Minnunnathellam Ponnalla

Minnunnathellam Ponnalla is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by R. Velappan Nair. It is a remake of the 1956 Hindi film CID and stars Sathyan, P. K. Sathyapal and Kumari Thankam. This was A. Janaki's debut Malayalam movie.

Plot
Rajan is a detective who has come to investigate the murder of his friend, a newspaper editor. Rajan has to face numerous troubles during his investigation but he succeeds in finding the culprit and bringing him to justice.

Cast

 * Sathyan as Rajan
 * P. K. Sathyapal as Dharmapalan
 * G. K. Pillai as Judge
 * K. P. Kottarakkara as newspaper editor
 * Jose Prakash as Prosecutor
 * T. S. Muthaiah as Pachan
 * S. P. Pillai as Head Constable
 * Anil Kumar as Vijayan
 * Miss Kumari
 * P. N. Menon as old man
 * Mohanraj as Police Inspector
 * Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Nanu
 * Santo Krishnan as Santo
 * Pappi as Pappi
 * Keshavan as Keshavan
 * Kumari Thankam as Malathi
 * K. V. Shanthi as Leela
 * Adoor Pankajam as Kalyani