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Vasco da Gama (1524)|235x235px "Kolathiri" appears as a character in a
Malayalam film titled
Urumi. The film was loosely based on Portuguese interference in north Kerala and the misdeeds committed by
Vasco da Gama, who was hailed as a hero in the west but was actually a cold-hearted tyrant to other lands of the
spice route; his entry into Kerala politics and manipulating the kingpins and a young Indian who tries to kill Vasco da Gama. The movie was released on 31 March 2011. ==References==