാരൻ

Directed by

J. C. Daniel

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent film from the early days of Indian cinema. It is about a lost child and is considered the first Malayalam feature film.

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What happens

Vigathakumaran (English: The Lost Child) is a 1928 (or possibly 1930) Indian silent film written, produced and directed by J. C. Daniel, who also played the hero in the movie. The lead actress P. K. Rosy was a Dalit who played an upper-caste Nair woman, which caused an uproar at the film's premiere at the Capitol Theatre in Thiruvananthapuram. It was the first Malayalam feature film and is considered India's first social drama. Daniel is regarded as the father of the Malayalam cinema industry for this work. Vigathakumaran is a lost film, of which no copy has survived. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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