Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989) on Netflix
Chanthu, an orphan raised by his uncle Kannappan Chekavar, trains as a fighter beside his cousin Aromal, who resents him. Betrothed to Unniyarcha, he leaves to study under the master Aringodar.
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Plot summary
Among the chekavar clans of northern Kerala, fighters are trained and lent to the powerful to settle their disputes. When a boy named Chanthu loses both parents, his uncle Kannappan Chekavar takes him into the family house at Puthooram, where he grows up learning the martial arts alongside his cousins. Chanthu proves a quick study, and his uncle comes to love him, but his cousin Aromal despises him. Kannappan promises his daughter Unniyarcha to Chanthu; Aromal mocks the boy and treats him as an outsider. Aromal then marries his sister to his friend Kunjiraman, and Chanthu, his hopes broken, sets out to train under the Tulunadan master Aringodar.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989)
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- Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha draws on Vadakkan Pattukal, a medieval ballad from North Malabar, and turns its source on its head: Chanthu is a good man in the film, while the original ballad depicts him as a cheater.
- Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha proved a commercial success at the box office and ran for more than 375 days at the theatres.
