Chithram (1988)
December 22, 1988Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Mohanlal
Vishnu / Playback Singer
Ranjini
Kalyani
Nedumudi Venu
Kaimal
Poornam Viswanathan
Ramendra Menon
Sreenivasan
Bhaskaran Nambiar
Lissy
Revathy
M G Soman
Jail Superintendent
Maniyanpilla Raju
Murugan
Ganesh Kumar
Revathy's brother
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Revathy's father
Innocent
Actor
Sukumari
Nambiar's sister
Unni Mary
Nambiar's sister
Jagadish
Vishnu's friend
Shanawas
Ravi
Chandraji
Kattumooppan
Ilaiyaraaja
Composer
Soorya
Mooppan's daughter
Bobby Kottarakkara
Marriage broker
Priyadarshan
Director / Writer
V. R. Gopalakrishnan
Assistant Director
Sujatha Mohan
Playback Singer
P K R Pillai
Producer
Kannur Rajan
Music
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
Playback Singer
Johnson
Music
Shibu Chakravarthy
Lyricist
N. Gopalakrishnan
Editor
S. Kumar
Director of Photography
M. G. Sreekumar
Playback Singer
Krishnankutty
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 22, 1988
Original Nameചിത്രം
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 39m
Genres
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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.
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.