Chithram

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.

This article is about the Malayalam film. For the 2000 Telugu film, see Chitram.

Chithram
Directed byPriyadarshan
Screenplay byPriyadarshan
Produced byP. K. R. Pillai
Starring
  • Mohanlal
  • Ranjini
  • Lissy
  • Nedumudi Venu
  • Poornam Viswanathan
CinematographyS. Kumar
Edited byN. Gopalakrishnan
Music byKannur Rajan
Johnson (Score)
Production
company
Shirdi Sai Creations
Distributed byShirdi Sai Release
Release date
  • 23 December 1988 (1988-12-23) (Kerala)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹0.44 Crore
Box office₹3.9 Crore

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.

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