# Kadamattathu Kathanar (TV series)

Kadamattathu Kathanar is an Indian Malayalam-language supernatural drama television series that originally aired on Asianet from 2004 to 2005. Asianet retelecast the series on Asianet Plus from March 2016. Prakash Paul plays the title character.

## Synopsis

Kadamattathu Kathanar (an oriental Syriac priest of Kadamattom Church) also known as Kadamattathachan (Father Kadamattom) is a legendary priest from the 9th century AD 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. Despite having learned sorcery from a mysterious and powerful source, Kathanar performed most of his feats by deriving power directly from God, through a direct prayer, invoking the Holy Spirit. This made him invulnerable to most sorcerers of the era.
The series depicts the myriad exorcisms of ghosts and other evil spirits he performed and the magical challenges he had to face along the way from other evil sorcerers. The most famous among them revolves around a traditional family in Kerala which was haunted by Kalliyankattu Neeli, a vampiric Yakshi. The family seeks the help of Kadamattathu Kathanar, a Christian priest who was believed to have supernatural powers to gage them out of the problems happening around the family.

## Plot
### Story 1-The Saga of Kalliyankattu Neeli (Episodes 1–21,25-27)

This story revolves around a traditional family Vamanam Tharavadu in Kerala which is haunted by a Yakshi, a vampire, which sports multiple appearances and displays tremendous power compared to ordinary ghosts, terrorising the whole village
When the story starts we are introduced to vamanam tharavadu,consist of Dhathri,her husband bhaskaran who is bedridden,her sons keshu and ramu,keshu's wife madhavi.Dhathri's brother achuthan,his wife janaki and daughter panchali who is deaf and dumb,stay near to them.Pregnant madhavi and her foetus ,keshu and ramu all killed by neeli under different circumstances.Next day the whole village wakes up to heard the tragedy caused by kaliyankattu Neeli.All of them decided to call a highly talented and powerful sorcerer Mepradan to destroy Neeli.Neeleswaran and his lover Manga from the village use to do theft using neeli's name and neeleswaran prays neeli as her god.
Mepradan manages to subdue and absorb the Yakshi in an idol with his black magic, but on his way to properly consecrate the same and conclude the ceremony, the Yakshi demonstrates her cunning by seducing and waylaying his proteges,thereby escaping the idol and showed them her five appearances including her real appearance,seeing that proteges starts running and subsequently killing Mepradan by burning him alive.
The death of such a highly powerful sorcerer as Mepradan shocks the whole countryside, and even Mepradan's guru, the aged and venerable Madavana Rakshasan Thirumeni recuses himself from the task.Madavana Rakshasan Thirumeni suggested achuthan to call Reverent Kadamattom, a Christian priest who was believed to have supernatural powers to gauge them out of the problems happening around their family.
Kathanar reached vamanam tharavadu where the members dhathri,achuthan,panchali,janaki,seetha and her husband balan all welcomed kathanar.Kathanar using his powers cured bhaskaran who can walk now and also cured panchali,who can hear and talk now,this make the family members very happy.Manga left neeleswaran for another guy,devasted neeleswaran apologised to kathanar for praying neeli,his real name was antony and he decided to continue living in his real identity and to stop all immoral things which he done till now.
Kathanar arrives and subdues Neeli and makes her recite her story.Neeli is from kilipadi village,Her parents are pot makers.she is a young village damsel who fell in love with the scion Kannappan of a powerful warrior family.Kannapan's uncle ittan pada nair against their relationship since neeli is from a poor family,but kannappan married her against his uncle permission.They lived happily and neeli become pregnant.One day ittan pada nair murdered kannappan using a sword,his men killed neelis parents,fathers friend,and her parrot.Later a pregnant neeli was stabbed and burned alive by ittan pada nair.Neeli returned as a vengefull spirit killed ittan pada nair and start haunting their family.
Kathanar pities her and rather than annihilate her to liberation, decides to give her a chance in the earthly realm. Keeping her in control with a nail driven down into her head, he leaves her in service of a poor old woman along the way.
However, Neeli takes her chance and flees when the old lady spots the nail and drives it off. Kathanar is forced to pursue Neeli again and corners her from an island and subdues her again. This time he settles her then and there as a demi-goddess for the villages, giving her another chance at earthly salvation.

