Chithram (1988)
December 22, 1988Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Mohanlal
Vishnu
Ranjini
Kalyani
Nedumudi Venu
Kaimal
Poornam Viswanathan
Ramendra Menon
Priyadarshan
Director
Lissy
Revathy
Sreenivasan
Writer
M G Soman
Jail Superintendent
P K R Pillai
Producer
Maniyanpilla Raju
Murugan
Ilaiyaraaja
Composer
Ganesh Kumar
Revathy's brother
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Revathy's father
Kannur Rajan
Composer
Sukumari
Nambiar's sister
S. Kumar
Cinematographer
Unni Mary
Nambiar's sister
Jagadish
Vishnu's friend
Shanawas
Ravi
Chandraji
Kattumooppan
Soorya
Mooppan's daughter
Bobby Kottarakkara
Marriage broker
M. G. Sreekumar
Playback Singer
Johnson
Music
V. R. Gopalakrishnan
Assistant Director
Krishnankutty
Art Direction
Shibu Chakravarthy
Lyricist
N. Gopalakrishnan
Editor
Sujatha Mohan
Playback Singer
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
Playback Singer
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Chithram (transl. Picture) is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language screwball comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan. The film was produced by P. K. R. Pillai under his production house Shirdi Sai Creations, and stars Mohanlal, Ranjini, Nedumudi Venu, Lizy, Poornam Viswanathan, Sreenivasan, M. G. Soman, Sukumari, Maniyanpilla Raju, and Shanavas, while Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair makes a cameo appearance. The songs were composed by Kannur Rajan and film score by Johnson. Mohanlal won the Kerala State Film Award - Special Jury Award for his performance in this film as Vishnu.
Kalyani (Ranjini) decides to marry her boyfriend Ravi (Shanavas) against her father Ramachandra Menon's (Poornam Viswanathan) wishes. But Ravi breaks up when he learns that she would be disinherited. Kalyani's father, who stays in the United States, is unaware of the breakup and comes home in Kerala to spend time with his daughter and son-in-law. This prompts a family friend and Advocate Kaimal (Nedumudi Venu) to hire a thief, Vishnu (Mohanlal) to act as Kalyani's husband during Menon's vacation stay.
Chithram was released during a Christmas weekend on 23 December 1988. Made on a budget of ₹44 lakh, the film grossed ₹3.5 crores at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film at its time.