Minnunnathellam Ponnalla
| Minnunnathellam Ponnalla | |
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| Directed by | R. Velappan Nair |
| Screenplay by | K. P. Kottarakkara |
| Produced by | P. K. Sathyapal |
| Starring | Sathyan P. K. Sathyapal Kumari Thankam |
| Cinematography | P. Balasubramaniam |
| Music by | S. N. Ranganathan |
Production company | Kerala Arts |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Minnunnathellam Ponnalla (transl. All that glitters is not gold) is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by R. Velappan Nair. It is a remake of the 1956 Hindi film CID and stars Sathyan, P. K. Sathyapal and Kumari Thankam.[1][2] This was A. Janaki's debut Malayalam movie.
Plot
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Rajan is a detective who has come to investigate the murder of his friend, a newspaper editor. Rajan has to face numerous troubles during his investigation but he succeeds in finding the culprit and bringing him to justice.
Cast
- Sathyan as Rajan
- P. K. Sathyapal as Dharmapalan
- G. K. Pillai as Judge
- K. P. Kottarakkara as newspaper editor
- Jose Prakash as Prosecutor
- T. S. Muthaiah as Pachan
- S. P. Pillai as Head Constable
- Anil Kumar as Vijayan
- Miss Kumari
- P. N. Menon as old man
- Mohanraj as Police Inspector
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Nanu
- Santo Krishnan as Santo
- Pappi as Pappi
- Keshavan as Keshavan
- Kumari Thankam as Malathi
- K. V. Shanthi as Leela
- Adoor Pankajam as Kalyani
References
- ^ Vijayakumar, B. (22 August 2016). "Minnunnathellam Ponnalla: 1957". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "മിന്നുന്നതെല്ലാം പൊന്നല്ല (1957)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.