Viswanathan comes to the city for a job interview, only to find himself entangled in a crisis due to his resemblance with a gangster. Frustrated, he decides to find and face his doppelgänger with the help of a police inspector friend, but finding the imposter proves difficult, and the further they dig, the more mysterious and shocking their findings.
Acting
Jayaram's dual performance—meek everyman vs. terrifying doppelgänger.
Direction
Padmarajan builds dread through Kerala's urban shadows.
Writing
Screenplay that refuses easy answers about identity.
Director
P. Padmarajan
Jayaram
Vishwanathan/ Uthaman
Shobana
Ambili
Madhu
Keshava Pillai
Mukesh
Inspector George
Sukumari
Lalitha
Jalaja
Sumangala
M G Soman
M.D Mohandas
Innocent
Bhaskaran
Parvathi
Sindhu
K.P.A.C. Sunny
Kuriachan
Shari
Anna
V K Sreeraman
Muthalali
Jagathy Sreekumar
Santhosh
Valsala Menon
Meri Kuriyan
Ajith Kollam
Uthaman's accomplice
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jayaram was primarily known for comedy; this dramatic dual role shocked Malayalam audiences and proved his range.
Aparan helped establish Padmarajan's reputation as the poet of psychological Malayalam cinema before his untimely death in 1991.
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