Kilukkam (1991)

Original title

കിലുക്കം

Directed by

Priyadarshan

Genre

romantic comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 35m

Rated

U

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A tourist guide and a photographer in Ooty make a bet on a wealthy woman they meet. Their scheme to win her favor leads to a series of comedic situations.

lightheartedplayfulcomedicupbeatwhimsicalamusingbreezyoptimistic

What happens

Kilukkam (transl. Jingle) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Venu Nagavalli. The story set in Ooty revolves around tourist guide Joji (Mohanlal) and photographer Nishchal (Jagathy Sreekumar). They happen to meet a lavish tourist Nandini (Revathi), whom they bet their fortunes on. It also stars Thilakan, Innocent, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Sukumari, and Sharat Saxena, with Murali and Jagadish making cameo appearances. The music was composed by S. P. Venkatesh. Kilukkam was released on 15 August 1991. The film was the highest-grossing Malayalam film at that time and ran for more than 365 days in theaters. Kilukkam won five Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor for Mohanlal, Second Best Actor for Jagathy Sreekumar, Best Editor for N. Gopalakrishnan and Best Cinematographer for S. Kumar. The film is regarded as one of the best comedy films of Malayalam cinema. It was remade in Telugu as Allari Pilla and in Hindi as Muskurahat by Priyadarshan himself. Later, the film had a sequel Kilukkam Kilukilukkam (2006). The movie was reported to have been inspired by the 1953 American movie Roman Holiday. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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