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Kaattu Vithachavar
Kaattu Vithachavar is a political thriller about the atrocities committed by the state of Kerala during the 21 months National Emergency, from 1975 to 1977. During the Emergency, the government suspended all fundamental rights of the citizen and many students and political opponents were imprisoned and tortured alleging Naxal allegiance. Among them was P Rajan, a final year student of the erstwhile Regional Engineering College, Calicut who was arrested by the police on March 1, 1976. When the Emergency was lifted in 1977, all were released but Rajan was never seen again.

Rajan's father Eachara Warrier fought a long and historic crusade against the establishment to bring to light the facts behind Rajan's disappearance and expose the state's human rights violations. His fight for justice became a society's lament. It created unprecedented turmoil in Kerala politics. The chief minister of the state who was in charge of the police during the Emergency was forced to resign because of an adverse legal judgement. Many high ranking police officers were prosecuted.

The film narrates an adapted story based on the police investigation against police, post the Emergency headed by then Kerala DIG Rajgopal Narayan to unravel what happened to Rajan. It introduces to the new generation a glorious part of Kerala history marked with fierce rebellion against social disparities, exploitation and human rights violations. Kaattu Vithachavar, for the first time, comprehensively captures the details of Rajan case in a film, in a gripping crime thriller format.