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Pappan Priyappetta Pappan

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Pappan Priyappetta Pappan
Poster
Directed bySathyan Anthikad
Written bySiddique–Lal
Produced byG. S. Harindran
StarringMohanlal
Rahman
Thilakan
Sankaradi
CinematographyAnandakuttan
Edited byM. N. Appu
Music byAlleppey Ranganath
Rajamani (assistant)
Distributed byDinny Films
Release date
  • 3 January 1986 (1986-01-03)
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Pappan Priyapatta Pappan (transl.Pappan Dear Pappan) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Siddique–Lal. It stars Mohanlal, Rahman, Thilakan, Lissy, Bahadoor, Unni Mary, Rajan P. Dev, and Sankaradi.[1][2][3] This is the debut film of Siddique-Lal duo and Harisree Ashokan. The storyline is similar to Heaven Can Wait.

Plot

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A singer Pappan is killed in a bike accident, by rival singer Umesh; but Yamaraj the Lord of Death realizes that Pappan had a few more days to live. Yamarajan allows Pappan to enter into bodies of other dead people. He first enters the body of a rich old man, then onto a Robinhood thief's body and finally onto CI (police)Devdas' body in a bid to tell his girlfriend Sarina that Pappan is dead, and to look forward to someone else in life.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was composed by Alleppey Ranganath and lyrics were written by R. K. Damodaran and Sathyan Anthikad.

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length
1 "Allithaamara" P. Jayachandran R. K. Damodaran
2 "Kaalanillakkaalathoru Thalla" Balagopalan Thampi R. K. Damodaran
3 "Puthan Manavaatti" Chorus, Jency Anthony, Sindhu R. K. Damodaran
4 "Shaarike Ennomalppainkilee" P. Jayachandran Sathyan Anthikad

Release

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Distributed by Dinny Films, Pappan Priyappetta Pappan was released on 3 January 1986. Upon release, the film was a commercial failure. However, it has over the years attained a cult following. Siddique in an interview with The Times of India told, "At that time Malayalis were not ready to accept death as a suitable subject for humour. It was a movie made a bit ahead of its time,”[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Pappan Priyappetta Pappan". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Pappan Priyappetta Pappan". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Pappan Priyappetta Pappan". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. ^ MK.SunilKumar. "In a manner of speaking". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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