Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
Seen it?1989 | 168 min | Drama, Action
Saturday Specialearly ratingWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It was critically acclaimed, despite soft box office. A strong pick for the weekend.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- A natural pick for fans of a good revenge story and anyone after some adrenaline. A revenge story, so expect the pressure to build to a reckoning.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Big, sprawling and full of spectacle, at 2 hr 48 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 48 min.
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.
Chanthu, a poor orphan and Aromal are cousins and belong to the Chekavar clan, a warrior clan who hire themselves out as duellers to settle disputes among the rich and powerful. Aromal, jealous of the much more talented Chanthu, makes life miserable for him and Chanthu decides to leave and live with Aringodar, a rival chekavan, as his pupil. When the two sons of a local landlord have a property dispute and decide to hire Aromal and Aringodar to duel it out, Chanthu has to decide where his loyalty lies - with the family of the uncle who brought him up or with Aringodar who provided him with sanctuary.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
Critically acclaimed
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsBelow par
2 wins and 0 nominations from smaller awards and festivals
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 42K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by T Hariharan
- MammoottyChandu Chekavar
- Balan K NairKannappan Chekavar
- MadhaviUnniarcha
- Suresh GopiAromal Chekavar
- Captain RajuAringodar
- GeethaKunji
- RajyalakshmiKuttimani
- JomolYoung Unniarcha
- Vineeth KumarYoung Chandu
- RamuUnnichandror