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Marthanda Varma is a film of genre Drama with Padmini Ramachandran
Marthanda Varma (1933)
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Add to a movie listMarthanda Varma is a 1933 black & white silent film directed by P.V.Rao based on 1891 Malayalam novel by C. V. Raman Pillai. This was the first film based on a Malayalam literature and next film of Malayalam film industry after Vigathakumaran.
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Based on the novel Marthandavarma, the film recounts the adventures of the crown Prince, Marthandavarma on how he eliminates his arch rivals one by one, so as to ascend to the throne of Travancore.Actors
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