### Story 2-War With Chadayan (Episodes 20–44)

The story starts by introducing seetha and her daughter lakshmikutti.Seethas husband was missing when lakshmi was infant.she is so close to kathanar and kathanar likes her very much since he is fond of children.Lada Guru and his son nathan visit kathanar,lada guru informed kathanar regarding the 13 grimoires and associated sacrifices,a person who do this get powers equal to god powers,nobody can destroy the grimoires also because the powers of grimoire may kill the person who try to destroy it,so he decided to give this to kathanar for safely keeping it. Chadayan,a student as well as the adopted son of Lada guru turns evil under the influence of a petty sorceress Durgamma and acquires power by murdering the Guru, imprisoning his son Nathan and laying his hands on the treasure of 13 ancient grimoires that their family traditionally protected. The contents of the grimoires supposedly promise ultimately godlike powers to him on sacrificing young virgins who was 18 years old,born of each of the 27 nakshatras said in the 12 grimoires,after that he have to do important task in the 13th grimoire.He cannot walk outside till he finishes all tasks in the 12 grimoires.He assigned Durgamma the task of bringing girl showing in the magical water. Meanwhile the temple thirumeni wants to marry seetha so he personally dislike lakshmikutti since she is a obstacle for him to approach seetha.
Durgamma start kidnapping girls under chadayans order and sacrificed them.Thirumeni seeks Durgammas help to kill lakshmikutti for getting seetha.Under Durgas advice thirumeni mix some magical powder in prasadam to make lakshmikutti unconscious but their plan failed.Devassis son kochukunju wants to marry pennama but her father malpan who is a wrestler informed kochukunju that he can marry his daughter only if he can defeat him in wrestling.Durgamma starts to follow seetha and lakshmikutti but kathanar warned her,fearing kathanar she left.Karyakkarans Daughter Devayani is chadayans next target so durgamma kidnapped her and bring her to chadyan,but luckily she was able to escape from chadayans men and start running.Chadayans men start chasing Devayani and she bump in to kathanar on the way.Kathanar saved Devayani from chadayans men and his ghost accomplice.Durgamma bring another mute and deaf girl who belongs to same nakshatra of devayani and sacrificed by chadayan.
Kathanar warned villagers regarding chadayans atrocities.Kochukunju and malpan wrestling matches start,kathanar using his powers make kochukunju wins the game,defeated malpan apologised to kathanar and agreed for kochukunju marriage with his daughter.Kochouseph worried about pennamas marriage since he also like pennamma but kathanar consoled him.Chadayans ghost accomplice start fearing villagers and more girls starting missing from the village.Meanwhile Durgamma try to kidnap Lakshmikutti disguised as a poor women but she escaped from Durgamma and bumps in to kathanar,seeing him Durgamma left.Chadayan scold durgamma for using his power for other things angry chadayan removed durgamma from his mission,depressed durgamma vows to destroy Chadayan.One day thirumeni throwed lakshmikuttis flower since she kept it on floor,Later temple door was not able to get opened tried by many but still door is locked,when lakshmikutti prays the door opens,thirumeni understood his mistakes and he seek apology from kathanar as well as lakshmikutti.Seetha told kathanar about her husband Devan who left for a war when lakshmikutti was toddler and never returns.War is over and no one wins but still he never returned,Kathanar consoled her.
Durgamma went to Bhairava Guru and understood that a girl child is the final sacrifice mention in the 13th Grimoire and it is none other than Lakshmikutti.To destroy Chadayan she decided to kill the child before him as per the advice of the guru.She uses a poisonous snake to kill lakshmikutti.The snake bit her but kathanar saved her and he uses the same snake to chase and kill Durgamma.Chadayan disguised as kathanar tricked seetha and took lakshmikutti.Kathanar went to chadayans place and a fight started.Kathanar defeated his accomplices.After that he defeated chadayan in a fierce and prolonged battle, at the end of which Chadayan is left blind and his castle crumbling down on him.He releases nathan from prison.He tooks lakshmikutti and bring her to her mother,seetha felt happy after seeing her daughter.One day kathanar came to seethas home and showed them a guest who came along with him.Seetha was surprised to see her husband Devan and all three of them reunited,seeing the happy family kathanar left happily.Chadayans demi-god of worship reappears and grants him his vision back.

