Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
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| Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | T.Hariharan |
| Written by | M.T.Vasudevan Nair |
| Starring | Mammootty Suresh Gopi Balan K Nair Madhavi Geetha Chitra Sukumari Captain Raju |
| Music by | Bombay Ravi |
| Release date(s) | 1989 |
| Running time | 168 min. |
| Language | Malayalam |
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Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha 1989 (Malayalam: ഒരു വഡക്കന് വീരഗധ) is a Malayalam feature film directed by T.Hariharan.The screenplay of this film is written by M.T.Vasudevan Nair.
The film is based on a well known legend about the warriors of Northern Kerala. According to the legend, Aromal Chekavar, one of the famous warriors of Northern Kerala lost his life in a duel, when his sword broke off at the hilt during the fight. The reason for the failure of his weapon was that the metal rivets holding the blade to the hilt had been substituted by wooden ones by his trusted ally and cousin, Chandu. Chandu is said to have betrayed his cousin as he was jealous of his popularity and his abilities.
The movie however does not conform entirely to the legend. It tries to explore the incident from Chandus perspective suggesting that a similar and grave injustice was also meted out to Chandu.
[edit] Plot
The movie is told as flashback of the incidents leading to the death of Aromal Chekavar. It opens with two young men - Aaromals son and the son of Unniarcha (Aaromal’s sister) getting to know about Chandu’s treachery that resulted in Aaromals death. They set out to take revenge against Chandu.
The youngsters challenge Chandu to a duel which he refuses. Chandu narrates his version of the incidents to the servant girl in the house. He narrates how he became an orphan following the death of his father and mother. He is humiliated by his cousin Aaromal. However Chandu excels at martial arts which makes Aaromal jealous. To make things worse between the two, Kannappan, Aaromal's father and Chandu's maternal uncle, loves Chandu and is proud of his abilities.
He loses his love interest Unniarcha , when her brother gets her married to a well to do man. He is also not given the due respect for his martial arts expertise by his guru. This causes Chandu to join another martial arts centre run by Aringodar and becomes his favorite.
A dispute arises between brothers of the royal family of the land which is to be settled via a duel. One of the brothers in dispute hires Aringodar and the other party hires Aaromal. Aringodar wants to take Chandu as his second man to the arena, but Chandu is forced to being Aaromal’s second man due to family obligations to his uncle and Unniarcha.
During the duel, Aaromal’s sword breaks. Even with broken sword, he deceitfully kills Aringodar. Aaromal accuses Chandu of bribing the blacksmith to replace metallic rivets that hold the blade to the handle of the sword, with wooden ones. A fight erupts between the two where Aaromal dies after falling on a rod and utters ‘Chandu cheated’ to people who just entered the scene.
Chandu flees from the village and later learns from blacksmith that he was bribed by Aringodar’s daughter fearing for her fathers life.
The movie returns to the present time where the two young men are adamant on fighting Chandu. Chandu defeats both of them in one round each, and asks them to go back. They refuse, and subsequently Chandu stabs himself saying "let traitor Chandu’s story end here. I don’t want you people to lose..."
