# Pravachakan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pravachakan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pravachakan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravachakan > Source revision: 1341556142 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Pravachakan" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1993 Indian film Pravachakan Directed by P. G. Viswambharan Written by Sasidharan Arattuvazhi Produced by Abraham Paul Sudheer V. Uthuppan Joseph Cinematography Ramachandra Babu Edited by K. Sankunny Music by S. P. Venkatesh Release date 1993 (1993) Country India Language Malayalam ***Pravachakan*** is a 1993 Indian [Malayalam](/source/Malayalam) movie directed by [P. G. Viswambharan](/source/P._G._Viswambharan). The film has notable actors, like [Mukesh](/source/Mukesh_(actor)), [Siddique](/source/Siddique_(actor)), [Shenbaga](/source/Shenbaga), [Keerikkadan Jose](/source/Keerikkadan_Jose), [Mamukkoya](/source/Mamukkoya), [Narendra Prasad](/source/Narendra_Prasad), and [Rajan P. Dev](/source/Rajan_P._Dev). It received mixed reviews from critics and audiences. It was a hit at the box office. [1] ## Plot Balagopalan aka Balu is from a family of fortune-tellers. However, he does not like the profession and his ambition is to act in movies. He joins the Oscar acting school to learn acting along with his friends. He has hidden his poor family background from his friends. Balu falls in love with Deepty, whose father is a powerful and influential man. His friend Benny's father is Kurian MLA who runs various illegal businesses. Balu and his friends get beaten up by goons taking revenge against Kurian. Balu's father works as a bird fortune teller on the road but is out of work and struggling. Balu and friends plan on directing and acting in a movie, sponsored by a Singapore producer. Balu's father passes away leaving his family a financial burden. Their filmmaking plans do not work out, and his responsibility towards his family leads him to start his parrot fortune-teller career on the roadside. Some of his predictions become true and thereby he becomes famous. His successful life has a turning point when the finance minister of the state is kidnapped. The public thinks the minister is kidnapped by Balu's friend's father, Kurian. The story revolves around the mystery behind the kidnapping. ## Cast - [Mukesh](/source/Mukesh_(actor)) as Balagopalan / Balu - [Siddique](/source/Siddique_(actor)) as Prakashan - [Keerikkadan Jose](/source/Keerikkadan_Jose) as Freddy - [Mamukkoya](/source/Mamukkoya) as Jaffer Sherif - Rajeev Rangan as Benny - [Narendra Prasad](/source/Narendra_Prasad) as [MLA](/source/Member_of_Legislative_Assembly#Kerala) Kurian - [Shenbaga](/source/Shenbaga) as Deepthi (Balu's love interest) - [Kuthiravattam Pappu](/source/Kuthiravattam_Pappu) as Sathyaseelan - [Rajan P. Dev](/source/Rajan_P._Dev) as Menon - [Philomina](/source/Philomina) as Balau's grandmother - [Mala Aravindan](/source/Mala_Aravindan) as Velandi - [M. S. Thripunithura](/source/M._S._Thripunithura) as [Chief Minister](/source/Chief_Minister) of [Kerala](/source/Kerala) - [Paravoor Bharathan](/source/Paravoor_Bharathan) Deepthi's uncle - [Bobby Kottarakkara](/source/Bobby_Kottarakkara) as Daniel - [Jagannathan](/source/Jagannathan_(actor)) as [Finance Minister](/source/Finance_Minister) Chackochan - Sashikumar as Madanlal - [Maniyanpilla Raju](/source/Maniyanpilla_Raju) as himself - [Beena Antony](/source/Beena_Antony) as Kusumam - Suma Jayaram as Balu's sister - [Machan Varghese](/source/Machan_Varghese) - [Kalabhavan Haneef](/source/Kalabhavan_Haneef) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["വലിയ പ്രതീക്ഷകളോടെ ചെയ്ത ആ മുകേഷ് ചിത്രം തിയ്യേറ്ററുകളിലെത്തിയില്ല, കാരണം ഇതാണ്"](https://malayalam.filmibeat.com/features/mukesh-pg-viswambaran-movie-pravachakan-video-cassets-leaked-story-066112.html). 17 October 2020. ## External links - [Film portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Film) - [*Pravachakan*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353909/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article about a Malayalam film of the 1990s is a stub. 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