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| runtime = 138 minutes| country = India| language = Malayalam| budget = }}Pappan priyapatta Pappan ({{Literal translation|Pappan Dear Pappan}}) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-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.WEB,weblink Pappan Priyappetta Pappan, 2014-10-22, MalayalaChalachithram, WEB,weblink Pappan Priyappetta Pappan, 2014-10-22, malayalasangeetham.info, WEB,weblink Pappan Priyappetta Pappan, 2014-10-22, spicyonion.com, This is the debut film of Siddique-Lal duo and Harisree Ashokan. The storyline is similar to Heaven Can Wait.

Plot

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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• Mohanlal as C.I. Devdas (The body which carries the soul of Pappan)
• Rahman as Padmakumar aka Pappan
• Thilakan as Yamarajan
• Jose as Umesh
• Lissy as Sarina
• Bahadur as Valyamangalathu Padmanabhan
• Nedumudi Venu as Kayikkara Kochappu
• Unnimary as Shantha
• Alummoodan as Chitragupthan
• Rajan P. Dev as Puli Sankaran
• Innocent as Constable Kuttan
• Sankaradi as Singapore Antappan
• Jose Prakash as Chandra Menon
• N. F. Varghese as Prabhakaran
• Kunchan as Kunjan Pillai M.L.A
• Harisree Ashokan
• Priya as Item Dancer
• Mala Aravindan
• Meena as Ammini
• Zainuddin

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by Alleppey Ranganath and lyrics were written by R. K. Damodaran and Sathyan Anthikad.{| class="wikitable"! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! LengthP. Jayachandran >||Jency Anthony, Sindhu >|Sathyan Anthikad >|

Release

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,”NEWS, MK.SunilKumar, In a manner of speaking, The Times of India,weblink 2023-02-17, 0971-8257,

References

{{reflist}}{{Sathyan Anthikad}}

External links

• {{IMDb title|0282827}}

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