Kadamattathu Kathanar | |
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കടമറ്റത്തു കത്തനാർ | |
Genre | Drama Supernatural Fantasy Thriller |
Written by | Shaji Nedunkallel |
Story by | T. S. Suresh Babu |
Directed by | T. S. Saji |
Starring | See below |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Malayalam |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 255 |
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Producer | Subramaniam Karthikeyan |
Production location | Kerala |
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Original release | |
Network | Asianet |
Release | 15 March 2004 – 11 February 2005 |
Kadamattathu Kathanar (Malayalam: കടമറ്റത്ത് കത്തനാർ) is an Indian Malayalam-language supernatural drama television series which was originally aired on Asianet from 2004 to 2005. Asianet retelecast the series on Asianet Plus channel from March 2016.[1] Prakash Paul plays the title character.[2]
Synopsis
Kadamattathu Kathanar (an oriental Syriac priest of Kadamattom Church) also known as Kadamattathachan (Father Kadamattom) is a priest who is believed to have possessed supernatural powers and whose legends are closely related to the beginning of the Kadamattom Church, one of the oldest church buildings that still exists in Kerala the land of Saint Thomas Christians.
The story revolves around a traditional family in Kerala which is haunted by Yakshi, a vampire. The family seeks the help of Reverend Kadamattom, a Christian priest who was believed to have supernatural powers to gage them out of the problems happening around the family.[3]
Cast
- Prakash Paul as Reverend Kadamattom/ Kadamattathachan
- Sukanya as Kalliyankattu Neeli and Yakshiyamma
- Poornima Anand / Suvarna Mathew as Neeli's alternate appearance
- Geetha Nair as Therutha
- Anila Sreekumar as Madhavi
- Manu Varma as Ramu
- Narendra Prasad as Mepradan Thirumeni
- Jagannathan as Achuthan Nair
- Kumarakom Raghunath as Madhava Kurup
- Sangeetha Rajendran as Panchali
- Shanavas as Kannappan
- Bheeman Raghu as Ittan Pada Nair
- Biju Pappan as Odiyan
- Anand Kumar as Keshu
- Sukumari as Dhathri
- Prathapachandran as Bhaskaran
- Reena as Janaki
- Aranmula Ponnamma as Valyamma
- Harsha Nair as Devootty
- Rekha Ratheesh as Ittan Pada Nair's wife
- Kollam Thulasi as Neeli's father
- Maniyanpilla Raju as Neelaswaran
- Priyanga Anoop as Manga
- Sreekala as Thamburatti
- Machan Varghese as Devassy
- M. S. Thripunithura as Poojari
- Anitha Nair as Seetha
- Anil Mohan as Seetha's husband
- Baby Prakashitha as Lekshmikutty, seetha's daughter
- Sidha Raj as Chadayan
- Lalithasree as Durgamma
- Thara Kalyan as Ambika/Marthandan
- Ashokan as Udayan Thampuran
- Chembil Ashokan
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair
- Kalasala Babu as Chanthukutty Melan
- Soniya Baiju Kottarakkara as Mandhana
- Yathikumar as Kulavana Potti
- Bhavani as Mariyamma
- Shalu Menon as Kochuthresia
- Manka Mahesh as Subhadramma
- Sreeja Chandran as Subhadra's daughter
- Anju as Ettukettu Veetil Bhanumathy
- Shammi Thilakan as Unnikuttan
- Meenakshi Sunil as Seetha
- Mahima
- Baby Sowbhagya Venkitesh as Kunjava
- Master Arun
- Rajendran as Unnikuttan's brother
- Aishwariyaa Bhaskaran as Thirumala / Yakshi
- Bharat Gopy as Killimangalam Thirumeni
- Mala Aravindan
- Ramya Salim as Katrina
- Renjini Krishna
- Lakshmi Sanal
- Baby Alis Christy
- P. I. Ibrahimkutty as Achankunju
- Gayathri Varsha as Devaki
- M. G. Sreekumar as Singer in Church
- Venu Nagavally as Ettichettan
- Krishna Kumar as Nicholas
- Reshmi Soman as Emily Nicholas
- Master Venkatesh as Allen Nicholas
- Fathima Babu as Nicholas's mother
- Kunchan as Ammachan
- Karthika Kannan as Clara
- Kochu Preman as Traveller
- Jija Surendran as Umma
- G. K. Pillai as Mahapandithan
- Dinesh Panicker as Maharajan
- Gopalan
- Rajasaheb as Kochouseph
- Roopa Sree as Saramma
- Zeenath as Kalyani Amma
- Keerikkadan Jose as Jathavedan
- Baburaj as Atmavedan
- Rudhra as Mythili
- Sreelatha Namboothiri as Kumki
- Rani Larius
- Rukmini as Ammaluvamma
- Ninu Thomas as Janaki
- Shaju as Neelakandan
- Raghavan as Fr. Emmanuel
- Urmila Unni as Thampuratti
- Harishanth as Ayilyam Thirunal Udaya Varma (Thripangottu Thampuran)
- Rajan P. Dev as Kalidasan
- Poojappura Radhakrishnan
- Mayoori as Kalyani / Yakshi
- Sreenath as Jagadhan
- Suma Jayaram as Sathyabhama
- Subbalakshmi as Bhageerathi
- Abitha as Unnimaya
- Kalady Omana as Kuttiyamma
- Sajitha Betti as Gouri / Yakshi
- Ramesh Valiyasala as Kammaran
- T. P. Madhavan as Nambiar
- Kuttyedathi Vilasini as Nambiar's grandmother
- V. K. Sreeraman as Raugandharayanan
- Anil Murali as Vairajatha
- Kanakalatha as Devammaji
- Chandra Lakshman as Kadambari
- Remyasree as Devasena
- Baiju as Shravanan
- Madhu as Vasudevan's father
- Anju Aravind as Bhanumathi
- Raji Nair
- Suma Jayaram as Rani
- Chali Pala as Agnisarman
- Koottickal Jayachandran as Vasudevan
- P. Sreekumar as Fr. Abel
- Kailasnath
- Kollam Shah
- Spadikam George as Lucifer
- Poojappura Ravi as Bhattathiri
- Aneesh Ravi as Thomakutty
- Jagannatha Varma as Thampuran
- Saju Kodiyan as Chacko Chettan
- Kottayam Nazeer as Kuttappan
- Lissy Jose as Chacko Chettan's wife
- Sindhu Jacob
- Chaya Govind
- Sreekutty
References
- ↑ "Kadamattathu Kathanar on Asianet Plus". www.nettv4u.com.
- ↑ "'Kadamattathu Kathanar' to 'Prof. Jayanthi': Malayalam TV's iconic on-screen characters of all time". The Times of India. 19 June 2021.
- ↑ "And now, horror soaps". The Hindu. 20 May 2004.