Shivasubrahmaniam (Maniyan Pillai Raju), an innocent bank employee is in love with Rohini (Lizzy), but is afraid to express her his love. His grandmother but wants him to be a Brahmachari and become a priest at the nearby temple. Rohini is working as an artist at the Keerikkad ballet troupe run by Keerikkad Chellappan Nair (Nedumudi Venu). As per the advice of Shankaran Pillai (Jagathi Sreekumar), the assistant of Chellapan Nair, Subru joins the ballet troupe to woo Rohini.
Acting
Jagathy's Shankaran Pillai steals every frame he's in
Direction
Priyadarshan's precise comic timing before he went Bollywood
Director
Priyadarshan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Priyadarshan's last pure Malayalam comedies before his Hindi remake empire began with 'Gardish.'
The Keerikkad ballet troupe setting satirizes Kerala's Kathakali tradition being commercialized for tourists — Subru's clumsy 'training' mirrors real anxieties about cultural dilution.
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