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The story revolves around a male Kathakali artiste Kunjikuttan, an admirable and respected performer but a member of a lower caste. He struggles to come to terms with the rejection and estrangement of his father, a member of an upper caste who denies his paternity.
Nov 26, 2020 · He completely slips into the skin of his character Kunhikuttan, a respected and famous Kathakali dancer who is unable to escape from a life of endless pain and suffering. Born out of an illegitimate relationship between an upper-caste landlord and a lower-caste woman, Kunhikuttan is never acknowledged as a son by his estranged father.
Jun 16, 2024 · Set between the 1950s and 1980s, Shaji N. Karun’s Vanaprastham takes us through the journey of Kunhikuttan, a Kathakali artist born to a lower-caste woman and a Namboothiri man. Due to the caste hierarchies prevalent at the time, the Namboothiri refuses to acknowledge his fatherhood and constantly shuns Kunhikuttan.
Vanaprastham is the story of Kunhikuttan played by Mohanlal. He is a Kathakali dancer who is admired and respected for his performance but he belongs to a lower class. His upper caste father refuses to accept him and he struggles to come to terms with his poverty and discontent.
Aug 4, 2017 · The plot essentially focuses on Kunhikuttan (Mohanlal), a Kathakali artist who becomes the object of desire and seeming delusion of Subhadra (Suhasini), the Maharaja’s niece. When she sees Kunhikuttan portay Arjuna during a Kathakali performance for the King, she is mesmerized.
May 16, 2021 · #FaceOfTheWeek #Mohanlal excelled in the character of #Kathakali artist Kunhikuttan and depicting his internal struggle in Shaji N. Karun’s #Vaanaprastham (1999). Revisit an excerpt from the film:
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Kunjikuttan meets Subhadra (Suhasini) who is a high society woman, during a kathakali performance in a palace. Subhadra falls in love with him, not with the actor Kunjikuttan, but the role of...
