''Pattabhiraman'' is a 2019 Indian

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-language

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film directed by

Kannan Thamarakkulam Kannan Thamarakkulam is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam films. His first direction venture was '' Thinkal Muthal Velli Vare'' (2015). His second release was Jayaram's big budget film '' Aadupuliyattam'' in 2016. Personal life Th ...

and written by Dinesh Pallath. It stars

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasiona ...

Miya George Gimi George, better known by her stage name Miya George, or more commonly Miya, is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Malayalam films, along with a few Tamil films. She started her career as an actress by playing supporting r ...

Sheelu Abraham Sheelu Abraham is an Indian actress who mostly appears in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam films. Sheelu began her acting career in ''Weeping Boy'', but it was the movie ''She Taxi'' which gave her recognition. She played the lead roles in films like ...

, Prem Kumar and Sai Kumar. ''Pattabhiraman'' was released at 23 August 2019 and received mainly positive reviews upon release, by audiences praising cast's performances,script and narration.

Premise

Pattabhiraman is a food inspector who is on a crusade against artificiality in food products. Things turn bad when he clashes with KRK, a

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company owner, whose company produces chemically unhealthy foods.

Cast

as Pattabhiraman, Food & Safety Inspector *

Baiju Santhosh Baiju Santhosh Kumar, commonly referred to as Baiju, is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam films. He began his acting career in 1981, as a child artist in the film ''Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla''. Since then he has acted in more than ...

as Valsan, Food & Safety Inspector *

as Tanuja Varma *

as Vineetha, Pattabhiraman's wife *

Jayaprakash V. Jayaprakash is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu-language films. He ventured into film business in the early 2000s as a producer, making several films under his banner GJ Cinema and later turned actor, with Cheran's ...

as K.R.K *

Hareesh Kanaran Hareesh Perumanna , known by his stage name Hareesh Kanaran, is an Indian comedian and film actor who appears in Malayalam films. He is best known for his stock character Jaliyan Kanaran which first appeared in ''Comedy Festival'', a comedy r ...

as Shukoor, Food safety dept. officer *

Dharmajan Bolgatty Dharmajan Bolgatty (born 1976) is an Indian actor, producer, comedian, politician and entrepreneur, who works in Malayalam films, television, and stage shows. He began his career as a comedian appearing in sketch comedies on stage, later foraye ...

as Sunimon, Food safety dept. officer * Kalabhavan Prajod as Venu, Food safety dept. officer *

Nandhu Nandalal Krishnamoorthy better known by his stage name Nandu is an Indian actor primarily working in Malayalam films. Although he has been in the industry for more than 30 years, he is acclaimed for his performance in Mohanlal' s ''Spirit'', dir ...

as Raman Nair, Vineetha's father * Prem Kumar as Sandeep Kumar * Sai Kumar as Chengannur Thampuran * Devan as Rajasekhara Varma * Janardhanan as Varma *

Jayan Cherthala Jayan Cherthala is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He is from Cherthala, near Alappuzha, Kerala in India. He has performed in more than two dozen movies in Malayalam, and TV serials. He is the state president of Kerala Sarva Kala Sangam ( ...

as Solomon *

Madhuri Braganza Madhuri Braganza (born 18 June 1990) is an Indian actress, who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. She also appeared in a Kannada film. Acting career She was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. She debuted in the Malayalam movie ''Ente Mezhuth ...

as Maya, Solomon's wife *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of veteran actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana, ...

as Chandran *

Thesni Khan Thesni Khan is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films, television, and stage. She made her acting debut through '' Daisy'' in 1988. She is widely known for the portrayal of character roles. In 2020, she contested in the second season ...

as Rani *

Parvathy Nambiar Parvathy Nambiar is an Indian actress and dancer known for her work in Malayalam Cinema. Personal life She got engaged to Vineeth Menon in 2019 and married him in 2020. Filmography Television Play References External links * ...

as Kani *

Anumol Anumol is an Indian actress, predominantly acting in Malayalam and Tamil films. She appeared in Malayalam movies such as ''Chayilyam'' (2014), ''Ivan Megharoopan'' (2012), '' Akam'' (2011), ''Vedivazhipadu'' (2013) and ''Jamna Pyari'' (2015). ...

as Fida Fathima *

Biju Pappan Biju Pappan (born 9 March 1969), is a Malayalam actor, his career began in movies in 1991 and continued both in television and films. He is well known for his anti-hero roles in ''Naran'' and ''Kayyoppu'', which were financial successes. He has ...

as Aadhikeshavan * Abu Salim as 'Current' Jaison * Vijayakumar as Anantha Narayanan * Payyanur Murali as Food safety dept. Supriendenent * Maya Viswanath as Mayor Deepa Vasudevan *

Ramesh Pisharody T. V. Ramesh (born 1 October 1983), professionally credited as Ramesh Pisharody, is an Indian stand-up comedian, impressionist, television presenter, actor and film director. He works in Malayalam television shows, stage, and cinema. Early l ...

as Unni * Lakshmi Sanal * Pria Menon as Doctor * Sathi Premji as Devaki Amma *

Dinesh Panicker Dinesh Panicker is an Indian film producer, actor and TV producer. He entered the film industry in 1989 by producing '' Kireedam'', a critically acclaimed and commercially successful film. He went on to produce different genre films in Mollywoo ...

as Vasudevan, Mayor's husband * E. A. Rajendran as Sundaram * Gayathri as Vrinda Sundaram * Kalabhavan Shaju as Pappan * Balaji Sharma as Rameshan

Release

The official trailer of the film was unveiled by Millennium Audios on 8 August 2019. The film was theatrically released on 23 August 2019 by Abaam Movies.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by M. Jayachandran and lyrics were by Kaithapram and Murukan Kattakada. The songs are sung by M. G. Sreekumar, K. S. Chithra, M. Jayachandran and Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 10002654 2019 films Indian comedy-drama films Films about food and drink Films shot in Thiruvananthapuram 2010s Malayalam-language films Films scored by M. Jayachandran Films directed by Kannan Thamarakkulam