Marthanda Varma (1933)
- Original title
- മാർത്താണ്ഡവർമ്മ
- Directed by
- P.V. Rao
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- British Raj
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a silent film adaptation of a classic Malayalam novel. It tells a story of political intrigue and royal conflicts in the historical kingdom of Travancore.
historicalmelodramaticold-fashionedstatelystiffstagedsobermeandering
What happens
Marthanda Varma, also written Maarthandavarma, is a 1933 black and white Indian silent film directed by P. V. Rao, based on the 1891 Malayalam novel by C. V. Raman Pillai. This was the first film based on Malayalam literature and the next film of the Malayalam film industry after Vigathakumaran. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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