Pappan Priyapatta Pappan (transl. Pappan Dear Pappan) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Siddique–Lal. It stars Mohanlal and Rahman in the lead roles with Thilakan, Lissy, Bahadoor, Nedumudi Venu and Rajan P. Dev. This is the debut film of Siddique-Lal duo and Harisree Ashokan. The storyline is similar to the film Heaven Can Wait.
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Plot
A singer Pappan is killed in a bike accident, by rival singer Umesh; but Yamaraj the Lord of Death realizes that Pappan had a few more days to live. Yamarajan allows Pappan to enter into bodies of other dead people. He first enters the body of a rich old man, then onto a Robinhood-like thief's body and finally onto CI (police)Devdas' body in a bid to tell his girlfriend Sarina that Pappan is dead, and to look forward to someone else in life.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Alleppey Ranganath and lyrics were written by R. K. Damodaran and Sathyan Anthikad.
Release
Distributed by Dinny Films, Pappan Priyappetta Pappan was released on 3 January 1986. Upon release, the film was a commercial failure. However, it has over the years attained a cult following. Siddique in an interview with The Times of India told, "At that time Malayalis were not ready to accept death as a suitable subject for humour. It was a movie made a bit ahead of its time,”