Kannur Deluxe

Kannur Deluxe is a 1969 Indian Malayalam thriller film, directed by A. B. Raj and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. The film is a road movie which pivots on a theft that occurs in a bus and stars Prem Nazir, Sheela, Adoor Bhasi and Ammini in the lead roles. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. The film was well received. The film has a resemblance to the 1972 Hindi movie "Bombay to Goa".
Production.
The film is perhaps the first road movie in Malayalam. A real life incident that occurred at Cherthala in Alappuzha district of Kerala inspired the modus operandi used to arrest the thief in the film. Major portions of the film were shot inside Kannur Deluxe, a KSRTC bus service between Trivandrum and Kannur that was started in 1967 and is still on. The indoor portions were shot at Vahini, Arunachalam, and Newton Studios. I. V. Sasi worked as assistant director in the film.
Soundtrack.
The music was composed by V. Dakshinamoorthy and the lyrics were written by Sreekumaran Thampi.