Pranchiyettan & the Saint
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| Malayalam | പ്രാഞ്ചിയേട്ടൻ ആന്റ് ദി സെയ്ന്റ് |
| Directed by | Ranjith |
| Produced by | Ranjith |
| Written by | Ranjith |
| Starring |
Mammootty Priyamani Jesse Fox Allen Innocent Master Ganapathy Siddique Khushboo Jagathy Sreekumar Sasi Kalinga Tini Tom |
| Music by | Ouseppachan |
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | Vijay Shankar |
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Capitol Theater
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| Distributed by | Play House Release |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pranchiyettan & the Saint is a 2010 Malayalam satirical comedy film written, directed, and produced by Ranjith. The film centres on the fictitious conversation between the Thrissur based rice merchant C.E. Francis aka Pranchiyettan (Mammootty) and St. Francis of Assisi (Jesse Fox Allen). Priyamani, Innocent, Siddique, Kushboo, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ganapathy, Sasi Kalinga, Tini Tom and Biju Menon play the other important roles.
Chirammal Enashu Francis, a.k.a. Pranchiyettan (Mammootty), is a successful businessman based in Thrissur. He is a devotee of Saint Francis of Assisi and often has imaginary conversations with the saint. His ancestors were rice traders, but he has grown beyond the small rice shop to expand his business into jewellery, real estate, finance, shopping complexes and lot more. Even though he is successful and wealthy, he is not well-educated (He has not cleared the SSLC exams), is unhappy with his name and also wants to become a celebrity. He is called Ari ("rice") Pranchi by everybody, citing his ancestors' business as a colloquial taunt. He wants to change his image from Ari Pranchi to something great and is ready to spend a fortune for it. The film deals with how Pranchi tries to get a good name and what changes that brings to his life.
The story starts with Francis talking to Saint Francis of Assisi about his own life. It starts with a short flashback about a quarrel between Francis and Jose (Siddique) over their lady love Omana (Kushboo) when they were in school. Francis had a romance going with Omana but he had to give her up because of Jose's tricks. Now Jose and Omana are apparently happily married and are leading doctors in the city.
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