Chirikkudukka Explained

Chirikkudukka
Director:	A. B. Raj
Screenplay:	M. R. Joseph
Story:	Dada Mirasi
Based On:	Sabaash Meena (Tamil)(1958)
Producer:	Baby
Starring:	Prem Nazir Vidhubala Bahadoor Jose Prakash Sudheer
Cinematography:	T. N. Krishnankutty Nair
Editing:	K. Sankunni
Music:	Shankar–Ganesh
Studio:	Swapna Films
Country:	India
Language:	Malayalam

Chirikkudukka is a 1976 Indian Malayalam-language comedy film directed by A. B. Raj and produced by Baby. The film stars Prem Nazir, Vidhubala, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Bahadoor, Sudheer and Jose Prakash. It is a remake of the 1958 Tamil film Sabaash Meena. The film was released on 30 April 1976.^[1]

Cast

• Prem Nazir as Preman
• Vidhubala as Radha
• Bahadoor as Babu
• Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair as Sadasivan Nair
• Jose Prakash as Kumar
• Sudheer as Chandran Menon
• Sankaradi as Keshavan Nair
• T. R. Omana as Lakshmi
• Rani Chandra as Malathi
• T. S. Muthaiah as Radha's Father
• Pattom Sadan as Naanu
• KPAC Lalitha as Sarasa
• Manavalan Joseph as Kochachan
• Prema as Bhargavi
• Cochin Haneefa as Vasu
• Khadeeja
• Mallika Sukumaran as Appakari Mariya
• T. K. Balachandran
• T. P. Madhavan as Gopalan Nair
• Maniyanpilla Raju (Uncredited)
• C. M. Abraham
• Priyan Pazhanji

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh and the lyrics were written by Yusufali Kechery.^[2]

Song	Singers
"Chirikkudukke Thanka"
"Chithrakanyake"	K. J. Yesudas
"Kuliru Koranu"	K. J. Yesudas
"Madhuramadhuramen"
"Rikshaavaala Oh"

Notes and References

1. News: Vijayakumar . B. . 20 July 2014 . Chirikkudukka: 1976 . . live . 23 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220923095154/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/chirikkudukka-1976/article6228471.ece . 23 September 2022.
2. Web site: ചിരിക്കുടുക്ക (1976) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220923095516/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3004 . 23 September 2022 . 23 September 2022 . malayalasangeetham.info . ml.