Kadhanayakan (കഥാനായകൻ) 26 years old

Payyarathu Padmanabhan Nair(Kalamandalam Kesavan), who is a well known personality is Praised by the people. He lives precedence life with his whole family members(Kootukudumbam), his Friend Reeve Sankunni(Oduvil Unnikrishnan) and Servant Kuttan(Kalabhavan Mani). He loves his family more than his life but they eyes on his wealth. On the day of his niece Meenakshi's wedding day he meets with a young man Ramanathan(Jayaram). Ramanathan be friends with him and Padmanabhan Nair likes Ramanathan's qualities. It was later revealed that Ramanathan is the son of Padmanabhan Nair and Sankunni's younger sister Saudamini. Slowly Ramanathan gets into the family to stay with his father.

Credits

Jayaram as Ramanathan

Mamukkoya as Beerankutty

KPAC Lalitha as Kunjulakshmi

Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Sankunni

Bindu Panicker as Meenakshi

Kalabhavan Mani as Kuttan

Kadhanayakan Cast

Name	Character
Jayaram He was 31, now 58 years old	as Ramanathan
Mamukkoya He was 50, now 77 years old	as Beerankutty
KPAC Lalitha She was 50, now 77 years old	as Kunjulakshmi
Oduvil Unnikrishnan He was 53, 62 years old when he died	as Sankunni
Bindu Panicker She was 29, now 56 years old	as Meenakshi
Kalabhavan Mani He was 26, 45 years old when he died	as Kuttan
Indrans He was 41, now 68 years old	as Sreedharan
Divyaa Unni She was 15, now 42 years old	as Gopika

Kadhanayakan Crew

Name	Department
Rajasenan as Director. He was 38 (now 65) years old	Directing

Kadhanayakan (26 years)

Release day: Monday, May 19, 1997
Runtime: 157 minutes