Minnunnathellam Ponnalla
# Minnunnathellam Ponnalla

Minnunnathellam Ponnalla (transl. All that glitters is not gold) is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by R. Velappan Nair. It is a remake of the 1956 Hindi film CID and stars Sathyan, P. K. Sathyapal and Kumari Thankam. This was A. Janaki's debut Malayalam movie.

## Plot

Rajan is a detective who has come to investigate the murder of his friend, a newspaper editor. Rajan has to face numerous troubles during his investigation but he succeeds in finding the culprit and bringing him to justice.

## Cast

* Sathyan as Rajan
* P. K. Sathyapal as Dharmapalan
* G. K. Pillai as Judge
* K. P. Kottarakkara as newspaper editor
* Jose Prakash as Prosecutor
* T. S. Muthaiah as Pachan
* S. P. Pillai as Head Constable
* Anil Kumar as Vijayan
* Miss Kumari
* P. N. Menon as old man
* Mohanraj as Police Inspector
* Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Nanu
* Santo Krishnan as Santo
* Pappi as Pappi
* Keshavan as Keshavan
* Kumari Thankam as Malathi
* K. V. Shanthi as Leela
* Adoor Pankajam as Kalyani
