Pingami

Captain Vijay Menon is an orphaned army officer who returns on his annual leave to stay with his maternal aunt and uncle, who raised him and his younger sister after the untimely deaths of their parents and youngest sister. While out one day, Vijay sees a social worker named Kumaran who is lying on the road after an accident and is moaning for help. He takes Kumaran to a hospital, but is unable to save his life. From there develops a strong bond between Kumaran and Vijay, who later finds out that Kumaran's accident was really a pre-planned murder.

With the help of his friend Kutti Hassan, he starts on a trail to find out the mystery behind the murder and in the midst, he finds out the missing links of his own life. As the film proceeds, it is revealed that Kumaran was murdered by the same people who killed Vijay's father, an honest naval officer who refused to allow drug smuggling into the country. Vijay's father's murder was witnessed by Kumaran, who then tried to find justice for Vijay's family.

This revelation prompts Vijay to take revenge on his father's killers in his own ways while simultaneously falling in love with Kumaran's daughter, Sridevi. Through Kumaran's diary and his own investigations, Vijay finds out that his mother and sister were never dead – Kumaran had rescued them and admitted his sister and his mother, who became mentally ill after witnessing his father's brutal murder, in a charity home where he regularly visited them. Vijay is able to reunite with his family and marry Sridevi, successfully finishing Kumaran's mission for justice.

Pingami was based on Raghunath Paleri's short story Kumarettan Parayatha Katha. He also wrote the screenplay. Sathyan Anthikkad made a genre change with Pingami who was usually known for making comical family dramas.[1]

The film features songs composed by Johnson and written by Kaithapram.

The film was released on 27 May 1994. It did not perform well at the box office at the time of release. However, over the years the film has achieved a cult following among moviegoers. In a retrospect review in 2019, Kerala Kaumudi described Pingami as the most underrated revenge drama ever in Malayalam cinema.[2]

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