Desc: Balan: Directed by S. Nottani. With K.K. Aroor, Master Madan, M.V. Sanku, Gopinathan Nair. Described as the first Malayalam sound film. The story features the struggles of two orphaned children, Balan and his younger sister, oppressed and exploited by an evil stepmother until they are rescued by a kindly lawyer. The evil stepmother takes over the property of her spineless husband.