''Olappeeppi'' is a 2016 Indian

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family-drama film written and directed by Krish Kymal and produced by

Sunil Ibrahim Sunil Ibrahim is an Indian screenwriter, film producer and film director. His first film was ''Chapters (film), Chapters'' in 2012, where Nivin Pauly and Sreenivasan played the lead roles. His second movie was Arikil Oraal released in 2013. ...

under the production house, Vibezon Movies. The film stars

Biju Menon Biju Menon (born 9 September 1967) is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films, and also has a few Tamil, Telugu and Kannada film credits. He made his debut in the 1994 Malayalam film ''Puthran''. In a career spanning over ...

, Paris Laxmi, Reina Maria, and Sreejith Ravi. ''Olappeeppi'' was released on 30 September 2016, by

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Synopsis

The story is set in

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

in the 1970s, in the backdrop of various socio-economic changes that prevailed in the state during the execution of the Land Reform Act in 1977. The story focuses on the turmoil created in an

upper class Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status. Usually, these are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power. According to this view, the upper cla ...

feudal family due to the Land Reform Act.

Cast

* Punasseri Kanchana as Muthassi *

* Paris Laxmi * Reina Maria *

Sreejith Ravi Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films and also in Tamil films. He is the son of actor T. G. Ravi. Early life Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist T. G. Ravi and V. K. Sub ...

* Jebbar Chemad * Kanchana * Anjali Nair * Master Dev

Soundtrack

''Olappeeppi'' features one song, "Ela Pulayelo", composed by Anil Johnson and sung by Jayakrishnan R., Fathimathul Liyana, Chinmayi S. Nath, and Shreya S. Ajith. The 3 minute 15 seconds long song was released on 3 September 2016 by

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Release

''Olappeeppi'', earlier scheduled to release on 23 September 2016, by

, was rescheduled and released on 30 September 2016.

Awards

* Kerala State Film Award for Best Character Actress - Kanchana P. K.

References

{{Reflist 2016 films Films set in the 1970s 2010s Malayalam-language films