Kunhikuttan, a famous Kathakali dancer, meets Subhadra, a woman from an upper caste family, who falls in love with his character rather than himself.
Mohanlal
as Kunhikuttan
Suhasini Maniratnam
as Subhadra
Kalamandalam Gopi
as Kunju Nair
Kukku Parameswaran
as Savithri
Mattannoor Sankarankutty
as Raman
Venmani Haridas
as Namboodiri
Venmani Vishnu
as Pisharadi
Kalamandalam Kesavan
as Thirumeni
Bindu Panicker
as Bhageerathi
Raveena Ravi
as Child Artist (voice)
Sindhu Shyam
as Saradha
