Gopi till then a relatively unknown actor,except for a brief appearance in Adoor's first movie,Swayamvaram,with Kodiyettam he was catapulted to fame.He won so much popularity that he was referred to fondly as 'Kodiyettan Gopi'. He won the national award and state awards for the best actor (Bharath award then) for his performance in Kodiyettam.Thus he graduated from Kodiyettam Gopi to Bharath Gopi.He even legally adopted this name.

KPAC Lalitha
as Shanthamma

Bharath Gopi
as Sankarankutti

Supporting Roles

Ramankutty Nair as Mahout's Understudy	TP Radhamani as Truck Driver's Sweetheart	PK Venukkuttan Nair as Police Constable	PC Soman as The Teas=shop Owner
Kavalam Narayana Panicker as Vareed Mappila	Kaviyoor Ponnamma as Kamalamma	Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair as Sukumara Pillai	Adoor Bhavani as Shanthamma's Mother
Aranmula Ponnamma as A Neighbour	KPAC Azeez as Truck Driver	BK Nair as Match-maker	Kuttyedathi Vilasini as Sarojini - Sankarankutty's Sister
Vembayam Thampi as The Mahout	Varadarajan nair as Sankarankutty's Drunkard friend	Susheela as Driver's Wife	KPS Kurupu as Customer at Teashop