Karutha Pakshikal is the story of a Tamilian immigrant Murugan, who makes a living out of ironing clothes of city-dwellers in Kerala. He is a widower living in a slum with his three children, one of whom is blind and thereby his pet.

• Mammootty
• Meena
• Padmapriya Janakiraman
• Jagathy Sreekumar
• Salim Kumar
• Harisree Ashokan
• T G Ravi
• Dinesh