[3] The story centres around the life of Madhavankutty, locally known as 'Hitler' due to his tough character, domineering personality and his uncontrolled rage at the youngsters of the area, for stalking his five young sisters.

Hitler became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year 1996, and completed more than 300 days theatrical run.

[4][5] The movie is about the life of Madhavankutty, a rich man known locally as "Hitler" due to his tough character, domineering personality and frequent uncontrolled rage towards the young men of the area for stalking his five younger sisters.

Madhavankutty's maternal uncle Gangadhara Menon is responsible for the separation between the children and Pillechan, which is revealed in a later part of the story.

Things change when the eldest sister Seetha is raped by her unmarried professor under the influence of alcohol.

Devastated on hearing this and learning how this incident can affect the lives of his younger sisters, he is forced to go along with the solution that the professor puts forward.

Waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, they pretend to offer help, while acting to increase the hatred between Madhavankutty and his uncle.

Madhavankutty's father, Pillechan learns about the plot and foils it, but it causes the girls and him to end up in the police station.

He asks Balachandran to take care of the sisters and to find a better person for Gauri as he will never be a good husband for her.

[9] All lyrics are written by Gireesh Puthenchery; all music is composed by S. P. VenkateshThe film was remade in Telugu under Hitler (1997),[10] in Hindi as Krodh (2000),[4][11] in Tamil as Military (2003)[12] and in Kannada as Varsha (2005).