''Kaattu Kallan'' is a 1981 Indian

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-language

detective A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads th ...

thriller film, directed by P. Chandrakumar and produced by T. K. Balachandran. The film stars

Prem Nazir Prem Nazir (born Abdul Khader; 7 April 1926 – 16 January 1989) was an Indian actor known as one of Malayalam cinema's definitive leading man, leading men of his generation. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential actors in the histo ...

Sukumaran Edappal Ponnamkuzhi Veettil Parameswaran Sukumaran Nair (10 June 1948 – 16 June 1997), known mononymously as Sukumaran, was an Indian actor and producer of Malayalam films. Sukumaran became a popular film star in Malayalam cinema during the 1 ...

, Seema and

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decad ...

in the lead roles. The film has a musical score by

A. T. Ummer Anjukandy Thalakkal Ummer ( ml, അഞ്ചുകണ്ടി തളയ്ക്കൽ ഉമ്മർ) (10 March 1933 – 18 October 2001) was a Malayalam music composer from Kerala, India. He is known for composing many soft melodies for 174 ...

Cast

As Balaram *

As Ravindran * Seema As Vanaja & Jalaja *

As Mallan *V. T. Aravindakshamenon *Paulson *

Prathapachandran Prathapachandran (1941–2004) was an Indian actor, who worked predominantly in Malayalam film, Malayalam film industry, though he acted in a few Tamil and Telugu movies as well. He known for the portrayal of villainous and character roles in o ...

As Eshwara Pillai *

Achankunju Achankunju ( ml, അച്ചൻകുഞ്ഞ്) (1930 - 16 January 1987) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the 1980s, mainly portraying villainous roles. He acted in more than 50 films in Malayalam. Backgrou ...

as Sundaram *Ambalathara Mani *Dhanya *Harippad Soman *

Kanakadurga Kanakadurga is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She hails from Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. She debuted in the Malayalam movie ''Nellu'' as Kurumatti. She has acted in a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu movies as wel ...

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Poojappura Ravi Raveendran Nair, known by his stage name Poojappura Ravi is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam films doing comedy roles. He was a stage actor and was a part of ''Kalanilyam Drama Vision'', the famous drama institution. He sta ...

*Ragini *Thuravur Chandran *

Vanchiyoor Madhavan Nair Madhu''('Vanchiyoor Madhavan Nair')'' was an Indian theatre artist and actor in Malayalam movies of the 1960s and 1970s. He appeared in several films of "Neela Studios" of Thiruvananthapuram. His popular movies are ''Navalokam'' (1951), ''Baalya ...

*Vembayam Thampi

Plot

Balaram is an efficient police officer. He is assigned by his senior official to stop smuggling of valuable forest goods by a gang led by "Kaatukallan". Disguised as tourists coming for a leisure trip, Balram with two helpers reach the place. While searching for shelter, they find a hut where an old man stays with his young daughter. Balram stays there. During the night the daughter is dragged by a few gangsters, and Balram rescues her. However her father is shot dead in front of Balram. Balram reports the matter to police. Unfortunately police were not able to trace the corpse of the dead man and the daughter went missing. Balram continues his search for Kaatukallan, and he is informed that a youth named Ravindran is the Kaatukallan. On the other side, Ravindran is in love with his customary bride Jajaja, who is the daughter of Eshwara Pillai, his guardian. Eshwara Pillai owns an estate in the middle of the forest. His wife is in mentally disturbed state. Ravindran visits Balaram to warn about Kaatukallan. Balaram's senior official calls and warns him as again goods were stolen from the forest, and that he will be forced to call him back. However Balaram assures that he is about to capture Kaatukallan. Balaram warns Eshwara Pillai about the mischief of his step-son Ravindran. Balaram also finds Eshwara Pillai's second daughter Vanaja under mysterious circumstances. Vanaja is brutally beaten up by Eashwara Pilai. Balaram finds his driver in a beaten up state and then came to know that he is a spy of Kaatukallan. Vanaja is rescued by someone and dropped at Balarams house. Balaram offers shelter for her. On enquiring, Vanaja reveals how Eashwara Pillai, the then sub-ordinate of her father, who was an efficient police officer, had killed her father. Vanaja is then taken by police as Easwara Pillai had lodged a missing case. Later Balaram come to know that it was fake police who had taken Vanaja, and follows them. He ultimately rescues Vanaja, however she is then shot. Raveendran then reveals himself as an official who was assigned to keep a watch on Balaram's activities. Eashwara Pillai is also revealed as assistant of Kaatukallan. The senior official of Balaram is revealed as Kaatukallan.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and the lyrics were written by

Mankombu Gopalakrishnan Mankombu Gopalakrishnan is an Indian film lyricist, poet and script writer in Malayalam movies. He has written more than 700 songs for about 200 Malayalam movies. He has also done story, screenplay and dialogue for more than 10 Malayalam movies ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0317789, Kaattu Kallan 1981 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films directed by P. Chandrakumar