Parampara (1990 film)

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{{Infobox film

|name = Parampara

|image = Parampara 1990 poster.jpg

|director = Sibi Malayil

|story = S. N. Swamy

|screenplay = S. N. Swamy

|writer = S. N. Swamy

|starring = Mammootty
Suresh Gopi
Sumalatha

|cinematography = Anandakuttan

|editing = L. Bhoominathan

|distributor =

|released = {{Film date|1990|12|20|df=y}}

|runtime =

|language = Malayalam

|country = India

|music = Mohan Sitara

|gross =

}}

Parampara (meaning the succession) is a 1990 Malayalam film, directed by Sibi Malayil,{{Cite book|title=The cinemas of India|author=Yves Thoraval|publisher=Macmillan India|year=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-OpkAAAAMAAJ|page=389|isbn=9780333934104}} written by S. N. Swamy, and starring Mammootty, Suresh Gopi and Sumalatha. Mammootty plays two roles in the film, portraying both Johnny, the protagonist, and Lawrence, his father.{{Cite news|newspaper=Times of India|title=Mammootty and double role connection! |author=Benson Philip |date=2016-06-18|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/mammootty-and-double-role-connection/photostory/52809393.cms}} The film was a commercial failure.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=In conversation with SN Swamy, man behind Malayalam cinema's finest murder mysteries |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/conversation-sn-swamy-man-behind-malayalam-cinema-s-finest-murder-mysteries-163247 |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=The News Minute }} The film's story was developed by Swamy on the suggestion of Mammootty after watching an English film. The film was loosely remade in Hindi as Phool Aur Kaante (1991) and in Telugu as Varasudu (1993), both of which were commercial successes.