Induchoodan(Mohanlal) was framed for a murder by his father Justice Menon's(Thilakan) enemy Manapally Madhavan Nambiar(Kozhikode Narayanan Nair). Since all the evidence were against induchoodan without any loopholes,Menon being a righteous person refuses to save his son. So induchoodan gets six years imprisonment. After six years, Madhavan nambiar dies and induchoodan returns going on a rampage mode against Nambiar's son Manapally Pavithran(Nf Varghese) by boycotting him to cremate his father's ashes in Bharatapuzha. Menon has a illegitimate daughter Indulekha(Kanaka) who Pavithran uses as a tool against Menon. He murders indulekha and puts the blame on Menon. Rest of the film is how induchoodan proves his father's innocence and take revenge on pavithran.
Its Mohanlal show all over in an out an out mass character. Though he previously played mass characters in spadikam, devasuram and aaram thampuran, Narasimham is totally a different league. This is one film which turned Mohanlal into a demigod among his fans. And why not? Even his minor acts in this film is clapworthy. But you can't call it Mohanlal's one man show. There are also memorable performances from supporting cast. That was the speciality of old Malayalam mass films where even small characters had a substantial role but today's Malayalam mass films are copying Tamil and Telugu style which is just one man show of the hero. Nf Varghese gives equal competition to Mohanlal as pavithran. Thilakan as usual gives a standard performance as Menon. Mohanlal-Thilakan combination scenes are another highlight though its nowhere near to kireedam and spadikam. While lalettan fans were having a blast, makers didn't ignore ikka fans. So, there comes Mammooty in a crucial cameo as Adv. Nandagopal who fights the case of Menon. Mammooty's presence forced even mammooka fans to watch narasimham in theaters. Narasimham was safe in the hands of Shaji kailas who was the biggest action director in Malayalam at that time.
Only drawback I felt in Narasimham was it's climax could have been more entertaining like firecrackers. On the whole Narasimham is one of the best mass film in Malayalam. It remained industry hit at that time until it was surpassed by Mammooty's Rajamanikyam.
