Director: P. Subramanyam; Writer: Nagavally R.S. Kurup; Producer: P. Subramanyam; Cinematographer: N.S. Mani; Editor: K.D. George; Cast: Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair, Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair, S.P. Pillai, T.K. Balachandran, Kumari, Ambika, Shanthi, Shashi, Kushalakumari, Jose Prakash, Hari, C.S. Kantha Rao, Adoor Pankajam, Vinodhini, Vilasini, Satheesh, M R Bharathan, Antony, Pandarathil, Kannoor Pankajam, Vasanthakumari, Radha
Duration: 02:44:09; Aspect Ratio: 1.825:1; Hue: 34.794; Saturation: 0.009; Lightness: 0.421; Volume: 0.375; Cuts per Minute: 12.774
Summary: 
The first big mythological by a director who,
having put the radicalism of Randidangazhi
(1958) behind him, would be increasingly
associated with the devotional genre through
the 60s (including Biblical themes e.g. Snapaka
Yohannan, 1963). Krishna’s childhood friend
and devotee, the Brahmin Kuchela, grows up
to father 27 children even as he pines to meet
his idol. His worship of Krishna causes enmity
with King Shishupala. With his several
offspring on the verge of starvation, he goes on
a pilgrimage to Dwarka, where he meets his
friend and master. To his astonishment Krishna
sends him away empty-handed, but Kuchela
returns home to find that his modest hut has
miraculously been turned into a palace. The
film did much to establish a bigger-budgeted
version of the B-movie mythologicals routinely
churned out by studios in Alleppey and
Trivandrum.
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