Kochi: Pazhassi Raja, Malayalam film industry's most costliest film, was released simultaneously in 130 cinema houses in Kerala today.

The Rs27crore film, which tells the tale of the legendarywarrior king and freedom fighter of the Malabar region who locked horns with the British 50 years before the Sepoy mutiny of 1857, has 2000 artists, including some from abroad in various roles, with Malayalam superstar Mammootty in the lead role of Pazhassi Raja.

While the Malayalam version was released today, the Hindi, English, Tamil and Telugu releases would be released by the end of this month, Sri Harilal, general manager of Sree Gokulam Movies, the makers of the film, told PTI.

There was a huge crowd in front of theatres across the state as the first show began at 9.30am.

Huge cut outs of Mammootty had been put up in front of various theatres at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Thrissur and ecstatic fans poured milk on cut outs signifying the release. Fans started queuing up in front of theatre halls from 7am for the the first show at 9.30am.

In Kochi, Mammootty fans, clad in white 'Mundu' and shirt, traditional Kerala attire, thronged the Savitha-Sangeetha threatre complex to view the first show. Some artistes, including Padmapriya also came to view the show.

In Thrissur, a cut out of Mammootty was placed atop a caprisoned elephant and amidst the beating of drums and other percussion instruments, the first show began.

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