Chithram (1988) on Netflix
NR19882h 39mComedyDramaMusical
Kalyani's boyfriend abandons her when he learns she will be disinherited. Her father is coming from the United States to visit a son-in-law, so Kaimal hires Vishnu to play the part.
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Plot summary
Kalyani, raised in Madras by her father's friend Kaimal, picks a husband her father does not approve of, and her boyfriend abandons her at the altar once he learns that she will inherit nothing. Her father, Ramachandran Menon, is a wealthy man in the United States who has fallen ill, and he writes that he now approves of the marriage. He wants to spend a fortnight at his estate with his daughter and her husband, so Kalyani and Kaimal agree to hide the truth from him. Kaimal comes across Vishnu, who needs money urgently, and pays him to play Kalyani's husband for the fourteen days of the visit. Kalyani's cousin Bhaskaran Nambiar, who looks after the estate and expects to inherit it, knows that the marriage is not real.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Chithram (1988)
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- Chithram ran for more than 400 days at Little Shenoys in Ernakulam, and completed 366 days of regular shows in two theatres, Little Shenoys and Ajanta in Trivandrum.
- Chithram was made on a budget of ₹0.44 crore and grossed around ₹4 crore at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film of its time.
- Chithram was the last Malayalam film to release its song tracks on LP record until 2022; the tracks had come out on the label Ranjini Cassettes.
