| Dhilluku Dhuddu | |
| Creator: | Rambhala |
| Origin: | Dhilluku Dhuddu (2016) |
| Owner: | Sri Thenandal Films Mishri Enterprises |
| Films: | Dhilluku Dhuddu Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 DD Returns |
Dhilluku Dhuddu is an Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film series starring Santhanam. While the first two films were directed by Rambhala, the third film was directed by S. Prem Anand.[1] The film series consists of unrelated horror stories. All of the films in the film series are noted for being commercially successful films featuring Santhanam as a lead actor.[1]
After the success of Dhilluku Dhuddu (2016), Rambhala subsequently worked on Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 (2019), a sequel to his first film, with the same technical team and Santhanam. He revealed that he was keen to explore some ideas written for the original that he was unable to feature owing to time constraints.[2] [3]
This table lists the actors who appear in two or more of the Dhilluku Dhuddu films. Since the first two film's director Rambhala, Santhanam and S. Prem Anand (third film director) are from the comedy show "Lollu Sabha",[2] many comedians from the show feature in the films including Maaran, Manohar and Swaminathan (third film).
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
- TBA blue cell indicates the character name not fixed yet in the film.
| Actors | Films | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhilluku Dhuddu | Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 | DD Returns | ||
| Santhanam | Kumar | Vijay (Viji) | Sathish | |
| Rajendran | Sketch Mani | Viji's uncle | Professor | |
| Lollu Sabha Maaran | Teacher | "Mike" Maaran | Ravi | |
| T. M. Karthik | Kajal's brother-in-law | Dr. Karthik | ||
| Bipin | Garudaraja Bhattadhri (Maya's father) | Kulanthai | ||
| Lollu Sabha Manohar | Kumar's neighbor | Manohar | ||
| Occupation | Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width:"10%;" | Dhilluku Dhuddu (2016) | width:"10%;" | Dhilluku Dhuddu 2 (2019) | width:"10%;" | DD Returns (2023) |
| Director/Writer | Rambhala | S. Prem Anand | |||
| Producer | N. Ramasamy | Santhanam | C. Ramesh Kumar | ||
| Cinematographer | Colspan=3 | Deepak Kumar Pathy | |||
| Editor | Gopi Krishna | Madhavan M. | N. B. Srikanth | ||
| Music | S. Thaman, Karthik Raja | Shabir | OfRo | ||
| Production Companies | Sri Thenandal Films | Handmade Films | RK Entertainment | ||
The first film received mixed to positive reviews,[4] the second film was released to mixed reviews from critics but positive response from audience,[5] and the third film received positive reviews.[1]
All three films ran well at the box office and became hits.[6] [7]