Karikku
| Karikku | ||||||||||
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 Karikku Logo since August 2020 | ||||||||||
| Origin | 1 April 2018 in Ernakulam, Kerala, India | |||||||||
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| Created by | Nikhil Prasad | |||||||||
| Years active | 2018–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 9.47 Million (July 2024) | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.83 Billion (July 2024) | |||||||||
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Karikku (transl. Tender Coconut) is an Indian YouTube Channel in Malayalam, founded by Nikhil Prasad in 2018. The YouTube Channel gained popularity with their first Web series titled "Thera Para". Karikku has different business verticals including Fliq (multi genre web series space), Tuned (indie music label), Fuse (advertising and influencer marketing), Wybe (merchandising) and Zero (news aggregator).
The channel received the Golden Creator Award upon reaching one million subscribers on YouTube in 2019.[1][2]
The Karikku YouTube Channel received the Mazhavil Entertainment award 2019 for the Best Original Content (Digital) presented by Mazhavil Manorama.[3][4]
History[edit]
The YouTube channel Karikku was launched on 16 August 2016 by Nikhil Prasad.[5] Karikku uploaded its first video on April's Fools Day, 2018.
The channel's breakthrough came with the series Thera Para, which discusses the life of four young men in a very relatable manner, touching upon the day in the life of people around that age category.[6][7] The video was later converted to a single watch of Season 1 with some minor edits and re-released in 2020. A movie with the same name is currently in the pre-production phase and was announced through their YouTube channel as a motion poster.[8][9][10][11]
Its popularity grew rapidly throughout 2019, with the addition of new cast members and interesting plots.[12] Film actors Tovino Thomas (Gym Boys), Aju Varghese (Thera Para Season 1 Finale),[13] Rajisha Vijayan (Valentine's Day Gift) and Saniya Iyyappan (Thera Para season 1 Finale) made cameo appearances.[14]
They released a video in 2019 celebrating their new YouTube Silver Play Button, after crossing 100,000 subscribers, promoting more viewers to subscribe, as they aimed for the Golden Play Button.[15][16]
In 2020, after a small break due to the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdown, Karikku gradually started to upload videos, beginning with an episode based on a video call, creating a spin-off of the episode Bhaskaran Pillai technologies .[17]
In collaboration with Netflix, karikku released a video titled Ripper - the wanted Killer on 3 April 2021. The Sketch is a promotion for the Malayalam motion picture Irul and was released on the official Netflix India YouTube channel.[18]
Mini YouTube-series and Videos[edit]
Mini YouTube series[edit]
| Year | Series | Director | Episodes | YouTube Channel | First Aired | Last Aired |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | Thera Para | Nikhil Prasad | 20 | Karikku | July 21 | March 23 |
| 2019 | Rock Paper Scissors Season 1 | Adithyan Chandrashekar | 8 | Karikku fliq | October 5 | November 30 |
| 2019 - 2020 | Plus Two Class | Nikhil Prasad | 6 | Karikku | December 7 | April 7 |
| 2020 - 2021 | Scoot | Arjun Ratan | 8 | Karikku fliq | February 15 | Jan 17 |
| 2020 | Doosra | Nikhil Prasad | 3 | Karikku | June 22 | July 11 |
| DJ | Krishna Chandran | 2 | Karikku | November 30 | December 24 | |
| 2020 - 2021 | Rock Paper Scissors Season 2 | Shyamin Gireesh | 6 | Karikku fliq | December 25 | March 21 |
| 2021 | Insomnia Nights | Thamby | 5 | Karikku fliq | June 10 | July 3 |
| Average Ambili | Adithyan Chandrashekar | 6 | Karikku fliq | July 19 | September 12 | |
| Better Half | Krishna Das Murali | 6 | Karikku fliq | August 21 | October 4 | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Kalakkachi | Arjun Ratan | 2 | Karikku | December 25 | January 1 |
| 2022 | Sebastiante Velliyazhcha | Sidharth K T | 5 | Karikku fliq | May 21 | June 24 |
