Pranchiyettan & the Saint is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language satirical comedy film written, directed, and produced by Ranjith.

Khushbu Sundar, Priyamani, Innocent, Siddique, Jagathy Sreekumar, Ganapathy, Sasi Kalinga, Tini Tom and Biju Menon play the other important roles.

He even attempts to get the Padmashree, the fourth highest civilian honor in India, in order to finally gain respect.

Pranchi, saddened by his loss of Padmashree, decides to help a struggling student named Pauly pass his exams.

Pauly, who studies in Pranchi's friend's school, has a difficult home life and he is the only kid that has a high chance to fail his 10th grade exams.

Pranchi goes to meet Pauly's father, who reveals that he was a drug addict and was suspicious that his wife was cheating on him.

[4] The cast includes Mammootty, he plays the role of Cherammal Enashu Francis, a rice merchant in Thrissur.

Australian theatre artist Jesse Fox Allen played the role of the Saint.

Apart from cine-artistes, this film also features many faces from the professional drama world, as in Renjith's Paleri Manikyam.

He is an idealistic teacher, who lives as per Gandhian principles and leads a simple life," says Jagathy Sreekumar.

[3] Master Ganapathy, who plays Pauli, says, "It is indeed great to be doing such a nice role with some of the big names in the industry.

"[3] The score and the only song of the film were composed by Ouseppachan; the lyrics were penned by Shibu Chakravarthy.

The review on Rediff said, "The film depends heavily on Mammootty's histrionic skills to be convincing and it works.

"[19] Nowrunning comments: "Very few films are complex and comic at the same time, but Pranchiyettan achieves this almost impossible feat by employing clever plot devices, a fresh narrative structure and a string of metaphoric scenarios."