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Pazhanjan Pranayam

2023 Indian film by Bineesh Kalarikkal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 29, 2026
Entity authorityQ123561781 ↗
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Pazhanjan Pranayam (transl. Old-fashioned Love) is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Bineesh Kalarikkal in his directorial debut. The films stars Rony David Raj, Vincy Aloshious and Azees Nedumangad.

Synopsis

Pazhanchan Pranayam is the love story of Mohan, a teacher who takes a break from his career to take care of his father, who has dementia, and Maya, a caregiver who takes the responsibility of his family.

Cast

Rony David Raj as Mohan

Vincy Aloshious as Maya

Azees Nedumangad as Maniyan

Pavithran as Father

Pradeep Kottayam as Sankaran Pilla

Music

The music is composed by Satish Raghunathan.

Release

The film was released on 24 November 2023. It was distributed in theatres by Dream Big Films.Saina Play acquired the digital rights and began streaming it on 16 August 2024

Critical reception

Times Now gave 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Pazhanjan Pranayam is a promising addition to Malayalam cinema, promising a heartfelt exploration of love and acceptance.

Editorial summary

“Pazhanjan Pranayam” enters the record as 2023 Indian film by Bineesh Kalarikkal. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pazhanjan, Pranayam and Indian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2023, 2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Pazhanjan, Pranayam and Indian.
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This entry incorporates text from “Pazhanjan Pranayam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.