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Vadakkumnadhan (2006)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 2H 20M

Director : Shajoon Kariyal

Synopsis

Iringannoor Bharathan Pisharody, professor at the Sanskrit University, a very knowledgeable man with a keen interest in the Vedas, astrology and Kathakali, author of several critical works and winner of numerous awards, is the central character of Vadakkum Nathan. Meera (Padmapriya) is his student and murapennu. Both families have agreed to their wedding and a date has been fixed. But when the auspicious day dawns and the bride arrives at the mandapam the groom has disappeared. Years pass. No one knows Bharathan's whereabouts.Then one day his mother and younger brother on a pilgrimage to the holy shrines of Haridwar, Kedarnath, Rishikesh and Rudraprayag, meet Bharathan on the foothills of the Himalayas. From there unfolds the touching story of Vadakkum Nathan.

Actors

Mohanlal
Mohanlal
Prof. Iringannoor Bharatha Pisharadi
Padmapriya Janakiraman
Padmapriya Janakiraman
Meera Balakrishnan
Biju Menon
Biju Menon
Prabhakara Pisharadi
Kavya Madhavan
Kavya Madhavan
Bhama
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Kaviyoor Ponnamma
Rugmavathi Amma
Babu Namboothiri
Babu Namboothiri
Govinda Pisharadi
Murali
Murali
Balarama Pisharadi
Vineeth Radhakrishnan
Vineeth Radhakrishnan
Parameshwaran
Rizabawa
Rizabawa
Shankarankutty Master
Shammi Thilakan
Shammi Thilakan
Vishwanathan
Sona Nair
Sona Nair
Latha

Crews

Shajoon Kariyal
Shajoon Kariyal
Director
Gireesh Puthenchery
Gireesh Puthenchery
Writer

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