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Chandu Chekaver or Chanthu Chekaver, also known as Chathiyan Chanthu, is a warrior mentioned in the folk songs of Northern Kerala called ''Vadakkan Pattukal'', who supposedly lived in the 16th century in North Malabar, in South India. According to the ballads, Chandu was a ''Chekaver'' (warrior), like his cousins Aromal Chekavar and Unniyarcha. Chandu Chekaver secretly hates Aromal's family because his love for Unniyarcha was spurned. This leads to him taking part as Aromal's helper in a duel ("''Ankam''") with Aringodar Chekaver. Seeing that Aromal won, Chandu takes matters into his own hands and unexpectedly stabs his cousin to death. Henceforth, the word ''Chathiyan'', meaning "Betrayer", is added to his name to indicate his infamy. Unniyarcha, herself a warrior and Aromal's sister, vows revenge for her brother's life. Revenge is finally achieved when her son Aromalunni Chekaver challenges Chandu to a duel and kills him.〔(History of Malayalam Literature: Folk literature )〕 M. T. Vasudevan Nair gave a revised heroic portrait of Chanthu Chekaver in his script for the Malayalam movie Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha directed by Hariharan, in which Malayalam actor Mammootty played the role of Chanthu Chekaver. The movie is one of the greatest hits of Malayalam and is considered to be one of the best Indian movies. The movie and the acting of Mammootty as Chanthu was highly impressive, that with the release of this movie, the general impression of the character Chanthu changed from a villain to a hero in a short span of time, in-spite of criticism that the historic characters were wrongly portrayed in the movie. ==See also== * Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker * Kalarippayattu 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chandu Chekaver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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