### Story 3-The Saga of Kumkumathu Kovilakam (Episodes 43–51)

The historic Kumkumathu Kovilakam is haunted by a murderous evil spirit which plays upon the deep desires and fears of the members.When the story begins Ambika is having a bad dream of her baby turns in to snake,she wakes up and informed her husband Udaya Varma Thamburan regarding her dream but he consoled her.The couple worried for not having child after 3 years of marriage.Ambika informed her husband that they are not having child because she is from a family where all members have sarpa dosham in their horoscope but Udaya Varma Thamburan ask her to stop worrying.
Next day Devika Thamburati informed her son Udayan and Ambika that she will wait one more year if Ambika cannot have a child she will throw Ambika out of the house.Ambika felt sad after facing her rude behaviour and words,but Udayan consoled her and told her he will never agree what his mother told.Devika Thamburaty hates Ambika for not having child as well as for her sarpa dosham.Meanwhile we are introduced to kovilakam secretary Shankara kurup his wife Subhadra and daughter Paru.Parus marriage is fixed and Kurup ask help from Devika but Devika angry with him for losing money on gambling and other games but still she promise to help him
During night Ambika heard crying of a baby and she went outside.Next day morning Devikas husband Achan Thamburan is missing,Ambika ask them to look in their lake,where he was lying dead.From that day Ambika showing a changed behaviour.After Thamburans rituals done Devika insulted Ambika and said she will throw her out,Ambika attacks Thamburatti implies that she was possessed.Thamburatti runs to another room where fire catches quickly,but she was saved by warriors of kovilakam.
When the powerful Keezhetu Thirumeni is killed while attempting to subdue the spirit, the family is forced to turn to any corner that offers help.They plan to call kathanar but he is not available,then they approached the haughty Kulamana Potti who refuses to help since they plan to call Kathanar initially which he considered as perceived disrespect.Supernatural things continuously occuring in kovilakam.Ambika attacked thamburatti again but Kathanar arives at the scene,seeing him she runs.Kathanar followed her and discovers that the evil spirit is the ghost of Marthandan, an illegitimate son of Achan Thamburan.Long time back his mother is servant in the kovilakam who was disowned and thrown out by Achan thamburan when she was pregnant.
One day Marthandan reached kovilakam and he requested Achan thamburan to accept him as his son, but he was murdered brutally at the orders of the Thampuratti.He become a ghost and decided to destroy the kovilakam.He tricked Ambika to come out of house by creating baby's crying sound and possessed her.Later that night he killed Achan thamburan.Kathanar warned him but he is adamant to destroy the kovilakam so he exorcises the ghost.Next day morning kathanar reached kovilakam along with Ambika.He informed them all their problems are solved.The family members thanked Kathanar and Devika thampuratti accepted Ambika as her daughter in law.Kathanar informed them Ambika will become a mother soon and he also told parus marriage will also take place and he also warned Subhadra to see Shankara Kurup not falling to any trap after that he left from the kovilakam.

