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Chekkeran Oru Chilla
Chekkeran Oru Chilla
Directed by	Sibi Malayil
Screenplay by	Priyadarshan
Based on	Saaheb by Anil Ganguly
Produced by	Shankar Panicker
Starring	Shankar Panicker; Ambika; Jagathy Sreekumar; Nedumudi Venu
Cinematography	S. Kumar
Edited by	L. Bhoominathan
Music by	Shyam
Production; company	Shanghupushpam Films
Distributed by	Saj Productions
Release date	20 February 1986;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Chekkeran Oru Chilla (transl. A branch to perch on) is a 1986 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Sibi Malayil, written by Priyadarshan, and produced by Shankar. It is a remake of the 1985 Hindi film Saaheb. The film stars Shankar, along with Bharath Gopi, Ambika, and Nedumudi Venu. The film has musical score by Shyam.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

Unni is a promising football goalkeeper and he aims to be in the national team. He is often criticised by family members for not taking care of his family, completing his education, or making money. His sister gets a good marriage proposal, but his father does not have the financial means to fund the marriage. His sisters and brothers are stingy with money. His elder brother's wife tries to help but it doesn't help much. Unni as an unemployed youth takes responsibility in ways opportunity opens for him and that forms the climax.

Cast

Shankar as Unni
Ambika as Lathika aka Lallu
Jagathy Sreekumar as Kunjuraman aka Pulluvan aka Kavi Kunjumamman
Nedumudi Venu as Govindan, the father.
Lissy as Chinnu, the sister.
Bharath Gopi
Raghavan
M. G. Soman
Ravi Menon
Seema
Sreenath
Valsala Menon
Sukumari
Kannur Sreelatha

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shyam and the lyrics were written by Chunakkara Ramankutty.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Jeevitham Shaashwatha"	Unni Menon	Chunakkara Ramankutty
2	"Poonilaavudichallo"	Vani Jairam, Unni Menon	Chunakkara Ramankutty
3	"Snehappookkal Vaarichoodi"	Unni Menon	Chunakkara Ramankutty

Trivia

This is actor Shankar's first and only home production.

References

^ "Chekkeraanoru Chilla". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ "Chekkeraanoru Chilla". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ "Chekkaeran Oru Chilla". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
^ "Malayalam Full Movie-Chekkeranoru Chilla-Full Length Movie HD". youtube. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

External links

Chekkeranoru Chilla at IMDb

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[1] "Chekkeraanoru Chilla". MalayalaChalachithram. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[2] "Chekkeraanoru Chilla". malayalasangeetham.info. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[3] "Chekkaeran Oru Chilla". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[4] "Malayalam Full Movie-Chekkeranoru Chilla-Full Length Movie HD". youtube. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

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