''Chukkan'' is a 1994 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language film, directed and produced by Thampi Kannanthanam. This film became famous later for Suresh Gopi's signature dance moves. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Gautami,

Thilakan Palappurathu Keshavan Surendranatha Thilakan (15 July 1935 – 24 September 2012) was an Indian film and stage actor who appeared in over 200 Malayalam films. Thilakan was known for his elaborate method acting, realistic and spontaneous appeara ...

and

Kaviyoor Ponnamma Kaviyoor Ponnamma (10 September 1945 – 20 September 2024) was an Indian actress who appeared in Malayalam films and television. She began her career performing in theatre dramas before foraying into cinema. She also acted in TV serials and c ...

Synopsis

Gaurishankar is an unemployed youth, who gets spirited by environmental issues a factory causes. However, those who supported him for the cause had ulterior motives. His father Shnkaran Nair is the sole breadwinner of the family and he works with the factory, and Gauri's actions costs him dearly. Gauri after understanding that he was fooled by greedy politicians and their masters, a capitalist known as Mr.X plays their dirty game as a team player only to betray them later.

Cast

* Suresh Gopi as Gaurishankar * Gautami as Gayathri, Gaurishankar's love interest *

as Shankaran Nair *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar Achary (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four deca ...

as Sreeraman * M. G. Soman as Parol Padmanabhan *

Narendra Prasad Raghava Kurup Narendra Prasad (26 December 1946 3 November 2003) was an Indian actor, playwright, director, teacher and literary critic. He was born at Mavelikkara in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore. Appreciated for his body language a ...

as Mahendran * Rajan P. Dev as Iyer * N. F. Varghese as Chandran *

Jose Prakash Kunnel Joseph Joseph, better known by his stage name, Jose Prakash (14 April 1925 – 24 March 2012) was an Indian actor and singer who worked in Malayalam cinema. He was a singer turned actor who had appeared in more than 300 films mostly in a ...

as Narayanan * Vijayaraghavan as Sreenivasan *

as Gourishankar's Mother * Bobby Kottarakkara * Baiju as Vikky/Vigneshwaran * Kundara Johny as Ganapathy *

Kuthiravattam Pappu Padmadalakshan, better known by his stage name Kuthiravattam Pappu (24 December 1936 – 25 February 2000), was a popular Indian stage and film actor. His repertoire of acting was based on his unique style and use of the '' Kozhikodan'' dialect, ...

as Beeranikka * Riza Bava as Viswan *Shanthakumary *Renuka as Leela *Sabitha as Sindhu *

Jose Pellissery Jose Pellissery (1950 – 5 December 2004) was an Indian film and theatre actor. Biography As an actor in Malayalam cinema, he played supporting roles in about 100 films. His 15-year film career included roles in such movies as '' Aadhaaram' ...

as Manjooran *Pala Aravindan as Krishnanunni *Seena Antony as Ammu

Soundtrack

The music was composed by S. P. Venkatesh.

References

External links

* * 1994 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Thampi Kannanthanam {{1990s-Malayalam-film-stub