Aranmulla Ponnamma

Vasundhara Menon (Srividya), a retired judge, had always ruled over everyone, including her family. So when her son Balakrishnan aka Balan (Mohanlal) falls in love with his office amanuensis Geetha (Shobana), Vasundhara fights tooth & nail to break the relationship & to get him married to someone she chose. When Balan threatened to leave home, Vasundhara relents & agrees, but after the marriage, she teams up with her daughter Sulochana (Sumithra) to wreck Balan & Geetha's married life.

City Police Commissioner B. G. Menon (M.G. Soman) seeks the help of a lifer, Vikraman (Mohanlal), to find the killers of his son, Inspector Jayamohan, Vikraman's lookalike, who was on special duty to fight the rising crime in the city. Vikaraman agrees, hoping to escape & continue his search for Badran (C.I. Paul), who had raped his lover Ammini (Chitra) & the reason he had to go to jail. However, upon learning that he was Menon's illicit son, Vikraman decides to help find his brother's killers.

Achuthankutty Nair (Nedumudi Venu), an edgy, overprotective man, lived with a tight grip on his wife Rugmini (Rohini Hattangadi) & daughters Ashwathy (Rohini) & Karthika & oft picked fights with the tenants of the neighboring men's hostel, with their leader Vipin (Balachandra Menon) being Achuthankutty's prime adversary. After Achuthankutty suddenly dies of a heart attack, however, Rugmini & her daughters are deserted by family & friends, & Vipin turns out to be the only one they could count on.

Gouri (Kavya Madhavan) & Shankaran (Munna) were friends & lovers from childhood. Shankaran's orthodox Brahmin family, who were snake worshipers, had a custom where the eldest daughter-in-law would practice celibacy & become the "snake mother", a deity. Despite knowing that she would be next in line after Shankaran's mother's demise, Gouri marries Shankaran, but their joy is short-lived when shortly afterwards, Shankaran's mother, the current "snake mother", dies, forcing Gouri to fill the shoes.

Sankarankutty, a village simpleton, lives a carefree life, indulges in childish pursuits, lives off the money given to him by his sister (working elsewhere as a servant), and eats quite voraciously. Then one day he gets married, but the wife is frustrated by his aimless lifestyle & irresponsible attitude (even after she gets pregnant). So she goes back to her parents. Meanwhile, his sister who is now living with her lover, can no longer provide for him, and... (imdb)

Kathapurushan is the dramatisation of Kerala's history since the onset of the Independence struggle. Born in a feudal family, the protagonist, Kunjunni's parents were separated leaving him deprived of paternal care and affection. He grew up receiving love and affection of his mother, grandmother, the estimate manager and his friend Meenakshi - the maidservant's daughter. (Cinema of Malayalam.net)