''Prajapathi'' () is a 2006 Malayalam-language action drama film written and directed by Ranjith. It stars

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, Siddique,

Sreenivasan Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such a ...

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, and

Thilakan Palappurathu Keshavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appeara ...

. The music was by Tej Manoj. The film marks

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's feature film debut. The film was shot close to Gopichettipalayam in Tamil Nadu.

Plot

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 if and how Giri takes revenge on Narayanan. And Giri is defeated by Narayanan during the fight. But unexpectedly Giri is killed by Kumaran.

Cast

as Adv. Devarmadom Narayanan * Siddique as Kaliyarmadom Giri, The main antagonist *

as Ali Raghavan *

as Muppil Kunjambu Nair *

as Vellodi *

as Savithri * Sandhya as Vasanthi * Sai Kumar as MLA Kuttykrishanan * Seema as Indrani * Abu Salim as Kaatti a.k.a. Manikandan *

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as Latheef *

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as Kunjachan * Maniyanpilla Raju as Kumaran * Kanya Bharathi as Devaki *

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as SP Ramachandran IPS *

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as Rowther * Kunchan as Nambiar *

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as Appa Swami * Vijayan Karanthoor as Rajappan *

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as Jagathan * K.V. Manjulan as Sugunan * Bineesh Kodiyeri as Santhosh * Anil Murali as Peethambaran * T.S. Raju as Muppil Ramankutty Nair * T. G. Ravi as Velappan Mooshari * Rekha as Subhadra *

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as Power Star Manohar/ Manoharan Kumbalangi *

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as Film Actress * V. K. Sreeraman as Gangadhara Menon * Madhupal as Vijayan, Film Director * Baburaj as CI Salim * Ponnambalam as Vanangamudi * Rajesh Hebbar as Rajmohan, Assistant Director *

Kalabhavan Rahman Kalabhavan Rahman is a Malayalam film actor in Kerala. Career Rahman started his film acting career in 1986 with a unimportant role. Reghunath Paleri directed the title Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare. He hails from Aluva in Kerala. Rahman is alumn ...

as SI Basheer *

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* Aravind Akash as Dance master *

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as Radhika * Vijayan Peringode as Nambiar

Soundtrack

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

Reception

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".

References

External links

* {{Ranjith 2006 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Ranjith (director) Indian action drama films Films shot in Tamil Nadu Films shot in Coimbatore Films shot in Pollachi 2006 action films