Vadakkumnadhan (വടക്കുംനാഥന്‍) 17 years old

Iringannoor Bharathan Pisharody, professor at the Sanskrit University, a very knowledgeable man with a keen interest in the Vedas, astrology and Kathakali, author of several critical works and winner of numerous awards, is the central character of Vadakkum Nathan. Meera (Padmapriya) is his student and murapennu. Both families have agreed to their wedding and a date has been fixed. But when the auspicious day dawns and the bride arrives at the mandapam the groom has disappeared. Years pass. No one knows Bharathan's whereabouts.Then one day his mother and younger brother on a pilgrimage to the holy shrines of Haridwar, Kedarnath, Rishikesh and Rudraprayag, meet Bharathan on the foothills of the Himalayas. From there unfolds the touching story of Vadakkum Nathan.

Credits

Murali as Balarama Pisharadi

Mohanlal as Prof. Iringannoor Bharatha Pisharadi

Kavya Madhavan as Bhama

Padmapriya Janakiraman as Meera Balakrishnan

Vineeth Radhakrishnan as Parameshwaran

Biju Menon as Prabhakara Pisharadi

Vadakkumnadhan Cast

Name	Character
Murali He was 41, 46 years old when he died	as Balarama Pisharadi
Mohanlal He was 45, now 63 years old	as Prof. Iringannoor Bharatha Pisharadi
Kavya Madhavan She was 21, now 39 years old	as Bhama
Padmapriya Janakiraman She was 26, now 44 years old	as Meera Balakrishnan
Vineeth Radhakrishnan He was 36, now 54 years old	as Parameshwaran
Biju Menon He was 36, now 54 years old	as Prabhakara Pisharadi
Kaviyoor Ponnamma She was 66, now 84 years old	as Rugmavathi Amma
Shammi Thilakan	as Vishwanathan

Vadakkumnadhan Crew

Name	Department

Vadakkumnadhan (17 years)

Release day: Thursday, May 18, 2006
Runtime: 140 minutes