Kalikkalam

Kalikkalam
Poster designed by Gayathri Ashokan
Directed by	Sathyan Anthikad
Produced by	George Mathew
Written by	S. N. Swamy
Starring	Mammootty Shobana Murali Sreenivasan
Music by	Johnson
Cinematography	Vipin Mohan
Edited by	K. Rajagopal
Production company	Central Productions
Release dates	22 June 1990 (1990-06-22)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kalikkalam (English: Playground) is a 1990 Malayalam film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and starring Mammootty, Shobana and Murali in the lead roles.^[1]

Plot

Mammootty plays the role of a burglar who is known by different names in different places.He is a kind person and uses the money burgled to help poor and orphans. During one of his burglaries, he happens to witness a murder for which a police officer named Shekharan is falsely accused. He helps Shekharan to prove his innocence. For this, he had to confess his crimes and surrender in front of the law. On the parallel, a romance story between Mammootty's character and a young Christian girl, Annie, is shown. It was a Blockbuster during its time.

Cast

Mammootty as Shankar / Antony / Tony Louis / Gauthaman / Pappan / Vasudevan / Ramakrishnan
Murali as C.I. Shekharan
Shobana as Annie
Sreenivasan as Jamal
Lalu Alex as Commissioner Mathews
C. I. Paul as Ambalakkadu Krishnan
Mammukoya as Unni Nair
Shari as Meera Nair
Sukumari as Jamal's Mother
Innocent as Velayil Chandy
Chitra as Ramani
Philomina as Janakiyamma
Oduvil Unnikrishnan as Devassy
Sabitha Anand as Suhra
Sankaradi as Ammavan
T. P. Madhavan as Thomas
Bheeman Raghu as Jose
Santhakumari as Rosi, Devassi's wife
Azeez as Annie's father
Karamana Janardhanan Nair as Advocate
Thesni Khan as Sakkeera
Paravoor Bharathan as Krishnettan
PC George as Ravi
James as George
Kaladi Jayan as Pc Bhaskar

Reviews

N.Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express wrote that the film is assured of good theatrical response as the director came up with a twist in the climax.^[1]

References

1 2 N.Krishnaswamy (1991-02-22), "The Arts-Reviews-Kalikkalam", The Indian Express, p. 7, retrieved 2016-10-03

External links

Kalikkalam at the Internet Movie Database
Kalikkalam at the Malayalam Movie Database

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