[1] The plot follows barber Balan, a poor villager who once shared a strong friendship with present-day film actor Ashok Raj, and later parted away.

The story revolves around the life of a barber named Balan in a small village called Melukavu in Kerala.

Life is tough for him – he does not have money for a square meal, let alone his children's school fees One day the village wakes up to the news that a Malayalam movie is going to be shot there, with superstar Ashok Raj as the hero.

Balan tries his best to approach the superstar, but his honesty and status of barber does not allow him to pass through the heavy security.

When the villagers know that Balan is not able to help them, they start thinking that he was lying about his friendship with Ashok Raj and take back their support, abusing and making even more fun of him.

[2] It was released in 40 centers on the occasion of Christmas alongside Flash, Kangaroo and Romeo and emerged the winner.

[3] It was the highest grossing Malayalam film of January 2008 despite the release of the highly anticipated Of the People and the Jayaram starrer Novel.

[6] Following the success it enjoyed in Malayalam, the film was remade in Tamil as Kuselan and Telugu as Kathanayakudu.

But both these versions strayed from the original with many extra characters and changes in the storyline resulting in dismal failures.