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Karikku
OriginKochi, India
WebsiteKarikku
YouTube information
Channel
Created byNikhil Prasad
Years active2016-present
Genres
Subscribers2.223 million[1]
Total views180 million[1]
Network
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 21 May 2019

Karikku is an Indian entertainment video channel in Malayalam language, with a subscriber base of over 2.2 million. The channel, which uploads its video programs on YouTube and Facebook platforms, is ranked among the top one percent of the YouTube channels in the world where it has clocked over 180 million views. Besides the web series programs such as Thera Para and FIFA World Cup 2018, it also has a number of stand alone videos in its playlist. The channel has earned silver and gold play buttons from YouTube and received the inaugural Mazhavil Manorama Entertainment Awards in 2019 for original content in digital format.

History[edit]

Karikku had its origin in 2016 when Nikhil Prasad, a media personality,[2] started a Facebook page where he uploaded self-made videos.[3] In 2017, he shifted to YouTube platform and a year later, gathered a group of youngsters viz. Sabareesh Sajjin,[4] Anu K. Aniyan,[5][6] Anand Mathews,[7] Binoy John,[8] Jeevan Mammen Stephen,[9] Kiran Viyyath, Unni Mathews[10] and Arjun Ratan,[11] to introduce the channel's first web series, FIFA World Cup 2018, which was based on the football world cup, featuring characters representing soccer players such as Neymar, Christiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Thomas Muller and Harry Kane.[12] The next web series, Thera Para, also featured the same characters created for the earlier series[13] and the series became the first super hit web series in Malayalam language.[11] The channel, in between various web series productions, also produces stand alone videos[14] and celebrities such as Tovino Thomas, Aishwarya Lekshmi and Sajna Sudheer have featured in its productions.[15] It also participates in socio-cultural events and their workshop, Story Telling On Youtube, was a featured event on the second day of the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters, organized by Mathrubhumi at Thiruvananthapuram from January 31 to February 3, 2019.[16][17][18] NoxInfluencer, a YouTube analytical service, has rated the channel among the top 1 per cent, both nationally and globally.[19]

Awards[edit]

The channel has received Silver Play Button, for gaining over 100,000 subscribers and the Gold Play Button, for crossing over 1,000,000 subscribers from YouTube. Mazhavil Manorama awarded the channel their inaugural Mazhavil Entertainment Awards in 2019 for original content in digital format.[20]


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About Karikku". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Nikhil Prasad". IMDb. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  3. ^ "കരിക്കി'നായി ജോലി ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു; ഹിറ്റായത് തേരാ പാരാ; പിള്ളേരുടെ എല്ലാമെല്ലാമായി നിഖിൽ". Manoramanews. February 27, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  4. ^ "Sabareesh Sajjin". IMDb. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  5. ^ "Did you know 'Karikku' fame George has played a role in 'Argentina Fans Kattoorkadavu?' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  6. ^ "Anu K. Aniyan". IMDb. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  7. ^ "Anand Mathews". IMDb. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  8. ^ "Binoy John". IMDb. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  9. ^ "Jeevan Mammen Stephen". IMDb. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  10. ^ "Unni Mathews". IMDb. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  11. ^ "Come, let's troll each other say football fans as Karikku depicts interaction". The New Indian Express. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  12. ^ "'തേരാ പാരാ' നടത്തമല്ല; കൃത്യമായ പ്ലാനിങ്ങാണ് കരിക്ക്". Madhyamam Daily. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  13. ^ "പാട്ടുപാടി ജോർജ്; തമാശ പറഞ്ഞ് ലോലൻ -വീഡിയോ വൈറൽ". Madhyamam. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  14. ^ "Karikku - videos". YouTube. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  15. ^ "Schedule - MBIFL 2019 - Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters". www.mbifl.com. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  16. ^ "കരിക്ക് ഹിറ്റായതിങ്ങനെ: ഷിബുവും ലോലനും ജോര്‍ജ്ജും ശംഭുവും സംസാരിക്കുന്നു". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  17. ^ Mathrubhumi (2019-02-02). "യുവാക്കളെ ആവേശത്തിന്റെ കരിക്ക് കുടിപ്പിച്ച് 'ടീം കരിക്ക്' - Team Karikku At MBIFL19". Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  18. ^ "Karikku YouTube Channel Analytics and Report". www.noxinfluencer.com. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  19. ^ "Mazhavil Entertainment Awards 2019: here's the list of winners". OnManorama. 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

External links[edit]


Category:Comedy collectives Category:Comedy-related YouTube channels Category:Indian web series Category:Indian YouTubers Category:YouTube original programming Category:YouTube videos

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