The second Malayalam film, Marthanda Varma, was based on a novel by C. V. Raman Pillai
The second Malayalam film, Marthanda Varma, based on a novel by C. V. Raman Pillai, was produced by R. Sundar Raj in 1933. However, it became stranded in a legal battle over copyright issues and the court ordered the confiscation of the prints. As a result, the second movie's exhibition lasted only four days.