''Payyans'' is a 2011 Indian

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family-drama film written and directed by Leo Thaddeus. It stars

Jayasurya Jayasurya (born August 1978) is an Indian actor, distributor, Sponsor, Model, film producer, playback singer, and impressionist, who works in the Malayalam films. He has appeared in more than 100 films and has won several awards, including a N ...

, Rohini, Anjali,

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and

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. The film's score was composed by

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whilst the songs were by

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. It narrates the story of a reckless youth who is forced to act his age and take responsibility for his actions.

Plot

The film explores the relationship between a mother and a child. The central character Josy is brought up all by his mother Padma after her father John's "disappearance". Apparently, Josy's problems start with the disappearance of his father. He drops out from the college to start his own business. But he does not succeed in his venture because of the lifestyle he leads. Later he gets a job as a Radio Jockey where he meets sound engineer Seema and falls in love. One day John gives a call to Padma to let her know that he is alive. In excitement Padma tries to pull John's bag and she slips, falls down and dies due to fatal head injuries. Problems start when John attempts to bring Josy's life into a proper way by enforcing discipline. . But his plans does not work out the way he planned it to be. Josy starts to hate John and on one night when he was drunk, he asks his dad to walk out. Josy later understands how much his dad loved him. He searches for him unsuccessfully. On fathers' day when Josy was anchoring a show about it, John calls to the show and tells his experience of a dad as how much he loved his kid when he was young and how much the kid dislikes him when he grew older. Josy saw that the call came from his own home and rushes home where he finds dad and reunites with him.

Cast

as Josy John * Rohini as Padma * Anjali as Seema *

as John Varghese *

as Kuttappan *

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as Brittas * Janardhanan as Brittas's father *

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as Japan Babu * Harisree Martin * Manka Mahesh * Sayuj S. Menon as Josy's boss,

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manager

Production

The film marked the debut of Anjali in Malayalam cinema."The family guy": The Hindu
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Soundtrack

The songs of the film were composed by

with lyrics penned by

Kaithapram Damodaran Padma Shri Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri, popularly known as Kaithapram, is a Malayalam lyricist, poet, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, music therapist and performer of Carnatic music. He debuted with the movie Ennennum Kannett ...

Anil Panachooran Anil Panachooran (20 November 1969 – 3 January 2021) was an Indian lawyer, poet and lyricist, who worked in the Malayalam film industry. While undergoing treatment for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, he died on 3 January 2021, f ...

. The background score for the film was composed by

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Payyans 2010s Malayalam-language films Indian slapstick comedy films 2011 comedy films 2011 films Films scored by Alphons Joseph