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Pandippada
| Pandippada | |
|---|---|
| File:Pandippada.jpg DVD poster | |
| Directed by | Rafi Mecartin |
| Produced by | Dileep[1] Anoop |
| Written by | Rafi Mecartin |
| Starring | Dileep Navya Nair Prakash Raj Rajan P. Dev Harisree Asokan Salim Kumar Cochin Haneefa |
| Narrated by | Rafi Mecartin |
| Music by | Suresh Peters (Songs) S. P. Venkatesh (background score) |
| Cinematography | Saloo George |
| Edited by | Harihara Puthran |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Kalasangham Films Wrights Releases Kas |
Release date | 4 July 2005 (Kerala) |
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pandippada (transl. Pandi troop) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin. The film stars Dileep in the lead role while Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Rajan P. Dev, Harisree Asokan, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, Ambika, Sukumari, and Indrans play supporting roles. The film was produced by Dileep and Anoop under the company Graand Production.[2][3]
The film released on 4 July 2005. The story follows Malayali Bhuvana Chandran (Dileep), an unsuccessful entrepreneur in a lot of debt, who gets involved in a land conflict between two powerful landlords in Tamil Nadu: Pandi Durai (Prakash Raj) and Karuppayya Swami (Rajan P. Dev
Plot[edit]
Pandippada is the story of a rivalry between Pandi Durai (Prakash Raj) and his brother-in-law Karuppayya Swami (Rajan P. Dev), who are illiterate landlords, yet equally feared by the villagers for their brutalities. Bhuvanachandran (Dileep) is a young, unsuccessful entrepreneur who gets a piece of land in the same village. He has a lot of debts and in order to clear that, he has to sell this land. However, Pandi and Karuppayya has not let any owner of the land to sell it, Bhuvan being the latest owner to land into trouble.
Bhuvanan, not knowing the situation stemming from the feud, comes to this village to check the possibilities of selling the land. Then he sees his best friend Bhasi (Harisree Ashokan) who lived there and asks for his help. Bhasi takes him to Pandi, whose gang he was a member of, and Bhuvanan joins Pandi's group. Later, he falls in love with Meena (Navya Nair), who is the beautiful, literate yet well-mannered daughter of Karuppayya.[4]
However, Pandi also wants to marry Meena, and this makes Pandi and Bhuvanan as enemies. Pandi wants to kill Bhuvanan. Karuppayya finds Bhuvan to be the better suitor than Pandi, and fixes the marriage of Meena and Bhuvanan. Pandi also fixes his marriage with Meena on the same date. In the chaos that follows, Bhuvanan beats Pandi in a duel, and finally gives a gun to him and asks him to shoot him if he cannot see him as a brother. Pandi realises his mistakes and forgives them both and nods approval for their marriage.
Cast[edit]
- Dileep as Bhuvana Chandran
- Prakash Raj as Pandi Durai
- Navya Nair as Meena
- Rajan P. Dev as Kurup/Karuppayya Swami
- Harisree Asokan as Bhasi
- Salim Kumar as Umakanthan
- Cochin Haneefa as Ummachan
- Ambika as Mallika
- Sukumari as Pandi Durai's mother
- Indrans as Veeramani
- T. P. Madhavan as Bhuvanachandran's father
- Zeenath as Bhuvanachandran's mother
- Subbalakshmi as Meena's grandmother
- Neena Kurup as Bhuvanachandran's sister
- Kalabhavan Haneef as Bhasi's friend
- Kollam Ajith as Murugan
- Sharmita as Meena's friend
Soundtrack[edit]
The music was composed by Suresh Peters, with lyrics written by Chittoor Gopi, R. K. Damodaran, I. S. Kundoor, Nadirsha and Santhosh Varma.
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ariyaathe Ishtamaay" (D) | V. Devanand, Jyotsna | Chittoor Gopi | |
| 2 | "Ariyaathe Ishtamaay" (F) | Jyotsna | Chittoor Gopi | |
| 3 | "Ariyaathe Ishtamaay" (M) | V. Devanand | Chittoor Gopi | |
| 4 | "Mayilin" | Sujatha Mohan, Afsal, Vidhu Prathap | R. K. Damodaran | |
| 5 | "Mayilin" (Remix) | Sujatha Mohan, Afsal, Vidhu Prathap | R. K. Damodaran | |
| 6 | "Mele Mukilin" | K. S. Chithra, Afsal | I. S. Kundoor | |
| 7 | "Panchaayathile" | Sujatha Mohan, Afsal | Nadirsha | |
| 8 | "Ponkanavu Minukkum" | Mano, Ranjini Jose, Timmi | Santhosh Varma |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rise of a superstar". The Hindu. 15 July 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "Dileep's comedy riot!". Sify. 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "'Pandipada' limping!". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ↑ "Pandipada Preview, Synopsis". Retrieved 13 March 2010.
External links[edit]
- Pandippada on IMDb