#FilmyFriday! Chiriyo Chiri: Trickster gets tricked!

We are back with yet another exciting installment of #FilmyFriday. ETimes presents - #FilmyFriday, wherein we recommend our readers one Malayalam movie, every week. And for this week, we are recommending 'Chiriyo Chiri' starring Balachandra Menon.

Script and Direction: Balachandra Menon

Cast: Balachandra Menon, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Adoor Bhasi, Maniyanpilla Raju, Sukumari, Mammootty, Seema, Swapna, Sreenivasan, Augustine

Release date: 24 December 1982

Unnikrishnan, a trickster gets tricked by Sukumari, a film star. To meet her, Unnikrishnan travels to Chennai, only to realize that life had other plans for him.

Unnikrishnan is in the retiring room, he is waiting for his train to arrive. Others are napping. Unnikrishnan returns from the loo irked and starts complaining about the poor hygiene in the washroom. The officials are tense and quickly send a person to clean the toilet. Soon, Unnikrishnan starts searching for his wallet, and introduces himself as Lal, manager of a pharmaceutical company. Says his wallet had Rs 1500, which he had to give his accountant, who is arriving by train in 10 minutes. A businessman (Paravoor Bharathan) lends him money. Unnikrishnan takes the money and leaves.

Unnikrishnan (Balachandra Menon), an orphan lives in his one-room house, and steals for a living. He along with his friend (Maniyanpillai Raju) tricks people, by impersonating and makes a living out of it. One day, a film production company lands in the village, and interestingly, decides to shoot in Unnikrishnan's room. He is starstruck by Mammootty, Seema, and most importantly Sukumari. In order to get more money from the team, Unnikrishnan does his own trick, however, Sukumari convinces him to allow permission for the shoot. Unnikrishnan gets convinced that Sukumari is interested in him, and as the shoot gets wrapped up, he even travels to Chennai to meet her. But will the star remember him?

Trivia

Mammootty, Seema, and Sukumari appeared in extended cameos for the film.