Pingami
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Directed by | Sathyan Anthikkad |
Written by | Reghunath Paleri |
Produced by | Mohanlal |
Starring | Mohanlal Thilakan Kanaka Jagathy Sreekumar |
Cinematography | Vipin Mohan |
Edited by | K. Rajagopal |
Music by | Johnson |
Production company | Pranavam Arts |
Distributed by | Anupama Films |
Release date | 27 May 1994 |
Running time | 160 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Pingami (transl. 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, and Jagathy Sreekumar. The music was composed by 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[]
- Mohanlal as Captain Vijay Menon
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Kutti Hassan
- Thilakan as Kumaran / Kumarettan
- Sukumaran as George Mathews, an influential politician
- Innocent as Advocate Iyengar
- Janardhanan as Retd SP Koshy Varghese
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Menon, Vijay's maternal uncle
- Puneet Issar as Edwin Thomas / Achayan (voice dubbed by Prof. Aliyar)
- Kanaka as Sridevi, Kumaran's daughter
- Kuthiravattam Pappu as Achuthan
- Sankaradi as Muthappan
- Mala Aravindan as Velichappadu
- Devan as Vijay's father, a government officer
- Shanthi Krishna as Subhadra, Menon's younger sister and Vijay's mother
- Meena as Menon's wife and Vijay's aunt
- 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 as Parvathi, Vijay's younger sister
- 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 as Muthu
- Bindu Varappuzha as Rukhiya
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.[1]
Soundtrack[]
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Soundtrack album by | |
Genre | Film |
Language | Malayalam |
The film features songs composed by Johnson and written by Kaithapram.
Track | Song Title | Singer(s) |
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1 | "Themmaadikkaatte Ninnaatte" | K. J. Yesudas, M. G. Sreekumar |
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 following among moviegoers. In a retrospect review in 2019, Kerala Kaumudi described Pingami as the most underrated revenge drama ever in Malayalam cinema.[2]
References[]
- ^ https://silverscreenindia.com/movies/features/interviews/sathyan-anthikad/
- ^ "അച്ഛന്റെ മറുപടിയുമായി പിൻഗാമി : Super Character". Deepika (in Malayalam). 15 September 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
External links[]
- 1994 films
- 1990s Malayalam-language films
- Indian films
- Malayalam-language films
- Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad
- Pranavam Arts International films
- Indian films about revenge