Vanaprastham

1999

1h 59m

7.9(19 votes)

Drama

Overview

Kunhikuttan, a famous Kathakali dancer, meets Subhadra, a woman from an upper caste family, who falls in love with his character rather than himself.

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Cast & Crew

11 members

Acting

Mohanlal

Kunhikuttan

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Suhasini Maniratnam

Subhadra

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Kalamandalam Gopi

Kunju Nair

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Kukku Parameswaran

Savithri

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Mattannoor Sankarankutty

Raman

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Venmani Haridas

Namboodiri

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Venmani Vishnu

Pisharadi

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Kalamandalam Kesavan

Thirumeni

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Bindu Panicker

Bhageerathi

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Raveena Ravi

Child Artist (voice)

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Sindhu Shyam

Saradha

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