Prajapathi (transl. People's lord) is a 2006 Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Ranjith. It stars Mammootty, Siddique, Sreenivasan, Nedumudi Venu, and Thilakan. The music was by Tej Manoj. The film marks Aditi Rao Hydari's feature film debut. The film was shot close to Gopichettipalayam in Tamil Nadu.[1]

Prajapathi
Directed byRanjith
Written byRanjith
Produced byValiyaveettil Siraj
StarringMammootty
Siddique
Sreenivasan
Nedumudi Venu
Thilakan
CinematographyAlagappan N.
Edited byL. Bhomminathan
Music byThej Mervin
Production
company
Valiyaveettil Movie International
Distributed byS Pictures
Release date
  • 15 June 2006 (2006-06-15)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

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Devarmadom Narayanan is accused of killing his father, for being cruel to his mother, at the age of 13 and serves a sentence in a juvenile home. When he returns, he becomes leader of the people of Perumalpuram village. He ensures the village is devoid of all wrongdoers by expelling them. His adversaries are his uncle Muppil Kunjambu Nair and wife Indrani. Kunjambu hated Narayanan for killing his brother, although Kunjambu and his eldest son Giri tried in many ways to kill Narayanan. At one point, Giri almost succeeded in killing Narayanan. Narayanan again did not react. He was on good terms with Kunjambu's daughter and his murapennu. Giri tries to sell his land in Perumalpuram to some outsider whose arrival, Narayanan knew, would destroy the harmony of the village. That is when Narayanan decides to react.

It turns out that Kunjambu was the one who actually killed his father for their wealth. Narayanan helps Ali Raghavan, the real son of Kunjambu, to gain his birthright. When Giri finds that he is the stepson of Kunjambu, he kills Kunjambu. The family drives him away from home with the help of Narayanan. The rest of the film is about how and if Giri takes revenge on Narayanan.And Giri is defeated by Narayanan during the fight.But unexpectedly Giri is killed by Kumaran.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The film's soundtrack contains five songs, all composed by Thej Mervin, with lyrics by Gireesh Puthenchery.

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Kuthira" M. G. Sreekumar
2 "Madhuram" K. S. Chitra
3 "Oru Penkidaavu" Jassie Gift
4 "Oru Penkidaavu (D)" Sayanora Philip, Jassie Gift, Sujatha Mohan, Chorus
5 "Prajaapathy" M. G. Sreekumar

Reception

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Rediff.com rated 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote that "this film is a repeat of his older films; you see bits and pieces of almost all his successful films as a writer first and director later".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Prajapathi". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Prajapathi: Just another Ranjith flick".
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