Minnunnathellam Ponnalla

1957 Indian film
  • 17 August 1957 (1957-08-17)
CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

Minnunnathellam Ponnalla (transl. All that glitters is not gold) is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by R. Velappan Nair. It is a remake of the 1956 Hindi film CID and stars Sathyan, P. K. Sathyapal and Kumari Thankam.[1][2] This was A. Janaki's debut Malayalam movie.

Plot

Rajan is a detective who has come to investigate the murder of his friend, a newspaper editor. Rajan has to face numerous troubles during his investigation but he succeeds in finding the culprit and bringing him to justice.

Cast

  • Sathyan as Rajan
  • P. K. Sathyapal as Dharmapalan
  • G. K. Pillai as Judge
  • K. P. Kottarakkara as newspaper editor
  • Jose Prakash as Prosecutor
  • T. S. Muthaiah as Pachan
  • S. P. Pillai as Head Constable
  • Anil Kumar as Vijayan
  • Miss Kumari
  • P. N. Menon as old man
  • Mohanraj as Police Inspector
  • Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Nanu
  • Santo Krishnan as Santo
  • Pappi as Pappi
  • Keshavan as Keshavan
  • Kumari Thankam as Malathi
  • K. V. Shanthi as Leela
  • Adoor Pankajam as Kalyani

References

  1. ^ Vijayakumar, B. (22 August 2016). "Minnunnathellam Ponnalla: 1957". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "മിന്നുന്നതെല്ലാം പൊന്നല്ല (1957)". malayalasangeetham.info (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  • Minnunnathellam Ponnalla at IMDb