Donkey in a Brahmin Village

A donkey strays into a village dominated by the upper caste Brahmins.

Cast

M. B. Sreenivasan

as Professor Narayanaswami

Swathi

as Uma

S. Gopal

Krishnaraj

Sri Lalitha

Savithri Rajan

Raman Veeraraghavan

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