This intimately-constructed drama traces the consequences of the tumultuous political and social changes that swept through India in the years since pre-Independence 1937.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Director
Vishwanathan
Kunjunni
Mini Nair
Meenakshi
Aranmula Ponnamma
Muthassi
Urmila Unni
Kunjunni's Mother
KPAC Lalitha
Janamma
Babu Namboothiri
Veluchar
Oduvil Unnikrishnan
Pachu Pillai
Narendra Prasad
Vasu
Mukesh
Man Who Buys the House
Jagadish
Thomas Tharakan
Ravi Vallathol
Kunjunni's Half Brother
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