It stars Mohanlal in the title role, along with Devayani, Nedumudi Venu, Harisree Ashokan, Riyaz Khan, Innocent, and Jagathy Sreekumar.

[4] Athaniparampil Balachandran (Balan) is an ordinary family man, living with his wife Radhika, two children, his younger brother and father, a locally respected retired postmaster.

However, his good samaritanism, amateur interests and carelessness leads to circumstances that leave him deep in debt and he even gets arrested for cheating on false charges.

The rest of the story tells how Balan manages to solve his problems, including Bhadran's threats and getting his second family accepted in the society.

All lyrics are written by Gireesh Puthenchery; all music is composed by M. JayachandranThe film was released on 28 August 2003 during the month of Onam festival.