Gramapanchayath (film)

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Graama Panchaayathu
Directed by Ali Akbar
Screenplay by Benny P. Nayarambalam
Produced byShemeer Thukalil
Kukku
Starring Jagadish
Rajan P. Dev
CinematographyMadhu Adoor
Edited byG. Murali
Music by Berni-Ignatious
Production
company
SM Creations
Distributed byKokkers Films
Anupama
Evershine
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Graama Panchaayathu is a 1998 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Ali Akbar and written by Benny P. Nayarambalam, starring Jagadish and Rajan P. Dev in the lead roles. It was a commercial success at the box-office. [1] [2]

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Plot

Two persons lifelong friendship takes a sour turn when one of them wins a court case and gets a hefty settlement. After this he considers his friend, who is a barber, to be of lower stature and goes back on his word to marry his daughter to his friend's son whom he now considers to be worthless as he has no job and is a barber's son. How the barber's son tries to woo and marry her despite her fathers resistance.

Cast

Jagathy Sreekumars character R.A. Japan (the stylish name which he would refer himself as), originally Rajappan, a self proclaimed modern barber who was brought by Gunasekharan to destroy his once good friend's barber shop, was immensely popular among the masses.Later it was used similarly in the film Njan Prakashan Fahad Fazils character P.R Akash , he changes his name from Prakashan to P.R Akash. [ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Graama Panchaayathu". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  2. "Graama Panchaayathu". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.