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Pappan Priyappetta Pappan is a film of genre Comedy directed by Sathyan Anthikad with Rashin Rahman
Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (1986)
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Add to a movie listPappan Priyappetta Pappan (English: Pappan Dear Pappan) is a 1986 Malayalam film directed by Sathyan Anthikkad and starring Rahman, Mohanlal, Thilakan, Lisy, Bahadur, Unnimary, Rajan P. Dev and Sankaradi. This is the debut film of directors Siddique-Lal as scriptwriters. The film is loosely based on the film Heaven Can Wait (1978). This was the first film of Harisree Ashokan.This is Mohanlal's 100th film.
Synopsis
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.Actors
Rashin Rahman
(Pappan)
Mohanlal
(Inspector Devodas)
Thilakan
(Yamarajan)
Sankaradi
(Singapore Antappan)
Jose
(Umesh)
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