Pappan Priyappetta Pappan

<p>A singer Pappan is killed in a bike accident, by rival singer Umesh; but 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. The music was composed by Alleppey Ranganath and lyrics were written by R. K. Damodaran and . Distributed by Dinny Films, was released on 3 January 1986. Upon release, the film was a commercial failure. However, it has over the years attained a . in an interview with 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,”</p>