Pandippada

Pandippada
DVD poster
Directed by	Rafi-Mecartin
Written by	Rafi Mecartin
Produced by	Dileep[1] Anoop
Starring	Dileep Prakash Raj Navya Nair Rajan P Dev
Narrated by	Dileep
Cinematography	Saloo George
Edited by	Harihara Puthran
Music by	Suresh Peters (Songs) S. P. Venkatesh (background score)
Production company	Graand Production
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films Wrights Releases Kas
Release date	4 July 2005 (2005-07-04) (Kerala)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Malayalam Tamil

Pandippada (transl. Pandi gang) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-Tamil bilingual action comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin. The film stars Dileep in the lead role while Prakash Raj, Navya Nair, Rajan P. Dev, Harisree Ashokan, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, and Indrans play supporting roles. The film was produced by Dileep and Anoop under the company Graand Production.^[2][3] The film was commercially successful at box office, it was one of the highest-grossing film in 2005 and developed a cult following.^[4]

The film released on 4 July 2005. The story revolves around Bhuvana Chandran (Dileep), a struggling entrepreneur in a lot of debt that gets involved in a land conflict between two powerful men related by marriage in Tamil Nadu, namely Pandi Durai (Prakash Raj) and Karuppayya Swami (Rajan P. Dev). Meanwhile, he lands himself as a close confidante of Durai and falls in a love triangle inspired from Twelfth Night.^[5][4]

Plot

Pandi Durai and his brother-in-law Karuppayya Swami are two rival landlords, illiterate yet equally feared by the villagers for their brutalities. Bhuvanachandran is an unsuccessful entrepreneur who gets a piece of land in the same village. He has a lot of debts, and in order to clear them, he has to sell the land. However, Pandi and Karuppayya have not let any owner of the land sell it, Bhuvan being the latest owner to land into trouble.

Bhuvan, not knowing the situation stemming from the feud, comes to this village to check the possibilities of selling the land. Then he sees help from his best friend Bhasi, who lived there. Bhasi takes him to Pandi, whom he works as a member, and Bhuvan joins Pandi's group. Later, Karuppayya's beautiful, literate, well-mannered daughter Meena falls in love with Bhuvan.^[6]

However, Pandi also wants to marry Meena, and this makes Pandi and Bhuvan enemies. Pandi tries to kill Bhuvan, but the latter escapes. Karuppayya finds Bhuvan to be a better suitor than Pandi and fixes the marriage of Meena and Bhuvan. Pandi also fixes his marriage with Meena on the same date. In the chaos that follows, Bhuvan confronts Pandi in a duel and finally gives a gun to Pandi and asks him to shoot Bhuvan if he cannot see him as a brother. Pandi realizes his mistakes, forgives them both, and nods approval for their marriage.

Cast

• Dileep as Bhuvanachandran (Bhuvan)
• Prakash Raj as Pandi Durai, Karuppayya's brother-in-law
• Harisree Asokan as Bhasi, Bhuvan's best friend
• Salim Kumar as Umakanthan, Bhuvan's best friend
• Navya Nair as Meena, Karuppayya's daughter and Bhuvan's love interest
• Cochin Haneefa as Ummachan
• Rajan P. Dev as Karuppayya Swami (Kuruppayya), Meena's father and Pandi Durai's brother-law
• Ambika as Mallika, Karuppayya's wife and Pandi Durai's sister
• Sukumari as Pandi Durai's and Mallika's Mother
• Indrans as Veeramani
• Sabu Varghese as Kaali, Pandi Durai's henchman
• T. P. Madhavan as Chandran, Bhuvanachandran's father
• Zeenath as Sathyabhama, Bhuvanachandran's mother
• Subbalakshmi as Meena's grandmother
• Neena Kurup as Sheela, Bhuvanachandran's sister
• Kollam Ajith as Murugan, Karuppayya Swami's henchman
• Kalabhavan Shajon as Raghavan
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Chimbu
• Geetha Salam as Broker
• Baiju Ezhupunna as Gounder
• Narayanankutty as Police Officer
• Nandu Poduval as Tattoo Artist
• Soubin Shahir as Peacock Man in the function (uncredited role)

Reception

The film was commercially successful in the box office and ran more than 100 days in theaters.

Soundtrack

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	R. K. Damodaran
7	"Panchaayathile"	Sujatha Mohan, Afsal	Nadirsha
8	"Ponkanavu Minukkum"	Mano, Ranjini Jose, Timmi	Santhosh Varma, I S Kundanoor

References

1. "Rise of a superstar". The Hindu. 15 July 2005. Archived from the original on 27 November 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
2. "Dileep's comedy riot!". Sify. 10 May 2005. Archived from the original on 11 May 2005. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
3. "'Pandipada' limping!". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
4. "Pandipada". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015.
5. "Paandipada review. Paandipada Malayalam movie review, story, rating".
6. "Pandipada Preview, Synopsis". Retrieved 13 March 2010.

External links

• Pandippada at IMDb