Yavanika was released on 30th April 1982. The DOP of the movie was Ramachandra Babu and M B Sreenivasan handled the music department of the film. Mammootty’s first notable character was seen in this film and his portrayal of the investigating officer named Jacob Eeraly was well appreciated by the critics. He won the critics award for best supporting actor that year as well.

The film tells the story that happens related to the missing of a Tabala player named Ayyappan (played by the legendary Bharath Gopi) who is working with a travelling drama group. His mysterious disappearing later brings out many inside stories that has happened on backstage of the drama troupe. There are many suspects behind Ayyappan’s disappearance as he is very unpopular among the people who know him and also an alcoholic and criminal. The other actors apart from Bharath Gopi and Mammootty in this film are Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Jalaja, Ashokan, Venu Nagavally, Kuttyedathu Vilasini, Thodupuzha Vasanthi and Sreenivasan.

Ayyappan is considered as one of the best ever roles played by the great actor Bharath Gopi. Mammootty also made a lasting impression with his performance in Yavanika and that paved way for many solid roles in the future. Bharath Gopi, known for his perfection, learned how to play Tabala prior to the movie’s shoot.

Yavanika is considered as a lesson for filmmaking as it used the Rashomon effect or that way of story telling. It is now a reference for cinema students in various national film institutes and many film academies.

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The film’s plot revolves around a local thief named Pavithran. He was called ‘Pavithran, the thief’ by the public eventhough his thefts were of small nature and one which is not much harmful for the society. So in order to escape from the title of a thief he goes to a person named Mammachan to request for a job in his mill. But Mammachan refuses to give him any job there. Pavithran also meets a merchant in the town who is a crooked one. Later, a theft occurs at Mammachan’s house and that incident changes the life of ‘Pavithran, the thief’ and which seals his fate.

Nedumudi Venu played the protagonist ‘Pavithran’ in the film and gave a sterling performance playing that character. Adoor Bhasi played the character of the crooked merchant and actor Bharath Gopi essayed the role of Mammachan.
Other artists who were the part of the film are Beena, Devi, Prem Prakash, Subhashini and Bhasakara Kuruppu.

‘Peruvazhiyambalam’ and ‘Oridathoru Phayalvan’ were the first two films of Padmarajan which were released before ‘Kallan Pavithran’. Both the movies were critically acclaimed but could not reap commercial success.

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The film got released on 28 September, 1984. K G George, himself wrote the screenplay of the film based on the story of famous writer Veloor Krishnan Kutty. The movie was funded by one of the most popular film producers of that time, Gandhimathi Balan.

The wonderful list of artists in the film consist of some of the all-time best actors Mollywood had ever seen like Bharath Gopi, Thilakan, Nedumudi Venu, Jagathy Sreekumar, Srividya, Sukumari, KP Ummer, Sreenivasan, Venu Nagavally, Innocent, Alummoodan, Kalpana, VD Rajappan etc.

Music for the film was composed by MB Sreenivasan and Shaji N Karun, who later became one of the finest filmmakers of Indian cinema, cranked the camera. Editing of the was handled by MN Appu.

The film’s specialty is it’s exaggerated storyline and the caricature like characters which intended to satirize the political scenario of Kerala State and especially about the corruption among the politicians. Dusasana Kuruppu who is the president of the village, a henpecked politician wants to name a bridge in his village after him. He tries all possible means to destroy the existing perfectly serviceable bridge in order to build a new one and to give his name to that bridge.

With the help of crooked politicians like Shikandi Pillai and Ishak Tharakan, who is the leader of opposition party, he plans to destroy the old bridge and build a new one at another location. With their crooked and corrupt ways they manage to build a new bridge and inaugurates it on the day of Dusasana Kuruppu’s daughter’s marriage. But the bridge collapses on the very first day itself.

The whole story is told in a completely satiric and humorous manner. It is easily the best Malayalam movie in this particular genre.

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