Pranchiyettan & The Saint

Pranchiyettan & The Saint (2010)

പ്രാഞ്ചിയേട്ടൻ & The Saint

While Pranchiyettan, a devotee of St. Francis of Assissi, attains the best of riches, he is unsatisfied with his reputation and sets off to popularise himself as a celebrity in society.

Date of release
2010-09-10
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (39)
Runtime
2h 27m
Genres
Comedy, Family
Director
Ranjith

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Filmfare Award for Best Film – Malayalam; Kerala State Film Award for Best Film

Pranchiyettan & the Saint is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy fantasy film written, directed, and produced by Ranjith. The film centres on the fictitious conversation between the Thrissur-based businessman C. E. Francis, a.k.a. Pranchiyettan (Mammootty), and St. Francis of Assisi. Khushbu Sundar, Priyamani, Innocent, Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ganapathy, Sasi Kalinga, Tini Tom, and Biju Menon play the other important roles. The film is considered one of the best comedy films in Malayalam cinema and has attained cult status in the years following its release. Some critics consider the film as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave.

Production

The film was announced in June 2010. The film is produced by Renjith, under the banner of his Capitol Theatres. Shooting began on 1 July 2010.

The cast includes Mammootty, he plays the role of Cherammal Enashu Francis, a rice merchant in Thrissur. Hafis Firosh plays Mammootty's childhood counterpart. Innocent plays the role of Vasu Menon, friend of Pranchiyettan. Australian theatre artist Jesse Fox Allen played the role of the Saint. Apart from cine-artistes, this film also features many faces from the professional drama world, as in Renjith's Paleri Manikyam.

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