{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Chirikkudukka | director = [[A. B. Raj]] | screenplay = M. R. Joseph | story = Dada Mirasi | based_on = [[Sabaash Meena]] (Tamil)(1958) | producer = Baby | starring = [[Prem Nazir]]<br />[[Vidhubala]]<br />[[Bahadoor]]<br />[[Jose Prakash]]<br />[[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]] | cinematography = T. N. Krishnankutty Nair | editing = K. Sankunni | music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]] | studio = Swapna Films | released = {{Film date|1976|04|30|df=y}} | country = India | language = Malayalam }}
'''''Chirikkudukka''''' is a 1976 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[A. B. Raj]] and produced by Baby. The film stars [[Prem Nazir]], [[Vidhubala]], [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]], [[Bahadoor]], [[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]] and [[Jose Prakash]]. It is a remake of the 1958 Tamil film ''[[Sabaash Meena]]''. The film was released on 30 April 1976.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=20 July 2014 |title=Chirikkudukka: 1976 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/chirikkudukka-1976/article6228471.ece |url-status=live |access-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923095154/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/chirikkudukka-1976/article6228471.ece |archive-date=23 September 2022}}</ref>
== Plot == {{No plot|date=September 2022}}
== Cast == {{colbegin}} *[[Prem Nazir]] as Preman *[[Vidhubala]] as Radha *[[Bahadoor]] as Babu *[[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] as Sadasivan Nair *[[Jose Prakash]] as Kumar *[[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]] as Chandran Menon *[[Sankaradi]] as Keshavan Nair *[[T. R. Omana]] as Lakshmi *[[Rani Chandra]] as Malathi *[[T. S. Muthaiah]] as Radha's Father *[[Pattom Sadan]] as Naanu *[[KPAC Lalitha]] as Sarasa *[[Manavalan Joseph]] as Kochachan *[[Prema (Malayalam actress)|Prema]] as Bhargavi *[[Cochin Haneefa]] as Vasu *[[Khadeeja (actress)|Khadeeja]] *[[Mallika Sukumaran]] as Appakari Mariya *[[T. K. Balachandran]] *[[T. P. Madhavan]] as Gopalan Nair *[[Maniyanpilla Raju]] (Uncredited) *C. M. Abraham *Priyan Pazhanji {{colend}}
== Soundtrack == The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]] and the lyrics were written by [[Yusufali Kechery]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ചിരിക്കുടുക്ക (1976) |url=https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3004 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923095516/https://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?3004 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |access-date=23 September 2022 |website=malayalasangeetham.info |language=ml}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Song !! Singers |- | "Chirikkudukke Thanka" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], Chorus, [[Pattom Sadan]] |- | "Chithrakanyake" || K. J. Yesudas |- | "Kuliru Koranu" || K. J. Yesudas |- | "Madhuramadhuramen" || [[S. Janaki]] |- | "Rikshaavaala Oh" || [[P. Susheela]], [[P. Jayachandran]] |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0280552}}
[[Category:1976 Malayalam-language films]] [[Category:1976 Indian films]] [[Category:1976 comedy films]] [[Category:1976 films]] [[Category:Films directed by A. B. Raj]] [[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]] [[Category:Indian comedy films]] [[Category:Malayalam remakes of Tamil films]]