### Bhanu & Kulamana Potti (episodes 51–66)

The story continues from Kumkumathu Kovilakam as the secretary Sankara Kuruppu is in financial trouble to conduct his daughter Parvathy's marriage. Meanwhile we are introduced to the courtesan Bhanu, the rich mistress of Ettukettu, who demands that anybody defeat her in a game of dice in order to sleep with her. She has been trapping numerous men that fall for her heavenly beauty into servitude using a pair of enchanted dice that do her bidding even after being cast. At the end of his wits, Sankara Kuruppu makes the mistake of playing dice with Bhanu in order to win enough money for his daughter's marriage. He inevitably loses and is imprisoned by Bhanu, and his family evacuated from their home. In her shock and fury, Parvathy too makes the mistake of playing dice with Bhanu and is inevitably imprisoned. The hapless family goes to Kathanar for help.
Meanwhile, we learn that Bhanu has been the exclusive mistress of Kulamana Potti for some time now, and he is the reason behind her recent glory. As it happens, Bhanu is actually Bhanumathi of a reputed Brahmin family, but was ousted from both family and community at the young age of 14 for having pre-marital sex with her lover. Ending up as a prostitute, she recounts how Kulamana Potti was the only one who ever showed her any genuine concern. We also learned that Bhanu's dice were enchanted by none other than Potti.
Soon, Kathanar arrives at the place to rescue the hapless people, and is forced into the game of dice. However, he makes Parvathy play on behalf of him, and quite easily arranges for a win, bypassing Potti's enchantments on the dice. A shocked Bhanu loses all her property and is ordered to leave town, while all her slaves are freed.
Watching all this unfold helplessly in front of his eyes, Kulamana Potti is furious and mad at Kathanar for hurting his ego, and swears to destroy him. He brings Bhanu to his own home and starts a tug of war with Kathanar, but all his tactics fail. After a series of magical cat-and-mouse games and a final face-off, Potti is humbled and he, along with Bhanu, make peace with Kathanar.

### Odiyan (episodes 66–68)

Kathanar subdues the Odiyan who had been terrorising the village of Kuravanmedu. He happens to be Chanthoman, a servant who was tortured inhumanely by the Vadakkan family head Kunjikkelu Melan. Horribly deformed with boiled oil and left to die, he is initiated into being an Odiyan by Karikalan, and pledges to wreak revenge on those who tortured him. Kathanar informs him that his revenge is moot now because the exact people who tortured him are no more, and their descendants are innocent. Kathanar cures his deformities and sends him off to a distant place to have another chance at a fuller life. This leads us to the story of Vadakkan Veedu.

### The Curse of Thripangottu Kovilakkam (episodes 187–202)

Lord Surya Varma, the young heir of the Thripangottu Kovilakkam, is missing. Worried, his family calls for a magician, who is a fraudster in guise, to resolve their problems. But the magician invites more trouble, leading to the haunting of an evil entity who had a past with the family's ancestor decades ago. So the family calls for Kathannar to rid off their issues and rescue back their son.
With the help of Kalidasan, another famed sorcerer and priest, Kathannar tries to find the source of the problems and discovers that the family's curse begins with their ancestor Lord Udaya Varma. Udaya Varma lusted for a commoner girl Kalyani by feigning love. Their relationship gets cozy and Kalyani ends up pregnant. Eventually, she is flatly rejected by Udaya Varma but vows revenge. An enraged Udaya Varma kills Kalyani and her father. Kalyani returns as an evil spirit and kills Udaya Varma but is subdued by a powerful sorcerer. She is released by another demonic entity, who had actually kidnapped the prince Surya Varma during his religious expedition
The entity along with Kalyani's spirit decide to kill Surya Varma and absorb his soul and Kalyani's to become more powerful. Kathannar and Kalidasan locate the demon's hideout and rescue Surya Varma. They devise a plan to capture the two evil spirits and successfully subdue them. The demon entity is exorcized, while the spirit of Kalyani is subdued and blessed as a goddess among the serpents at the Sarpakavu.
The prince is rescued and reunited with his family by both sorcerers. Kalidasan expresses his gratitude to Kathannar and bids a teary farewell and then Kathannar embarks on his next mission.

