Pappan Priyappetta Pappan () is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-Fantasy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Siddique–Lal. It stars Mohanlal, Rahman, Thilakan, Lissy, Bahadoor, Unni Mary, Rajan P. Dev and Sankaradi. This is the debut film of Siddique-Lal duo and Harisree Ashokan. The storyline is similar to Heaven Can Wait. 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 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. Cast Mohanlal as C.I. Devdas (The body which carries the soul of Pappan) Rahman as Padmakumar aka Pappan Thilakan as Yamarajan Jose as Umesh Lissy as Sarina Bahadur as Valyamangalathu Padmanabhan Nedumudi Venu as Kayikkara Kochappu Unnimary as Shantha Alummoodan as Chitragupthan Rajan P. Dev as Puli Sankaran Innocent as Constable Kuttan Sankaradi as Singapore Antappan Jose Prakash as Chandra Menon N. F. Varghese as Prabhakaran Kunchan as Kunjan Pillai M.L.A Harisree Ashokan Priya as Item Dancer Mala Aravindan Meena as Ammini Zainuddin 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,” References External links 1986 films 1980s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Sathyan Anthikad Films about reincarnation 1986 fantasy films Indian fantasy films Films about the afterlife