''Vakkalathu Narayanankutty'' () is a 2001 Indian

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comedy-drama film co-written and directed by

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Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasional ...

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, Manya and

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's last film. It was during the shooting of this film that Bobby Kottarakkara died, leaving the team to continue the shooting without him. The film had an average performance at the box office.

Plot

The film presents the story of Narayanankutty, popularly known as Vakkaalaththu Narayanankutty, an orthodox person and an active social worker who can bear anything but breach of justice and traditionalism. When he sees law being broken anywhere, he reacts promptly. He doesn't even care as to who is pitted against him and just goes on fighting. This leads to all sorts of problems in his life and the film follows that. The film is loosely based on the noted social activist, Nawab Rajendran.

Cast

as Vakkalathu Narayanankutty *

as Adv. Mathew Chandy Neruparambil * Manya as Kukku Kurian *

as Advocate Easwara Subramoni Iyer * K.B. Ganesh Kumar as Raghu *

Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ove ...

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'Minnal' Chandran *

as Captain Bobby *

Nandhu Nandalal Krishnamoorthy better known by his stage name Nandu is an Indian actor primarily working in Malayalam films. Although he has been in the industry for more than 30 years, he is acclaimed for his performance in Mohanlal' s '' Spirit'', di ...

* P. Balachandran as Padmanabhan, Narayanankutty's father * Roslin as Narayanankutty's mother *

Rajan P. Dev Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu ...

as DGP Kurian Kulapurayil

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, Kukku's father * Shalu Menon as Niveditha, Narayanankutty's sister *

Ponnamma Babu Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and Comedy shows . She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996. Personal life Ponnamma was born to Mathai an ...

as Kukku's Mother * Raghavan as Judge * Professor Aliyar *

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as Sasidhara Kurup * Poojappura Radhakrishnan * Adv. Jayaprakash Kottarakara as Cameo Appearance *

Viji Thampi Viji Thampi is an Indian film director, actor and social activist who works in Malayalam films. Thampi is a member of Thiruvananthapuram regional board of the Central Board of Film Certification and the State Advisor of Kerala Kshetra Samraksha ...

as Cameo Appearance * Kalliyoor Sasi as Prof. Narayanan Potty

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Mohan Sithara {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub