Mulakkacha sells well in 'Pazhassi Raja'

Recently I viewed the film 'Pazhassi Raja' in a theatre and later at home in a local channel the old film 'Oru Vadakkan Veera Gaadha', by the same team-MT, Hariharan and Mammootty. To my surprise I realized that whether they were women of Aromal Chekavar or Adivasi, all have the same dress code, the Mundu and Mulakkacha. And no ‘paalathaar’ was used by anyone. The producer of ‘Pazhassi Raja’ Gokulam Gopalan might have procured all the colorful mundu and mulakkacha from Hariharan and profusely used in Pazhassi with less colour The huge success of the film tells that Mulakkacha still sells well in Kerala. So don’t waste all the dresses used in Pazhassi as it can be advantageously used in another adivasi or vadakkan paattu cinema.

K A Solaman