| Karikku | |
| Subscribers: | 9.63 Million |
| Subscriber Date: | September 2024 |
| Views: | 1.89 Billion |
| View Date: | September 2024 |
| Origin: | 16 August 2016 in Kochi, Kerala, India |
| Creator: | Nikhil Prasad |
| Years Active: | 2018–present |
| Silver Button: | y |
| Silver Year: | 2019 |
| Gold Button: | y |
| Gold Year: | 2019 |
Karikku 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]
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]
| Year | Series | Director | Episodes | YouTube Channel | First Aired | Last Aired | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | Thera Para | Nikhil Prasad | 20 | Karikku | July 21 | March 23 | [19] |
| 2019 | Rock Paper Scissors Season 1 | Adithyan Chandrashekar | 8 | Karikku fliq | October 5 | November 30 | [20] |
| 2019 - 2020 | Plus Two Class | Nikhil Prasad | 6 | Karikku | December 7 | April 7 | [21] |
| 2020 - 2021 | Scoot | Arjun Ratan | 8 | Karikku fliq | February 15 | January 17 | [22] |
| 2020 | Doosra | Nikhil Prasad | 3 | Karikku | June 22 | July 11 | [23] |
| DJ | Krishna Chandran | 2 | Karikku | November 30 | December 24 | [24] | |
| 2020 - 2021 | Rock Paper Scissors Season 2 | Shyamin Gireesh | 6 | Karikku fliq | December 25 | March 21 | [25] |
| 2021 | Insomnia Nights | Thamby | 5 | Karikku fliq | June 10 | July 3 | [26] |
| Average Ambili | Adithyan Chandrashekar | 6 | Karikku fliq | July 19 | September 12 | [27] | |
| Better Half | Krishna Das Murali | 6 | Karikku fliq | August 21 | October 4 | [28] | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Kalakkachi | Arjun Ratan | 2 | Karikku | December 25 | January 1 | [29] |
| 2022 | Sebastiante Velliyazhcha | Sidharth K T | 5 | Karikku fliq | May 21 | June 24 | [30] |
| Circus | Binoy John | 2 | Karikku | 25 June 25 | July 12 | [31] | |
| Bharati Apartments | KC | 3 | Karikku | August 29 | October 15 | ||
| Jabla | Basil Gershome | 5 | Karikku fliq | October 15 | October 23 | [32] | |
| Samarthya Shastram | Shyamin Gireesh | 6 | Karikku | November 16 | December 10 | [33] | |
| 2023 | Thenks! | Binoy John | 2 | Karikku | May 21 | May 30 | [34] |
| Priyapettavan Piyush | Goutham Soorya | 6 | Karikku | June 30 | July 16 | [35] | |
| 2024 | Mokka | Nikhil Prasad | 2 | Karikku | March 8 | March 20 | [36] |
| Porul | Goutham Soorya | 5 | Karikku | May 10 | May 18 | [37] | |
| JAM | Binoy John | 3 | Karikku | September 14 | September 25 | [38] | |
| 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 |