Maamaankam

Mamankam is a historical film set during the medieval times in Southern India, showcasing the grandeur, intense battles, and political intrigue of the Mamankam festival where warriors from different kingdoms competed in combat every 12 years. Maamaankam is a 1979 Indian Malayalam-language Action Drama movie featuring Prem Nazir, Jayan, Jose Prakash and Alummoodan. Navodaya Studio was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Jijo Punnoose, Jose Punnoose and Navodaya Appachan. Maamaankam is written by N. Govindankutty and directed by Navodaya Appachan. Navodaya acquired the distribution rights for the film. Maamaankam was released on 18th February 1979. The screenplay for the movie was written by N. Govindankutty. Cinematography was done by Marcus Bartley and editing by T. R. Sekhar. The music was composed by K. Raghavan.