Pingami

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{{ infobox film
| name = Pingami
| image = Pingami.jpg
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| director = [[Sathyan Anthikkad]]
| producer = Mohanlal
| writer = [[Reghunath Paleri]]
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| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br>[[Thilakan]]<br>[[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]]<br>[[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
| music = [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]]
| cinematography = Vipin Mohan
| editing = K. Rajagopal
| studio = [[Pranavam Arts]]
| distributor = Anupama Films
| released = 27 May 1994
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Malayalam]]
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'''''Pingami''''' ({{Translation|The successor}}) is a 1994 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by [[Sathyan Anthikkad]] and written by [[Reghunath Paleri]] based on his own short story ''Kumarettan Parayaatha Kadha''. It was produced by [[Mohanlal]] through the company [[Pranavam Arts]], and stars himself along with [[Thilakan]], [[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]], and [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]. The music was composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]].

==Plot==
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[[Captain]] Vijay Menon is an army officer who is on his annual leave and has come to stay with his maternal uncle and aunt who raised him and his younger sister after the untimely death of their parents and their youngest sister. In a turn of events Vijay sees a social worker named Kumaran injured from an accident and moaning for help. He takes Kumaran to a hospital but cannot save his life. There develops a strong bond between Kumaran and Vijay, which pulls him into finding out the accident was a pre-planned murder.

With the help of his friend Kutti Hassan, he starts on a trail to find out the mystery behind the murder and in the midst, he finds out the missing links of his own life. As the film proceeds it is revealed that Kumaran was murdered by the same people who killed Vijay's father. Vijay finally takes revenge upon his enemies in his own method. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Kumaran's daughter Sridevi. He gets his mentally ill mother and youngest sister who were believed to be dead but were in fact in a charity home. It is shown earlier that Kumaran took the baby girl to that home. And at the end Captain Vijay Menon marries Sridevi.

==Cast==
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*[[Mohanlal]] as [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]] Vijay Menon
*[[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Kutti Hassan
*[[Thilakan]] as Kumaran / Kumarettan
*[[Sukumaran]] as George Mathews, an influential politician
*[[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Advocate Iyengar
*[[Janardhanan (actor)|Janardhanan]] as Retd [[Superintendent of Police (India)|SP]] Koshy Varghese
*[[Oduvil Unnikrishnan]] as Menon, Vijay's maternal uncle
*[[Puneet Issar]] as Edwin Thomas / Achayan (voice dubbed by Prof. Aliyar)
*[[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]] as Sridevi, Kumaran's daughter
*[[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Achuthan
*[[Sankaradi]] as Muthappan
*[[Mala Aravindan]] as Velichappadu
*[[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Vijay's father, a government officer
*[[Shanthi Krishna]] as Subhadra, Menon's younger sister and Vijay's mother
*[[Meena (Malayalam actress)|Meena]] as Menon's wife and Vijay's aunt
*[[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Auto driver Khader Kutty
*[[Vinduja Menon]] as Ganga / Mary / Chinnumol, Vijay's youngest sister
*[[Paravoor Bharathan]] as Advocate
*[[T. P. Madhavan]] as Newspaper editor
*[[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Police officer
*[[Poornam Vishwanathan]] as Varma, Revenue Intelligence officer
*[[Sadiq]] as Studio owner
*[[Ottapalam Pappan]]
*[[Seetha (Malayalam actress)|Seetha]] as Parvathi, Vijay's younger sister
*[[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Kumarettan's wife and Sridevi's mother
*[[Meena Ganesh]] as Kuttyhasan's mother
*[[Antony Perumbavoor]] as Car driver Devasikutty
*[[Santha Devi]] as Mother Superior
*[[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Muthu
*Bindu Varappuzha as Rukhiya

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==Production==
''Pingami'' was based on [[Raghunath Paleri]]'s short story ''Kumarettan Parayatha Katha''. He also wrote the screenplay. [[Sathyan Anthikkad]] made a genre change with ''Pingami'' who was usually known for making comical family dramas.<ref>https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/features/interviews/sathyan-anthikad/</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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The film features songs composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] and written by [[Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri|Kaithapram]].

{| class="wikitable"
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! Track !! Song Title !! Singer(s)
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| 1 || "Themmaadikkaatte Ninnaatte" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]]
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| 2 || "Vennilavo" || [[K. S. Chithra]]
|}

==Release==
The film was released on 27 May 1994. It did not perform well at the box office at the time of release. However, over the years the film has achieved a [[Cult film|cult following]] among moviegoers. In a retrospect review in 2019, ''[[Kerala Kaumudi]]'' described ''Pingami'' as the most underrated revenge drama ever in Malayalam cinema.<ref>{{cite news |title=അച്ഛന്‍റെ മറുപടിയുമായി പിൻഗാമി : Super Character |url=https://www.deepika.com/cinema/Super-Character.aspx |access-date=9 July 2020 |work=[[Deepika (newspaper)|Deepika]] |date=15 September 2019 |language=ml}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{imdb title|0292187}}

{{Sathyan Anthikad}}
{{Mohanlal}}

[[Category:1994 films]]
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad]]
[[Category:Pranavam Arts International films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]

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