Higuita (2023) on Netflix
Ayyapa Das joins the police reluctantly to save his family from debt. He is posted as bodyguard to Pannyannoor Mukundhan, a left-wing leader in Malabar who faces constant threats of violence.
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Plot summary
Pannyannoor Mukundhan, a fiery figure in the Revolutionary Party of India, has risen through Malabar's left-wing politics and now lives under constant threat of violence. Ayyapa Das is a timid young man who joins the police reluctantly: his father, a head constable, died in service and the family faces financial trouble. Through local political connections, Das is posted as the leader's personal bodyguard, though Kannur's reputation for violence troubles him. Mukundhan is implicated in the murder of Vinod, an activist of the rival Kerala Janata Party, who was killed when he blocked the leader's vehicle at a protest. Das is assigned to guard him while that case is pending.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Higuita (2023)
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- The film's title drew controversy when Malayalam writer N. S. Madhavan claimed it infringed on his rights to a story he had written under the same name, Higuita.
- Rahul Raj was signed in 2020 to compose the score and songs, but after production slipped to 2022 he wrote the songs and opted out of the background score over scheduling conflicts, so Dawn Vincent was brought in for it.
