Malayalam Page 01
The first
film to be made in Malayalam was Vigathakumaran, which was released in 1930. It was produced and directed by J. C. Daniel, and for
this work he is credited as the father of Malayalam cinema.
The shooting of the first Malayalam
film, the silent movie was
started in 1928; the film was released in Trivandrum Capitol Theatre on
November 7, 1930. It was produced and directed by J. C. Daniel, a
businessman with no prior film experience. Daniel founded the first film
studio, 'The Extravagant National Pictures Limited' in Kerala.
The
second film, Marthanda Varna, based on a novel by C. V. Raman Pillai, was
produced by R. Sundar Raj in 1933. However, it became stranded in a legal
battle over copyright issues and the court ordered the confiscation of the
prints. As a result, the second movie's exhibition lasted only four days.
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