Karikku

Karikku
Karikku Logo
Personal information
Nationality	Indian
YouTube information
Location	Kochi
Created by	Nikhil Prasad
Years active	2018 – present
Subscribers	7.3 million
Total views	940 million
Catchphrase(s)	Feel The Freshness Inside
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2019 1,000,000 subscribers 2019

Karikku is an Indian digital media platform and a YouTube channel that was founded by Nikhil Prasad in 2018. The platform gained popularity with their first Web series titled "Thera Para". Karikku has different business verticals including Fliq (web series), Tuned (music label), Fuse (influencer marketing), Wybe (merchandising) and Zero (news media).

The channel received the Golden Creator Award upon reaching one million subscribers on YouTube in 2019.

The Karikku platform received the Mazhavil Entertainment award 2019 for the Best Original Content (Digital) presented by Mazhavil Manorama.

History

The YouTube channel Karikku was launched in 2016 by Nikhil Prasad. 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. The series was later converted to a single watch movie with some minor edits and re-released in 2020.

Its popularity grew rapidly throughout 2019, with the addition of new cast members and interesting plots. Film actors like Tovino Thomas (Gym Boys), Saniya Iyappan (Thera Para Season 1 Finale), Rajisha Vijayan (Valentine's Day Gift) and Aju Varghese (Thera Para Season 1 Finale) made cameo appearances.

They released a video in 2019 celebrating their new YouTube Silver Play Button, after crossing 100,000 subscribers (കിട്ടുമോ?), promoting more viewers to subscribe, as they aimed for the Golden Play Button.

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.

In collaboration with Netflix, Karikku released a video titled Ripper - The Wanted Killer on April 3, 2021. The Sketch is a promotion for the Malayalam motion picture Irul and was released on the official Netflix India YouTube channel.

Cast

A 2020 listing of the frequently collaborated cast included:

• Anu K Aniyan
• Arjun Ratan
• Anand Mathews
• Binoy John
• Jeevan Stephen
• Athira Niranjana
• Sruthy Suresh
• Kiran Viyyath
• Krishna Chandran
• Sabareesh Sajjin
• Unni Mathews
• Ameya Mathew
• Sneha Babu

Verticals of Karikku

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Thera Para

Thera Para discusses the life of four ambitious and energetic, yet jobless young men. This is the story of four friends - George (Anu K Aniyan), Shambhu (Anand Mathews), Lolan (Sabareesh Sajjin) and Shibu (Binoy John). Out of the four, only Shibu is employed, but his job remains unknown to others. George is searching for a job, while Shambu is a technology geek and Lolan is depicted as a good-for-nothing fellow. Lolan has an online girlfriend known as Ashwathy Achu.

+2 Class

It portrays the life of Class XII Students and the different experiences of their lifetime. In the series, the boys of the class go for a trip to a resort along with a mysterious new student who looks much older than them. Unni (portrayed by Anu K Aniyan) had mortgaged his gold chain in order to obtain the fund for the trip. The gold chain is with the new student (portrayed by Unni Mathews) and Unni is constantly worried about the gold chain and is suspicious about the new student. He informs one of his friends about the same and they both try to follow the new student and get back Unni's gold chain.

A total of 6 episodes of the series has been released on Karikku's YouTube Channel. The production and release of the other episodes had been halted due to the Covid situation.

Doosra

This is a 3 episode webseries which continues the plot of Arrangement Kalyanam. Filmed during the Covid-19 pandemic, the protagonist buys a new flat the twists and tales continue.

Karikku Fliq

Karikku Fliq is a vertical of Karikku for multi-genre webseries content. It features mainly two types of contents - Webseries produced under the Karikku label with new/inhouse talent like it's series "Rock Paper Scissors" and "Scoot!" . It also features webseries produced by outside production houses with new talent and creators like it's latest flick "Insomnia Nights".

Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors is a story about three girls who live in the same house. They share a good bond and lead their own eventful lives. The series was well received and has 2 seasons.

Scoot

The series revolves around the lives of Antony and Sanjay and Shyam Kandithara,three friends whose ambition is to build a turf but end up in a dilemma as they fund their dream.This series is considered one of the best web-series of Karikku team.

Insomnia Nights

Insomnia Nights is a 5-episode series produced by the platform. It revolves around the events happening in the life of a former doctor - Surjith, who is facing mental disturbance and has insomnia. The series stars Vishnu Agasthya in the role of Surjtih. It is written and created by Thamby (Amal Sheela Thamby).

Average Ambili

Average Ambili is the latest offering from Karikku Fliq. It's maiden episode was released on the Karikku Fliq YouTube Channel on July 19, 2021. The series revolves around the life of Ambili, an average girl in a not-so average society.

Karikku Tuned

Karikku Tuned is a vertical of Karikku which produced music videos made by and featuring various artistes. It is aimed at encouraging independent artistes and talents in the field. Some of the well known tracks published in Tuned include "Pambaram" by the hip-hop group Street Academics which went viral.

Karikku Fuse

Karikku Fuse is one of the newest verticals of Karikku which is mainly intended for influencer/talent management and marketing.

Karikku Wybe

Karikku Wybe is the merchandise store of Karikku. Their merchandise mainly includes designer t-shirts carrying popular catchphrases from Karikku videos and pop culture. They have setup their stalls in many prominent fests.