
Chandrakumar, son of a rich man in Travancore is kidnapped by the villain Bhoothanathan to Ceylon. The efforts of his parents to find him do not succeed and Chandrakumar is brought up as a laborer in an estate.

If you have any interest in where Indian cinema actually started, you sort of have to look at this. It is basically the foundational text for Malayalam movies. Is it worth watching today? Only if you can handle the slow, silent rhythm of 1928. If you want fast cuts and loud music, you will probably hate it. The whole...

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"If you have any interest in where Indian cinema actually started, you sort of have to look at this. It is basically the foundational text for Malayalam movies. Is it worth watching today? Only if you can handle the slow, silent rhythm of 1928. If you want fast cuts and loud music, you will probably hate it. The whole thing kicks off with a kidnapping. Chandrakumar is just a kid when this guy Bhoothanathan takes him away to Ceylon. It’s a bit of a rough start. The parents are just devastated, ..."
J.C. Daniel
India
1920 · IMDb —
Maurice Elvey

