Together, they have created on-screen magic. Kireedom, Chenkol, Sphatikom, Pin Gami, Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam, Kalipattom, Narasimham are some of them.
Among those characters, Sethumadhavan and Head-constable Achuthan Nair are memorable ones.
But Kireedom Unni, one of the producers, now says the crew never thought the film would be such a big hit.
“We were sure it would be a good film. At some point of time, we even though of putting off the film as Tilakan’s date clashed with that of Mohanlal. Tilakan was acting in Chanakyan and Varnam and he was unable to do a third one simultaneously.
I told Tilakan that we could suspend the film if he couldn’t adjust the time. When I told him we could do the film when Lal’s date was available, he replied he would let me know later. The next day he called me to tell that he would come, if the shooting could be scheduled according to his availability. We finally agreed as it was difficult for him to find time in between two shooting schedules”.