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Elavamkodu Desam
Elavamkodu Desam is a 1998 Malayalam period drama film written and directed by K. G. George. It stars Mammootty and Rajeev in the lead roles, and Kushboo, Thilakan and Babu Nampoothiri in major supporting roles. It was the last film of KG George.
Plot.
Jathavedan is invited to Elavamkodu Desam, a princely state in pre-independent India, to treat the king's wife. He comes to know that Unikkoman, the wicked king of Elavamkodu Desam, rose to power in coup and killing the
psychotic strangler who uses a nylon wire and is eventually shot dead by his repentant father.
George's last movie was released in 1998, "Elavamkodu Desam", a period movie released when mimicry movies ruled the roost. "The audience somehow did not relate to this movie," he says sadly. In between his first film "Swapnadanam" and "Elavamkodu Desam", he created milestones in Malayalam cinema. Seven of his movies were screened at different international festivals.
He released his memoir "Flashback Enteyum Cinemayudeyum