Kolathiri or Kolathiri Rājā () (King of
Kolathunādu[A. Shreedhara Menon (2007), ''A brief History of Kerala'', DC Books, Kottayam] or King of
Cannanore in foreign accounts) was the title by which the senior-most male along the matrilineal line of the
Mushika or Kolathunādu Royal Family (Kolaswarũpam) based in the
North Malabar region was styled.
[Duarte Barbosa, The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and their Inhabitants, II, ed.M. L Dames (repr., London: Hakluyt Society, 1921)][The Dutch in Malabar: Selection from the Records of the Madras Government, No. 13 (Madras: Printed by the Superintendent, Government Press, 1911), 143.] It is a descendant of the
Mushika dynasty.
Cultural depictions
"Kolathiri" appears as a character in a
Malayalam film
Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both the mainstream film industry ...
titled ''
Urumi''. The film was loosely based on Portuguese interference in north Kerala and the misdeeds committed by
Vasco da Gama, who was hailed as a hero in the west but was actually a cold-hearted tyrant to other lands of the
spice route; his entry into Kerala politics and manipulating the kingpins and a young Indian who tries to kill Vasco da Gama. The movie was released on 31 March 2011.
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