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Pranayam is a film of genre Drama directed by Blessy with Mohanlal

Pranayam (2011)

Pranayam
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Length 2h19
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Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating74% 3.7365253.7365253.7365253.7365253.736525

Pranayam (Malayalam: പ്രണയം; English: Love) is a 2011 Malayalam romantic drama film written and directed by Blessy. The film revolves around the love bound between the characters of Mathews (Mohanlal), Grace (Jaya Prada) and Achutha Menon (Anupam Kher).The film opened to critical positive reviews and was also a commercial success.

Synopsis

The film begins with Achutha Menon (Anupam Kher), a man in his late sixties arriving in the city to stay with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter after suffering a heart attack. He was a football player who had got selected in the State team but could never play for the team. He moulded his life and career to accommodate the romance in his life.

Actors

Mohanlal

(Mathews)
Anupam Kher

(Achutha Menon)
Anoop Menon

(Suresh Menon)
Niveda Thomas

(Young Grace)
Sreenath Bhasi

(Arun)
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