''Vakkalathu Narayanankutty'' () is a 2001 Indian

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comedy-drama film co-written and directed by

T. K. Rajeev Kumar Thazhathupurakkal Karunakara Panicker Rajeev Kumar (born 20 September 1961) is a National Award-winning Indian director of Malayalam films, from Trivandrum. He is the winner of five Kerala State Film Awards for Best Film, Director, Story Writer ...

, starring

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, Manya and

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. It was actor

Bobby Kottarakkara Bobby Kottarakkara (11 March 1952 – 3 December 2000) was an Indian actor who acted in Malayalam films. He was born to Pareedkunju Ravuthar in Kottarakkara. He began his acting career on stage. He made his film debut with Mucheettukalikkaaran ...

's last film. It was during the shooting of this film that Bobby Kottarakkara died, leaving the team to continue the shooting without him. The film had an average performance at the box office.

Plot

The film presents the story of Narayanankutty, popularly known as Vakkaalaththu Narayanankutty, an orthodox person and an active social worker who can bear anything but breach of justice and traditionalism. When he sees law being broken anywhere, he reacts promptly. He doesn't even care as to who is pitted against him and just goes on fighting. This leads to all sorts of problems in his life and the film follows that. The film is loosely based on the noted social activist, Nawab Rajendran.

Cast

as Vakkalathu Narayanankutty *

as Adv. Mathew Chandy Neruparambil * Manya as Kukku Kurian *

as Advocate Easwara Subramoni Iyer *

K.B. Ganesh Kumar Keezhoote Balakrishna Pillai Ganesh Kumar (born 25 May 1966) is an Indian actor, television host, and politician. Ganesh Kumar is a proposed cabinet minister for the last 2.5 years in the ongoing 2nd LDF govt in Kerala and he is also the curre ...

as Raghu *

Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in o ...

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'Minnal' Chandran *

as Captain Bobby *

Nandhu Nandalal Krishnamoorthy better known by his stage name Nandu is an Indian actor primarily working in Malayalam films. Although he has been in the industry for more than 30 years, he is acclaimed for his performance in Mohanlal' s '' Spirit'', di ...

P. Balachandran Padmanabhan Balachandran Nair (2 February 1952 – 5 April 2021) was an Indian writer, playwright, scenarist, director, and actor. He was known for his work in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Career Balachandran is best known for ...

as Padmanabhan, Narayanankutty's father * Roslin as Narayanankutty's mother *

Rajan P. Dev Rajan P. Dev (20 May 1951 – 29 July 2009) was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi (present day Kerala). He had acted in over 500 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu ...

as DGP Kurian Kulapurayil IPS, Kukku's father *

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as Niveditha, Narayanankutty's sister *

Ponnamma Babu Ponnamma Babu is an Indian actress best known for her work in Malayalam cinema. She has acted in more than 300 films, TV serials and Comedy shows . She made her debut in ''Padanayakan'' in 1996. Personal life Ponnamma was born to Mathai an ...

as Kukku's Mother * Raghavan as Judge * Professor Aliyar *

P. Sreekumar P. Sreekumar is an Indian actor, scriptwriter, director and producer who appears in Malayalam movies. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam films. Presently he is serving as the Chairman of Kerala Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board. Backgro ...

as Sasidhara Kurup * Poojappura Radhakrishnan * Adv. Jayaprakash Kottarakara as Cameo Appearance *

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as Cameo Appearance * Kalliyoor Sasi as Prof. Narayanan Potty

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films Films scored by Mohan Sithara {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub