In 1920s pre-independence India, PK Rosy became the first female lead in Malayalam-language cinema, in what is now the southern state of Kerala. Rosy belonged to a lower-caste community and faced intense criticism for portraying an upper-caste woman in Vigathakumaran. PK Rosy was born as Rajamma in the early 1900s in the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore, now Kerala. Daniel was aware of Rosy's caste identity and chose to cast her in the role. Poster of the movie Vigathakumaran Buried in debt after the failure of his film Vigathakumaran, JC Daniel never made another movie