### Vampire of Chandanamangalathu Tharavadu (episodes 202–217)

Jagathan Thambi and his family, which consists of his wife Satyabhama, sisters Unnimaya & Parvati and his grandmother, move to their ancestral home Chandanamangalathu Tharavadu which is famed for its dark past. The family settle in and begin cleaning up the home that had been desolate for decades. Thambi hires a group of men to repair and rearrange the house and its surroundings. During their work, the men unearth a sealed brass pot and accidentally release an evil spirit. Here begins trouble for the family at Chandanamangalathu Tharavadu.
The spirit is of Gauri, a maidservant's daughter who was in love with the young male heir of the house's previous occupants decades ago. After being mercilessly killed by the family, she returned as a vengeful spirit and tormented the family and village but was subdued and exorcised by a powerful sorcerer in a brass pot. After being released in the present time, she kills and possesses Unnimaya and subsequently kills the worker men. Gauri starts causing supernatural attacks to the family members with the intent of killing them.
Devastated, the family calls for Kathannar, who successfully subdues and destroys the evil spirit in an intense supernatural battle. With this, Kathannar assures the family that Jagathan Thambi and Satyabhama would be soon blessed with a child.

## Cast

* Prakash Paul as Poulose Alias Kadamattathu Kathanar Alias Kadamattathachan
* Sukanya as Kalliyankattu Neeli/Yakshiyamma
* Poornima Anand as Neeli's alternate appearance
* Suvarna Mathew as Neeli's alternate appearance
* K.G. Devaki Amma as Neeli's alternate appearance
* Anila Sreekumar as Madhavi
* Manu Varma as Ramu
* Narendra Prasad as Mepradan Thirumeni
* Jagannathan as Achuthan Nair
* Sangeetha Rajendran as Panchali
* Anand Kumar as Keshu
* Sukumari as Dhathri
* Prathapachandran as Bhaskaran
* Reena as Janaki
* Dr Priya as Seetha
* Vysakh as Balan
* Maniyanpilla Raju as Anthony Alias Neeleshwaran
* Priyanka Anoop as Mangamma
* Kalady Omana as Vayattatti Paru and Kuttiyamma
* Aranmula Ponnamma as Valyamma
* Rajasaheb as Kochouseph
* Kollam G. K. Pillai as Kochunni Vaidyar
* Geetha Nair as Therutha
* Kollam Thulasi as Neeli's father
* Shanavas as Kannappan
* Bheeman Raghu as Ittan Pada Nair
* Rekha Ratheesh as Ittan Pada Nair's wife
* Raji Menon as Commander's wife
* Anitha Nair as Seetha
* Baby Praharshitha as Lakshmikutti
* Sidha Raj as Chadayan
* M. S. Thripunithura as Thirumeni
* Lalithasree as Durgamma
* Geetha Salam as Devassi
* Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Karyakkaran
* Ramesh Kurumassery as Kochukunju
* Chaya Govind as Pennamma
* Kollam Shah as Ghost who accomplice Chadayan
* Anil Mohan as Devan
* N. L. Balakrishnan as Bhairava Rudhra Guru
* Sajan Sagara as Bhairava Gurus Assistant
* Ashokan as Udaya Varma Thampuran
* Thara Kalyan as Ambika
* Sreekala as Devika Thamburatti
* Paravoor Ramachandran as Achan Thamburan
* Kumarakom Raghunath as Shankara Kurup
* Manka Mahesh as Subhadramma
* Sreeja Chandran as Paru
* Harijith Alangad as Marthandan
* Yathikumar as Kulamana Madathil Potti
* Anju as Ettukettu Veetil Bhanumathy
* Dominic Chittat as Madhavakurup
* Nayana Bindu as Ammu
* Machan Varghese
* Biju Pappan as Odiyan
* Harsha Nair as Devootty
* Chembil Ashokan
* Kalasala Babu as Chanthukutty Melan
* Soniya Baiju Kottarakkara as Mandhana
* Bhavani as Mariyamma
* Shalu Menon as Kochuthresia
* 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
* 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 Alias 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
* 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
* Suma Jayaram as Rani
* Chali Pala as Agnisarman
* Koottickal Jayachandran as Vasudevan
* P. Sreekumar as Fr. Abel
* Kailasnath
* 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