Mammootty's latest film Pazhasiraja stills
The Malayalam film ‘Pazhasiraja’, seeks to establish that Kerala’s own Pazharaja was the first-ever patriot of the country who dared to oppose the Englishmen. Megastar Mammootty plays Pazhasiraja while Sarath Kumar plays his chief lieutenant in the film.
Director Hariharan faced a barrage of questions, foremost of them being who the first Indian freedom fighter was: whether it was Pulithevan or Pazhasiraja. A tactful Hariharan said that “We haven’t set out to launch a debate on the matter. We have just made a film about a celebrated freedom fighter; that’s all. So, the question of who was the ‘first one’ doesn’t find place in the film or in its script!”
