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Cheppu is a film of genre Drama directed by Priyadarshan with Mohanlal
Cheppu (1987)
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Add to a movie listCheppu (Malayalam: ചെപ്പ്) is a 1987 Malayalam language film made in India, directed by Priyadarshan and starring Mohanlal. The film is based on the 1982 Canadian film Class of 1984.
Synopsis
Ramachandran (Mohanlal) got a job as an English lecturer in T. K. P. Memorial College, only to find that the college is full of drugs and politics, led by young Ranjith Mathews (Ganesh), son of an M.P. (Prathapachandran). Ramachandran has helped the students, including a geek who was beaten by Ranjith's gang.Actors
Mohanlal
(Ramachandran)
Cochin Haneefa
(Inspector)
Lissy
(Mini)
Prathapachandran Nair
(Mathews)
Sankaradi
(Karunakaran Nair)
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