Pappan Priyappetta Pappan | |
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Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
Produced by | G.S. Harindran |
Written by | Siddique-Lal |
Screenplay by | Siddique-Lal |
Starring |
Rahman Mohanlal Thilakan Sankaradi |
Music by | Alleppey Ranganath Rajamani (assistant) |
Cinematography | Anandakuttan |
Edited by | M.N. Appu |
Distributed by | Dinny Films |
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Running time
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120 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (English: Pappan Dear Pappan) is a 1986 Malayalam film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and starring Rahman, Mohanlal, Thilakan, Lisy, Bahadur, Unnimary, Rajan P. Dev and Sankaradi. This is the debut film of directors Siddique-Lal as scriptwriters. The film is loosely based on the film Heaven Can Wait (1978). This was the first film of Harisree Ashokan.This is Mohanlal's 100th film.
A singer Pappan (Rahman) is killed in a bike accident, but Yamaraj the Lord of Death (Thilakan) realizes that Pappan had a few more days to live. Yamarajan allows Pappan to enter into bodies of other dead people including that of Inspector Devdas (Mohanlal) in a bid to tell his girlfriend Sarina (Lizy) that Pappan is dead, and to look forward to someone else in life.
The music was composed by Alleppey Ranganath and lyrics was written by RK Damodaran and Sathyan Anthikkad.
Pappan Priyappetta Pappan was distributed by Dinny Films and was a box office hit.