''Parthan Kanda Paralokam'' is a 2008 Malayalam fantasy action film directed by Anil, starring

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and

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in the lead roles. The film also features

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and

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in supportive roles.

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played negative role.

Plot

Parthasarathy (

), popularly called Parthan, lives in Krishnapuram village. Parthan is constantly clashing with his uncle Falgunan Thampy (

), who is the

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President. Falgunan is least bothered about the welfare of the people; rather, he is more keen in grabbing the assets of the village temple, which has been locked for many years by the court over a dispute of ownership. Falgunan, also the secretary of temple's ruling committee, believes that the temple belongs to his family, while Parthan and his friends like Sulaiman (Kottayam Nazeer) and Poonkodi (Sona) argue that the temple belongs to the village. Into this situation comes Falgunan's daughter Sathyabhama (Sreedevika), an advocate, who pretends to be in love with Parthan. In fact, her intention is to help her father on the temple dispute in the court. As a result, Parthan, who begins an agitation, is sentenced to one month's imprisonment for contempt of court. After Parthan is released from jail, the film takes an interesting turn. Parthan nearly dies (and is taken to mortuary, declaring him dead) after consuming spurious liquor in Guruvayoor, but miraculously returns to life. After this

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is present to help him in the form of Madhavan (

), pretending to be his college friend and both start fighting Parthan's uncle. Madhavan helps Parthan to clear all the problems of his life. Sathyabhama realises the innocence of Parthan and her father's wickedness and fell in love with Parthan. Then enters Veerabhadran aka Musafir (

) to steal the Krishan idol from Krishnapuram temple, to disrupt the communal harmony in the village. Parthan fights his plans and with the help of Madhavan, protects the village from disaster. Finally Parthan and Satyabhama are united in marriage.

Cast

as Partha Sarathy *

as Sathyabhama *

as Madhavan (Lord Krishna) *

as Veerabhadran / Musafir *

as Falgunan Thampi *

as Karunan *

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as Sulaiman * Salu Kuttanadu as Mortuary Attendant *

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as Poovanthottathu Chandran *

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as Kunjikhader *

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as Aravind Swami *

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as Poonkodi *

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as Parthan's Mother * E.A. Rajendran as MLA *

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* Murali Mohan as Parthan's Father

Soundtrack

''Parthan Kanda Paralokam'' has music composed by

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. The lyrics are by renowned poet

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. The film has three songs. The singers are

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, Pradeep, Deepak and Ganga.

Reception

The film could not rise to the expectations and was declared a flop at the box-office.

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made mostly negative remarks and gave the film a rating of 1.5 stars out of 5. Bharatstudent.com also gave the film a rating of 1.5 out of 5, commenting the film as a disappointment.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 1506966
OneIndia article

2000s Malayalam-language films Indian fantasy action films Films shot in Thrissur Films scored by M. Jayachandran 2008 romantic comedy films Films based on short fiction 2008 films