''Kanaka Simhasanam'' () is a 2006 Indian

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directed by

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. The film stars

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, and

Lakshmi Gopalaswamy Lakshmi Gopalaswamy is an Indian actress from Karnataka and a classical dancer, qualified in Bharatanatyam. She has mainly acted in Malayalam films, while also appearing in few Tamil and Kannada films. She has also acted in several televisi ...

Plot

The movie tells the story of Kanakambaran, who runs a drama troupe along with his wife Bharati. The company is operating at a loss, but the couple struggle to keep it going as their creditors are breathing down their necks. One day, they strike gold when Udaya Varma and Ramakrishnan ask them to take part a real-life drama: they want Kanakambaran to play Suryanarayanan, the heir to the throne of the palace and childhood sweetheart of the princess Kanjanalakshmi. Kanakambaran takes up the challenge and also places his wife as the cook at the royal palace; in the meantime, a bad guy Narasimhan also has an eye for Kanjanalakshmi. After many days Kanakambaran learns that he was originally Suryanarayanan who was adopted by the palace cook. After a fight, Kanakambaran returns to drama world and Narasimhan becomes a good man. Later, Kanjanalakshmi is married to Narasimhan. The story ends with the song of the drama couples dancing.

Cast

as Kasargode Kanakambaran/ Sooryanarayana Varma *

Karthika Mathew Karthika Mathew (born Lidiya Jacob), better known mononymously as Karthika, is an Indian actress, who has appeared in several Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union terr ...

as Marthandom Bharathi/ Sasikala *

as Kanjanalakshmi *

Suraj Venjaramoodu Suraj Vasudevan (born 30 June 1976), professionally credited as Suraj Venjaramoodu, is an Indian actor, comedian, impressionist, and television presenter, who appears in Malayalam films, television and stage plays. He has acted in more than ...

as Gopalan, Bharathi's brother *

Baby Nayanthara Nayanthara Chakravarthy (born 20 April 2002), also known as Baby Nayanthara, is an Indian actress who works in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Tamil-language Films, and has established herself as a lead child act ...

as Ammutty, Kasargode Kanakambaran's daughter * Janardhanan as Upendra Varma *

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as Radhakrishna Varma *

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as Indrasena Reddy, Guruji the Royal advisor. *

Geetha Salam Abdul Salam (9 October 1946 – 19 December 2018) was an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema known by his stage name Geetha Salam, known for ''Malabar Wedding'', ''Jalolsavam'' (2004) and ''Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu'' (2014). He lived in Krishnapu ...

Rishikesha Kaimal, Kanakambaran's adopter who previously worked as the chef in the royal palace. *

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as Chennakeshav Reddy *

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* Kiran Raj as Narasimha Raju * Subi Suresh as Tripurasundari

Soundtrack

M. Jayachandran has composed the music and has set five tunes for the film. *1 "Priyathame" by

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References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2006 films Films directed by Rajasenan Films scored by M. Jayachandran {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub