Kaveri

When, even after 2 years since the murder of the aristocrat Udaya Varma of Chithirapuram palace & his wife, the police hadn't caught the culprit nor located their missing son Mohana Varma (Madhupal), & the remaining relatives of the palace fighting for ownership of the palace, the court appoints lawyer Ananthapadmanaban (Jayaram) as the receiver of the palace. He, along with his sidekick & clerk Urumees (Jagathi Sreekumar) moves to the palace, but faces trouble with Udaya Varma's relatives.

Three retirees - Weather forecaster Omanakuttan Pillai (Jagathi Sreekumar), Animal protection department worker Cherian Thomas (Janardanan), and Postal worker Mahendran Thampi (Narendra Prasad) - decides to spice up their retired life by starting a drama troupe, with the help of Director Attakulangara Ambujakshan (Oduvil Unnikrishnan) and Manager Kattanam Kuttikrishnan (Indrans), much to the chagrin and skepticism of their families, and with hilarious and disastrous results.

Raghuraman (Mohanlal), who loses his family in a politically instigated Hindu-Muslim riot, takes refuge in an ashram, consumed with the idea of vengeance. On the verge of taking revenge, he is shown the error of his ways by a disciple of the ashram, in the form of a vision Raghuraman has. In his vision, he is in a land occupied by blind people. Raghuraman tries to give them the gift of eyesight, but suffers in the process. When he awakens, Raghuraman realizes how the vision related to reality.

Financier Gunasekaran (N.F. Varghese) & barber Pappu (Rajan P. Dev) had been lifelong friends, but when it came to keeping his word about marrying off his town-educated daughter Sunanda (Kaveri) to Pappu's son Chakrapani (Jagadish), Gunasekaran reneges on his word, causing an angry Pappu to ask Chakrapani to woo Sunanda, by hook or crook. An equally agitated Gunasekaran tries to twart Chakrapani's efforts, but soon the rivalry turns into a communal issue, because of their caste differences.

Sudhakaran Nair (Mammootty), an ex-serviceman with a slight gimp & who was in his late 30s, & a young girl in her late teens from the affluent Mullackal family, Indu (Kaveri), fall in love with each other, but faces stiff opposition from their families, because of the disparities between their ages & social ranks.

The two prominent families in town, that of Pareil Pappu's (Janardanan) & that of Mampalli Chackappan's (V.K. Sriraman), were always at loggerheads, with most conversations resulting in fisticuffs. Pappu's dreaded nephew Antony (Suresh Gopi) poses a constant headache for Chackappan, but Chackappan's daughter Nimmy (Divya Unni) & Antony fall in love. Chackappan & Pappu forget their differences & unite, but soon after, Pappu is shot dead by a mysterious sniper & Antony sets out to find the killer.

Struggling artist Satyanathan (Mohanlal) is forced to protect a young woman, Jaya (Mathu), & her two teenage sisters after Jaya's prostitute aunts try to force Jaya also into prostitution. His efforts go to waste however, when Jaya's employer Vijayan (Mahesh) cheats Jaya by impregnating her & leaving her. Forced to abort the pregnancy & without a job, Jaya takes to prostitution. As Jaya's aunts & their pimp Chandran's (Augustine) gazes turn towards Jaya's sisters, Satyanathan is forced to react.

Bobby Kurien, a young boy, who runs away from home after witnessing a murder, comes to Kerala & ends up with street performer Madhavankutty (Jagadish) & his party. Madhavankutty takes Bobby under his wing & provides for him, but soon Bobby stumbles into the very folks he ran away from.

Vishwam(Suresh Gopi) is a man who has been convicted of murder of those who raped his only daughter Anu (Priya Lal). Surya Narayanan(Mohanlal) is an advocate who comes to the innocent man's rescue when all gates are closed before him. Surya happens to be one of the best lawyers in the entire country and is known to have a wonderful way with his words. He takes it upon himself to release Vishwam because he's innocent. (Wikipedia)

Seetha (Kaveri), a young servant girl is found raped & murdered in a pond, & Unni Thampuran (Manian Pillai Raju), the girl's employer, is arrested & charged. Ace lawyer Kuruvila Aniyan Kuruvila (Mammootty) appears for the accused, but Unni is declared guilty & given a life sentence after the prosecution comes up with a fake witness. Although dejected, Kuruvila tries to reopen the case after finding that the case officer SP Sugunapalan (Rajan P. Dev) had helped the real culprits by framing Unni.

Dada Mohammed Sahib (Mammootty) is an old freedom fighter & his son Abubacker (Mammootty) is a former soldier. Abubacker, when he finds arms racketeering taking place in his home town involving people in the high echelons of power, including Jail IG Skaria Sacharia (Rajan P. Dev) & MLA Mohammedkutty (Saikumar), catches them in the act, but they frame Abubacker for terrorism & gets him sentenced to death. However, he manages to survive an attempt to hang him & escapes to expose the real traitors.

Seeing that she was being forced into an arranged marriage with lawyer Nanda Kumar (Murali), whom she wasn't enthusiastic about, Athira (Sree Lakshmy) writes a letter to Nandan pretending that she has a lover & asks him to back off. Nandan never sees the letter & they eventually get married. Athira later warms up to Nandan & they have a happy life, till Nandan stumbles upon that unopened letter, which sows seeds of mistrust in him & destroys their marriage.

Kochu Kunju (Mammootty) of the Thachiledathu family, is forced to leave his lover Usha (Nandini) & marry rich heiress Ambika (Vani Viswanathan), in return for underwriting debts incurred by his father Vasukutty (Nedumudi Venu). Vasukutty commits suicide, leaving the family's burden on Kochu Kunju's shoulders.

A wake up call to politicians in the Indian government. (imdb)