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.

Veeram is based on the ballads of North Malabar and narrates the tale of the brave and ambitious Kalarippayattu warrior, Chandu, whose story resembles that of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha movie is an adaptation of a story taken from the annals of the Vadakkanpaattu. Unniyarcha (Vani Viswanath) who is the bold and beautiful daughter of Kannappa Chekavar (Captain Raju) of Puthooram Veedu is a great fighter too. She is betrothed to her cousin Chandu (Devan) during childhood. But as she grows up, she begins to develop an aversion towards him.

Malayalam movie directed by Kunchako, starring Kottayam Chellappan, Prem Nazir.

Upcoming Malayalam movie, Chengazhi Nambiar

Ponnapuram Kotta is a 1973 Malayalam language film starring Prem Nazir, K. P. Ummer, Vijayasree and Vijayanirmala in the lead roles.

Based on Vadakkan Pattukal, a collection of Northern Ballads of medieval origin.