
08 Oct 1998

The Emperor and the Assassin
In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.
Set in the backdrop of the seventeenth century, the royal family of Kottayam is ruled by Pazhassi. The British government begins to impose heavy taxes on the locals in the Thalassery region of Kerala.
Pazhassi Raja
Edachena Kunkan Nair
Thalakkal Chandu
Kaitheri Ambu
Kaitheri Makkam
Neeli
Thomas Hervey Baber
Major James Gordon
Dora Baber
Pazhayamveedan Chandhu
Kurumbranaadu Raja Veera Varma
Kanara Menon
Moopan
Kannavathu Nambiar
Emman Nair
Unni Mootha
Bhandari
Athan Gurukkal
Chirakkal Thamburatty
Kaitheri Thamburatty
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