| Circus | Binoy John | 2 | Karikku | 25 June 25 | July 12 | |
| Bharati Apartments | KC | 3 | Karikku | August 29 | October 15 | |
| Jabla | Basil Gershome | 5 | Karikku fliq | October 15 | October 23 | |
| Samarthya Shastram | Shyamin Gireesh | 6 | Karikku | November 16 | December 10 | |
| 2023 | Thenks! | Binoy John | 2 | Karikku | May 21 | May 30 |
| Priyapettavan Piyush | Goutham Soorya | 6 | Karikku | June 30 | July 16 | |
| 2024 | Mokka | Nikhil Prasad | 2 | Karikku | March 8 | March 20 |
| Porul | Goutham Soorya | 5 | Karikku | May 10 | May 18 |
YouTube Sketches[edit]
| Year | Title | Director | Video length | Released on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Veruppikkal Appappans | Nikhil Prasad | 13 minutes | December 24 |
| 2019 | Mr. Pishuku Kumar | 12 minutes | January 28 | |
| Valentine's Gift | 10 minutes | February 14 | ||
| Plus Two Free Period | 17 minutes | April 14 | ||
| PK | 27 minutes | June 5 | ||
| Bhaskaran Pillai Technologies | 21 minutes | June 28 | ||
| Gym Boys | 13 minutes | August 20 | ||
| Onam Sadhya | 15 minutes | September 7 | ||
| Arrangement Kalyanam | Jeevan Stephen | 20 minutes | October 21 | |
| 2020 | Bhaskaran Pillai from America | Nikhil Prasad | 14 minutes | May 20 |
| Smile Please | Jeevan Stephen | 25 minutes | August 18 | |
| Thiruvonam | Nikhil Prasad | 24 minutes | August 31 | |
| Ulkka | Jeevan Stephen | 31 minutes | October 8 | |
| Family Pack | Anu K Aniyan | 30 minutes | November 1 | |
| Happy Birthday | Jeevan Stephen | 40 minutes | March 5 | |
| 2021 | Ripper - The wanted killer | Nikhil Prasad | 17 minutes | April 3 on Netflix India YouTube channel |
| Star | Anu K Aniyan | 45 minutes | August 21 | |
| 2022 | Ringa Ringa Rosa (Single Watch) | Krishna Chandran | 30 minutes | May 27 |
| 2023 | Happy Onam | Nikhil Prasad | 39 minutes | August 29 |
| Tattadash | Benoy John | 33 minutes | December 22 | |
| 2024 | Terminator | Krishnachandran | 45 minutes | June 15 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Karikku owns 1 Million followers with just 30 uploads". The Times of India. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Christmas സമ്മാനവുമായി കരിക്കിന്റെ ജിഞ്ച". Zee News Malayalam (in Malayalam). 25 December 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "List of winners in Mazhavil Entertainment Awards 2019". Mazhavil Manorama. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Mazhavil Entertainment Awards show winners revealed". MediaNews4U. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Meet the creator of YouTube's viral 'MAD TECH' team". The Hindu. 2 August 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ S, Harikumar J. (22 October 2020). "'MAD TECH' special 'KUMILA VIDEO' is ruling over the hearts of Keralites". The Hindu.
- ^ "KUMILA VIDEO". Madhyamam (Malayalam).
- ^ "kumila video, the online sensation, gets a filmy makeover". The Times of India. 8 July 2019.
- ^ tech-team-comes-up-with-kumila video-movie-motion-poster-trends-on-youtube--1.3941043 "'mad tech' team comes up with 'kumila video' movie; Motion poster trends on YouTube..." Mathrubhumi.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help)[permanent dead link] - ^ -video-movie.html "mad tech to try ot 'kumila video' film". Malayala Manorama.
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- ^ "Quantum leap in Malayalam content on YouTube". The Hindu. 26 July 2019.
- ^ "How chanchal s nair became Aswathy Achu in Kumila web series?". Mathrubhumi. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "Tovino joins other Mollywood stars to act a role in Karikku". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "These guys are behind the popular online channel Karikku". OnManorama. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Although they never created a video celebrating the Golden Play Button after the channel crossed 1 million subscribers.
- ^ "COVID-19: Popular social media stars in Kerala release comic shorts on the lockdown". The Hindu.
- ^ "Malayalam content creator mad tech debut sketch video on Netflix grabs eyeballs".