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Pandippada
Pandippada
	DVD poster
Directed by	Rafi-Mecartin
Written by	Rafi Mecartin
Produced by	Dileep ; Anoop
Starring	Dileep; Prakash Raj; Navya Nair; Rajan P Dev
Narrated by	Dileep
Cinematography	Saloo George
Edited by	Harihara Puthran
Music by	Suresh Peters; (Songs); S. P. Venkatesh (background score)
Production; company	Graand Production
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films; Wrights Releases; Kas
Release date	4 July 2005 (Kerala);
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Malayalam; Tamil

Pandippada (transl. Pandi gang) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-Tamil bilingual action comedy film written and directed by Rafi Mecartin. The film stars Dileep in the lead role while Prakash Raj, Navya Nair, Rajan P. Dev, Harisree Ashokan, Salim Kumar, Cochin Haneefa, and Indrans play supporting roles. The film was produced by Dileep and Anoop under the company Graand Production.^[2]^[3] The film was commercially successful at box office, it was one of the highest-grossing film in 2005 and developed a cult following.^[4]

The film released on 4 July 2005. The story revolves around Bhuvana Chandran (Dileep), a struggling entrepreneur in a lot of debt, who gets involved in a land conflict between two powerful men related by marriage in Tamil Nadu, Pandi Durai (Prakash Raj) and Karuppayya Swami (Rajan P. Dev). Meanwhile, he lands himself as a close confidante of Durai and falls in a love triangle inspired from Twelfth Night.^[5]^[4]

Plot

Pandi Durai and his brother-in-law Karuppayya Swami are two rival landlords, illiterate yet equally feared by the villagers for their brutalities. Bhuvanachandran is an unsuccessful entrepreneur who gets a piece of land in the same village. He has a lot of debts, and in order to clear them, he has to sell the land. However, Pandi and Karuppayya have not let any owner of the land sell it, Bhuvan being the latest owner to land into trouble.

Bhuvan, not knowing the situation stemming from the feud, comes to this village to check the possibilities of selling the land. Then he sees help from his best friend Bhasi, who lived there. Bhasi takes him to Pandi, whom he works as a member, and Bhuvan joins Pandi's group. Later, Karuppayya's beautiful, literate, well-mannered daughter Meena falls in love with Bhuvan.^[6]

However, Pandi also wants to marry Meena, and this makes Pandi and Bhuvan enemies. Pandi tries to kill Bhuvan, but the latter escapes. Karuppayya finds Bhuvan to be a better suitor than Pandi and fixes the marriage of Meena and Bhuvan. Pandi also fixes his marriage with Meena on the same date. In the chaos that follows, Bhuvan confronts Pandi in a duel and finally gives a gun to Pandi and asks him to shoot Bhuvan if he cannot see him as a brother. Pandi realizes his mistakes, forgives them both, and nods approval for their marriage.

Cast

Dileep as Bhuvanachandran (Bhuvan)
Prakash Raj as Pandi Durai, Karuppayya's brother-in-law
Harisree Asokan as Bhasi, Bhuvan's best friend
Salim Kumar as Umakanthan, Bhuvan's best friend
Navya Nair as Meena, Karuppayya's daughter and Bhuvan's love interest
Cochin Haneefa as Ummachan
Rajan P. Dev as Karuppayya Swami (Kuruppayya), Meena's father and Pandi Durai's brother-law
Ambika as Mallika, Karuppayya's wife and Pandi Durai's sister
Sukumari as Pandi Durai's and Mallika's Mother
Indrans as Veeramani
Sabu Varghese as Kaali, Pandi Durai's henchman
T. P. Madhavan as Chandran, Bhuvanachandran's father
Zeenath as Sathyabhama, Bhuvanachandran's mother
Subbalakshmi as Meena's grandmother
Kalabhavan Haneef as Chimbu
Neena Kurup as Sheela, Bhuvanachandran's sister
Kollam Ajith as Murugan, Karuppayya Swami's henchman
Kalabhavan Shajon as Raghavan
Geetha Salam as Broker
Baiju Ezhupunna as Gounder
Narayanankutty as Police Officer
Nandu Poduval as Tattoo Artist
Soubin Shahir as Peacock Man in the function (uncredited role)

Reception

The film was commercially successful in the box office and ran more than 100 days in theaters.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Suresh Peters, with lyrics written by Chittoor Gopi, R. K. Damodaran, I. S. Kundoor, Nadirsha and Santhosh Varma.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Ariyaathe Ishtamaay" (D)	V. Devanand, Jyotsna	Chittoor Gopi
2	"Ariyaathe Ishtamaay" (F)	Jyotsna	Chittoor Gopi
3	"Ariyaathe Ishtamaay" (M)	V. Devanand	Chittoor Gopi
4	"Mayilin"	Sujatha Mohan, Afsal, Vidhu Prathap	R. K. Damodaran
5	"Mayilin" (Remix)	Sujatha Mohan, Afsal, Vidhu Prathap	R. K. Damodaran
6	"Mele Mukilin"	K. S. Chithra, Afsal	R. K. Damodaran
7	"Panchaayathile"	Sujatha Mohan, Afsal	Nadirsha
8	"Ponkanavu Minukkum"	Mano, Ranjini Jose, Timmi	Santhosh Varma, I S Kundanoor