Pakalpooram

Pakalpooram

Year: 2002

Runtime: 160 mins

Language: Malayalam

Director: Anil Kumar

HorrorComedy

Set in Sooryamagalam, Gauridasan (Mukesh), the youngest son of Brahmadattan Namboothiri, returns thirty years after his father sealed a vengeful evil spirit that killed his brother. He seeks to restore his mother’s honor, confront the lingering spirit, and falls for Seemathini (Geethu Mohandas), a relationship that drives the unfolding drama.

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Timeline & Setting – Pakalpooram (2002)

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Location

Bhrahmadesham village, Bhrahmadesham temple, the palace

Bhrahmadesham is a quiet, insular village where ancestral houses line its lanes and temple rituals mark the days. The village serves as the cradle for a centuries-old feud and a concealed vampire myth that resurfaces with each generation. Its winding streets echo with secrets of lineage, property, and the power that comes with blood.

🏞️ Rural village 🧿 Folklore 🗝️ Ancestral secrets

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Main Characters – Pakalpooram (2002)

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Suryamangalathu Brahmadathan Namboothiri (Rizabawa)

A stern patriarch who arrives to exorcise the lingering ghost and seal its power with a sacred anklet. His authority is challenged by family secrets and a warning that disturbing the anklet could awaken danger anew. He embodies tradition and the burden of protecting a lineage from both mortal and supernatural threats.

🧭 Patriarch 🗡️ Authority 🧿 Supernatural

Gouridasan Namboothiri (Mukesh)

A son in precarious poverty after his father's death; he and his friend pretend to be priests to quell a vampire threat and seize crucial documents to reclaim ancestral property. His schemes are driven by need and a desperate hope to restore his family's standing, even as deception tests his ethics. The pursuit is tangled with old rivalries and a looming supernatural past that threatens his kin.

🏚️ Struggle 🗝️ Inheritance 🧭 Family

Manickan (Salim Kumar)

A son from the rival lineage who learns his true father and travels to the palace in disguise to claim his place. His quest explores identity, belonging, and the fragile line between friend and foe as loyalties shift amid a web of family secrets.

🗺️ Identity 🧭 Journey 🏛️ Power

Seemanthini (Geethu Mohandas)

A bride who is revealed to be the reborn vampire haunting the family line. Her presence reframes loyalty, desire, and danger, turning marriage into a perilous pact with a malevolent force that seeks control over the living.

🧛 Vampire 🧭 Hidden Truth 💍 Marriage

Anamika

Gouridasan’s cousin who uncovers the deception and advises him to retrieve the anklet and uncover the truth about Seemanthini, linking personal loyalty to the ancestral struggle.

🎭 Deception 🧭 Truth 🧿 Supernatural

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🧛 Bloodline

The story intertwines family inheritance with a vampiric legacy that repeats across generations. Births are swapped and fealty tested, showing how lineage shapes identity, power, and belonging. The supernatural threat is a mirror for the real tensions within the family and their property.

🎭 Deception

Impostors cloak themselves as priests to seize documents and seize control of ancestral property. The false front uncovers deeper motives, drawing old rivalries into the present. Trust is broken as characters weigh loyalty against self-interest.

🕯️ Ritual

Ancient rites and sacred artifacts anchor the struggle against the vampire. The anklet and ritual restraint become focal points that could determine life or death. The conflict blends superstition with personal choice, forcing characters to confront legacies they inherited.

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