Nandagopan (Mohanlal) is a respected dance teacher at the Kerala Kala Mandiram (alluding to the famed Kerala Kalamandalam repertory which performs Kerala's temple arts). However, his wife Sumangala (Parvathi) commits suicide, causing him to turn into an alcoholic and a compulsive rule breaker. He is suspected of having killed his wife and is suspended from his job for drunken misbehaviour. The new secretary of the institute Velayudhan (Nedumudi Venu) wants him to be sacked but his former reputation gives him a reprieve. He trains the talented student Malavika (Monisha) to perform in his ambitious composition of the Sita Kalyanam, but her jealous young lover Soman (Vineeth) poisons him.
Mohanlal
as Nandagopal
Monisha Unni
as Malavika
Vineeth Radhakrishnan
as Somashekharanunni
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
as Director of Kerala Kala Mandiram
Oduvil Unnikrishnan
as Ravunni Nambeesan Aasan
Murali
as Madhavanunni
Nedumudi Venu
as Secretary of Kerala Kala Mandiram Institute
Dominic Alummoodan
as
Kunchan
as Sankaran
Sreejaya Nair
as Malavika's Friend
Sukumari
as Dance Teacher at Kerala Kala Mandiram
Mamukkoya
as Hydrose
