Sheriyo,Thetto? (1953)
Right or Wrong ?
Release date : 5 September 1953
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair’s first directorial venture, graduating from his actor- producer-director-scriptwriter-lyricist profile, helming a celluloid narrative that was directionless and unreal. Miss Kumari played Geetha, the love interest to Thikkurissy’s Appu, and a series of events that play out onscreen that was quite lost on the audience, though both excelled in their roles. The movie also the debut of Adoor Bhavani, Meena Sulochana and Jose Prakash as actor, in Malayalam cinema.
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| Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair | Miss Kumari |
| Jose Prakash | Meena |
| Sulochana | Sebastian |
| Kunjukunju Bhagavathar | TR Omana |
| Adoor Bhavani | Adoor Pankajam |
| SP Pillai | Sethulakshmi (Old) |
| Director | Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, PA Raynold |
| Banner | Mangala Pictures |
| Story | Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair |
| Screenplay | Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair |
| Dialogues | Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair |
| Lyrics | Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair |
| Music | V Dakshinamoorthy |
| Playback Singers | V Dakshinamoorthy, P Leela, Jose Prakash, Meena Sulochana, Kuttappan Bhagavathar, Vijayalakshmi |
| Cinematography | MR Ranganathan |
| Editing | S Williams |
Copyrights & Courtesy : The Hindu (B Vijayakumar’s MetroPlus Kochi Column)
Appu (Thikkurissi) returns from military service and gets employed in his hometown as a lorry driver. He lives happily with his mother (P. K. Kamalakshi) and younger sister Thankam (Meena Sulochana).
Another sister of his, Sarada (Sethulakshmi), died while he was in military service. Her death left many unanswered questions. Sarada was a dance teacher and was in love with a rich landlord (Sebastian Kunju Kunju Bhagavathar) who employed her to teach his daughter.
Sarada was pregnant when she died. Rumours were that she committed suicide when she was betrayed by her lover, while others believed that she was killed by the landlord. Appu firmly suspected the landlord’s hand in his sister’s death.
One day Appu offers to give some school children a lift in his lorry. The owner dismisses him from service for this. Appu meets Geetha (Miss Kumari), the daughter of the cruel landlord and financier and they fall in love. Appu secures a job as her father’s driver. Geetha becomes pregnant. She absconds and everyone think that she has eloped with her lover.
The fact is that all these happenings were the doings of Appu. It was his plan to take revenge on the landlord who was responsible for his sister’s death. Appu takes Geetha to an orphanage and leaves her there.
Meanwhile, Kalyani (Thankam), another woman who had fallen prey to the landlord’s wicked machinations was awiting for her chance to get even with his wicked man. Kalyani roams around the town as a mad woman. Appu reaches the landlord’s house as the head of a group of people who were subjected to his treacherous deeds.
The terrified landlord climbs to the top of his house. Precisely at this moment Kalyani follows him and stabs him. The landlord falls to his death. Now Appu’s revenge is complete. Geetha is brought back home along with her new born child. They donate a major part of their wealth to the orphanage and other poor people in the town.