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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Cheriyachante Kroorakrithyangal<br />
| image =<br />
| writer = John Abraham<br />
| starring = [[Adoor Bhasi]]<br>[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]]<br>[[Poornima Jayaram]]<br>[[Abraham Joseph (actor)|Abraham Joseph]]<br>[[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]]<br />
| director = [[John Abraham (Director)|John Abraham]]<br />
| producer =<br />
| distributor =<br />
| cinematography = [[Madhu Ambat]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1979|7|4|df=y}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| runtime = 107 minutes<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]<br />
| budget = <br />
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'''''Cheriyachante Kroorakrithyangal''''' ({{Translation|cruelties of cheriyachan}}) is a 1979 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by [[avant-garde]] filmmaker [[John Abraham (Director)|John Abraham]].<br />
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==Themes==<br />
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[[John Abraham (Director)|John Abraham]], having deep knowledge in [[Marxist]] and [[Christianity|Christian]] traditions, made his third film, ''Cheriyachente Kroora Krithyangal'' using Christian and [[feudal]] symbols in the backdrop of [[Kuttanadu]], his home land. When he attacked the traditionalists in his earlier film ''[[Agraharathil Kazhuthai]]'', in ''Cheriyachente Kroora Krithyangal'', he attacked the [[feudal system]] and police atrocities during the feudal period in [[Kerala]].<br />
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==Awards==<br />
[[John Abraham (director)|John Abraham]] won a [[Kerala State Film Award (Special Jury Award)|Special Jury Award]] at the Kerala State Film Awards. [[Adoor Bhasi]] won the award for the [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor|best actor]].<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Adoor Bhasi]] as Cheriyachen<br />
*[[Kaviyoor Ponnamma]] as Eliyamma<br />
*[[Abraham Joseph (actor)|Abraham Joseph]] as Avarachan<br />
*[[Venu (cinematographer)|Venu]] as Joykutty<br />
*[[Nedumudi Venu]] as Priest<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0078961|title=Cheriyachante Kroora Krithyangal}}<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090120124134/http://cinemaofmalayalam.net/cheriyachan.html Cheriyachante Kroora Krithyangal - Cinema Of Malayalam]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090119082938/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/john.html John Abraham - Profile in cinemaofmalayalam.net]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090822010427/http://www.weblokam.com/cinema/profiles/2002/05/john.htm John Abraham - Weblokam profile]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090120124139/http://cinemaofmalayalam.net/ghatak_john.html A tribute to Ritwik Ghatak by John]<br />
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