Will be remembered:As the debut film of playback singer P. Janaki, ‘Neeyallathaarundu abhayam…', and ‘Aattinakkare…' (Yesudas, Vasantha, Kamala). Jayachandran), and ‘Muttathu pookana…' (P. Yesudas ‘Udikkunna sooryane…,' the romantic numbers ‘Mullappoo malayumai…' (P. Bhaskaran and set to tune by Chidambaranath. Jyothilakshmi also impressed in the romantic role. Saraswathi, heroine of early Malayalam and Tamil cinema, made a comeback in this film. Premji also stood out in his role as the Samoodiri.
The film revolved around the brilliant acting of Kottarakkara in what must be one of his best roles. But with the support of some local merchants and landlords, the Portuguese succeed in capturing Marakkar and killing him. Nanu, in disguise as Antonio, captain of the Portuguese, takes charge of Kozhikode Fort. When the land is attacked by forces from the sea, Marakkar stands up to them and staves off the attempted invasion. To save his people from Portuguese attacks, Samoodiri accedes to their request to build a fort in Kozhikode. Nanu goes to Kochi and gets into the Portuguese troop and even manages to become one of their captains. But Marakkar's timely intervention saves the country and the king. Meanwhile, the Portuguese, with the support of the local traders and king's nephew try all their wicked tricks to capture Kozhikode and even to murder the Samoodiri. Rumours are spread that Nanu is killed by the Portuguese. The Chief Minister Mangattachan's niece is in love with Poovalappil Nanu (Prem Nazir), a warrior-merchant. The Samoodiri honoured Mohammed by making him his naval chief and renaming him ‘Kunjali Marakkar'.
Mohammed (Kottarakkara), a brave warrior and merchant supported the Samoodiri in his fight against the Portuguese. But the foreigners were supported by the local merchants and the Samoodiri's wicked nephew (P. The Samoodiri of Kozhikode (Premji) opposed the Portuguese. The Portuguese dominated trade in the Malabar after Vasco da Gama set foot in Kozhikode. Chidambaranath, was a high point of the film. Jayachandran made his film debut in this film, though his songs in ‘Kalithozhan' (1966) were released first. Antony, Kottayam Chellappan, Sukumari etc. Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Prem Nazir, P. Padmanabhan Nair and fights directed by R. Venkitaraman, story and dialogues were by K. Rajan was shot at Satya and Syamala Studios, Chennai. They became the subject of Hindi like ‘Padmini' (1948), and ‘Jhansi Ki Rani' (1953) Tamil films like ‘Veera Pandya Kattabomman' (1959) and ‘Kappalottiya Thamizhan' (1961). And most of them focused on the lives of martyrs and freedom fighters. Many historical films, in various languages, were made after Independence. The Malayalam film ‘Veluthambi Dalava' (1962) that falls in this genre was not as successful as ‘Kunjali Marakkar.'
Subrahmaniam on charges that the film contained dialogues and sequences that went against the British.
Before Independence, the Censor Board had banned a Tamil social film, ‘Thyagabhoomi' (1939) directed by K. But filming of such stories was not possible during British rule. The life and times of martyrs and freedom fighters caught the attention of Indian cinema from its early period. ‘Kunjali Marakkar' tells the story of the legendary 16th century naval captain. Star cast: Kottarakkara, Prem Nazir, Premji, S P Pillai, P J Antuny, Satyapal, Jyothilakshmi, P K Saraswwathi, Sukumari etc
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