Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (1986)

Name: Pappan Priyappetta Pappan
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1986-07-04
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Rahman, Mohanlal, Jose, Lissy, Thilakan

Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (1986), directed by Sathyan Anthikad, starring Rahman and Mohanlal.

07/04/1986 BR Comedy 2h 17m

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A singer Pappan (Rahman) is killed in a bike accident, but Yamaraj the Lord of Death (Thilakan) realizes that Pappan has 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.

Sathyan AnthikadDirector
G S HarindranProducer
LalWriter
SiddiqueWriter

About the film

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 and Rahman in the lead roles with Thilakan, Lissy, Bahadoor, Nedumudi Venu and Rajan P. Dev. This is the debut film of Siddique-Lal duo and Harisree Ashokan. The storyline is similar to the film Heaven Can Wait.

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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-like 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.

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Soundtrack

The music was composed by Alleppey Ranganath and lyrics were written by R. K. Damodaran and 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,”

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Pappan Priyappetta Pappan at IMDb

Text from Pappan Priyappetta Pappan on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappan_Priyappetta_Pappan

Trivia

It premiered on July 4, 1986, a Friday.
It runs 2h17 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "പപ്പൻ പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട പപ്പൻ".
This film's quiz has 8 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosDinny Films
CountriesIndia
LanguagesMalayalam
StatusReleased

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Sathyan Anthikad Director
G S Harindran Producer
Lal Writer
Siddique Writer

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What is Pappan Priyappetta Pappan about?

Pappan Priyappetta Pappan: A singer Pappan (Rahman) is killed in a bike accident, but Yamaraj the Lord of Death (Thilakan) realizes that Pappan has 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 …

Who directed Pappan Priyappetta Pappan?

Pappan Priyappetta Pappan was directed by Sathyan Anthikad in 1986.

Who stars in Pappan Priyappetta Pappan?

The cast of Pappan Priyappetta Pappan includes Rahman, Mohanlal, Jose, Lissy and Thilakan.

How long is Pappan Priyappetta Pappan?

Pappan Priyappetta Pappan runs for 137 minutes, or 2h17.