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Kannur Deluxe
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Wikipedia article
'Kannur Deluxe' is a 1969 Indian Malayalam thriller film, directed by A. B. Raj and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. It is the first road movie in Malayalam which pivots on a theft that occurs in a bus and stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Adoor Bhasi and Ammini in the lead roles. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. The film was well received. The film has a resemblance to the 1972 Hindi movie 'Bombay to Goa'.
Cast
*Prem Nazir as Thirumeni /CID Officer
*Adoor Bhasi as Chanthu, Thirumeni's Assistant/Assi. CID Officer
*K. P. Ummer as Venu, K. B. Pillai's Son
*Sankaradi as Kammath, a Passenger
*Sheela as Lady on the Bus
*N. Govindan Kutty as KBS Nair
*Jose Prakash as Gopalakrishnan, the thief
*T. R. Omana as K G Pillai's wife
*Nellikkodu Bhaskaran as Bus Conductor
*G. K. Pillai as K. B. Pillai
*Paravoor Bharathan as K B Pillai's company manager
* P. Sreekumar K R Radha a Job aspirant
*Ammini
*Abbas
*Kottayam Chellappan
*Paappi
*K. Radhakrishnan
*M. Radhakrishnan
Production
The film is perhaps the first road movie in Malayalam. A real life incident that occurred at Cherthala in Alappuzha district of Kerala inspired the modus operandi used to arrest the thief in the film. Major portions of the film were shot inside Kannur Deluxe, a KSRTC bus service between Trivandrum and Kannur that was started in 1967 and is still on. The indoor portions were shot at Vahini, Arunachalam, and Newton Studios. I. V. Sasi worked as assistant director in the film.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.
Historical importance
The film helped KSRTC to win a trademark case against Karnataka RTC by submitting its scenes with the KSRTC logo as prime evidence. The scenes were used to prove that the Transport Corporation existed in Kerala even before the Karnataka Road Transport Corporation.
References
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