Chandu Chekavar (''Chathiyan Chanthu'', also known as
Chandu Panicker), was a sixteenth-century ''
chekavar
Chekavar (Also known as ''Chekon'' or ''Chevakar'', ''Cekavar'') were the warriors belonging to Hindu Thiyyar community in Malabar of Kerala. Many Thiyyar families in Malabar today trace their roots to this Chekavar lineage.
Warrior role
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'' of the Chekavar family from Kerala folklore, mentioned in the folk songs of Northern
Kerala
Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
called ''
Vadakkan Pattukal
Vadakkan Pattukal () are a collection of Malayalam ballads from the medieval period (12th-20th century). The genre as a whole represents the sentiment of ''vira'', or the heroic, through its depictions of "valour and sacrifice."
Contents
The s ...
''.
Popular culture
* In ''
Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
''Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha'' (), credited internationally as ''A Northern Story of Valor'', is a subplot of Vadakkan Pattukal, a medieval ballad from North Malabar and is often regarded as a classic in Malayalam cinema. The film won four Nation ...
'', a Malayalam film released in 1989, Chandu is portrayed by
Mammootty
Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...
, which won him the National Award for Best Actor.
*
Devan played ''Chathiyan Chandhu Chekkavar'' in 2002 Malayalam film
Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha
''Puthooramputhri Unniyarcha'' is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language historical film directed by P. G. Viswambharan. Based on ''Vadakkanpattu'', the folklore of North Malabar, which are ballads extolling the brave and valiant chekavars, it stars Va ...
.
*
Kunal Kapoor portrayed Chandu in the 2016 Malayalam film
Veeram.
See also
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Kalarippayattu
Kalaripayattu (), also known simply as Kalari, is an Indian martial art that originated on the southwestern coast of India, in what is now Kerala, during the 3rd century BCE.
Etymology
Kalaripayattu is a martial art which developed out of co ...
References
Indian warriors
Malayali people
16th-century Indian people
Kalarippayattu practitioners
Indian male martial artists
Martial artists from Kerala
Military personnel from Kerala
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