Kilukkam | |
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Malayalam | കിലുക്കം |
Directed by | Priyadarshan |
Produced by | R. Mohan |
Screenplay by | Venu Nagavalli |
Story by | Priyadarshan |
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Music by | S. P. Venkatesh |
Cinematography | S. Kumar |
Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
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Goodknight Films
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Distributed by | Manorajyam Release |
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Running time
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156 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Box office | ₹5 crore |
Kilukkam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | ||||
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Soundtrack album by S. P. Venkatesh | ||||
Released | 15 March 1991 | |||
Recorded | March 1991 | |||
Studio | Kothandapani Studio, Madras | |||
Length | 18:17 | |||
Language | Malayalam | |||
Label | Millennium Audios | |||
Producer | R. Mohan | |||
S. P. Venkatesh chronology | ||||
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Kilukkam (English: Jingle) is a 1991 Indian Malayalam-language musical romantic comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Venu Nagavalli. The story set in Ooty revolves around tourist guide Joji (Mohanlal) and photographer Nishcal (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, with gross over ₹5 crore for the first time in Malayalam film history; it ran for more than 365-days at the theaters. Kilukkam won five Kerala State Film Awards, including a 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 ever made in Malayalam cinema.