{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Pappan Priyappetta Pappan | image = Pappan Priyapetta Pappan.jpg | caption = Poster | director = [[Sathyan Anthikad]] | writer = [[Siddique–Lal]] | screenplay = | producer = G. S. Harindran | narrator = | starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br /> [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]]<br />[[Thilakan]]<br />[[Lissy (actress)|Lissy]] | music = Alleppey Ranganath<br>Rajamani (assistant) | cinematography = [[Anandakuttan]] | editing = [[:en:MN_Appu|M. N. Appu]] | distributor = Dinny Films | released = {{Film date|1986|01|03|df=y}} | runtime = 138 minutes | country = India | language = [[Malayalam]] | budget = }}
'''''Pappan Priyapatta Pappan''''' ({{translation| ''Pappan Dear Pappan''}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Malayalam-language]] [[fantasy film]] directed by [[Sathyan Anthikad]] and written by [[Siddique–Lal]]. It stars [[Mohanlal]], [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]], [[Thilakan]], [[Lissy (actress)|Lissy]], [[Bahadoor]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Rajan P. Dev]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=1891|title=Pappan Priyappetta Pappan|accessdate=2014-10-22|publisher=MalayalaChalachithram}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?2563|title=Pappan Priyappetta Pappan|accessdate=2014-10-22|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://spicyonion.com/title/pappan-priyappetta-pappan-malayalam-movie/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022164611/http://spicyonion.com/title/pappan-priyappetta-pappan-malayalam-movie/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=22 October 2014|title=Pappan Priyappetta Pappan|accessdate=2014-10-22|publisher=spicyonion.com}}</ref> This is the debut film of Siddique-Lal duo and [[Harisree Ashokan]]. The storyline is similar to [[Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait]].
==Plot== A singer Pappan is killed in a bike accident, by rival singer Umesh; but [[Yama (Hinduism)|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.
==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Mohanlal]] as C.I. Devdas (The body which carries the soul of Pappan) * [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] as Padmakumar aka Pappan * [[Thilakan]] as [[Yama (Hinduism)|Yamarajan]] * [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Kayikkara Kochappu * [[Bahadoor|Bahadur]] as Valyamangalathu Padmanabhan * [[Lissy (actress)|Lissy]] as Sarina * [[Mala Aravindan]] * [[N. F. Varghese]] as Prabhakaran * [[Zainuddin (actor)|Zainuddin]] * [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Puli Sankaran * [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Constable Kuttan * [[Sankaradi]] as Singapore Antappan * [[Jose Prakash]] as Chandra Menon * [[Jose (actor)|Jose]] as Umesh * [[Unnimary]] as Shantha * [[Alummoodan]] as [[Chitragupta|Chitragupthan]] * [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Kunjan Pillai M.L.A * [[Harisree Ashokan]] * [[Priya (actress)|Priya]] as Item Dancer * [[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]] as Ammini
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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 !! 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== 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 (director)|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,”<ref>{{Cite news |last=MK.SunilKumar |title=In a manner of speaking |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/in-a-manner-of-speaking/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0282827}}
{{Lal Films}} {{Sathyan Anthikad}}
[[Category:1986 Indian films]] [[Category:1986 Malayalam-language films]] [[Category:1986 fantasy films]] [[Category:Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad]] [[Category:Films about reincarnation]] [[Category:Films about the afterlife]] [[Category:Indian fantasy films]]