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.
as Nandagopal
as Malavika
as Somashekharanunni
as Director of Kerala Kala Mandiram
as Ravunni Nambeesan Aasan
as Madhavanunni
as Secretary of Kerala Kala Mandiram Institute
as Sankaran
as Malavika's Friend
as Dance Teacher at Kerala Kala Mandiram
as Hydrose
as Nadagopan's Uncle
as Madhavanunni's Wife