#karikku

Karikku is an Indian entertainment YouTube channel providing Malayalam-language content, with a subscriber base of over 3 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 282 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 and entertaining content in digital format.


Millions of Malayali audience all over the world are eagerly waiting to catch the second season of superhit mini web series 'Thera Para’ on the Youtube channel ‘Karikku’. The characters -- Lolan, George, Shibu and Shambu have all become household names. So, what makes Karikku the biggest online entertainment channel in Kerala? In a free-wheeling conversation, it’s founder Nikhil Prasad talks to The Arabian Stories about its success. After finishing his BTech, Nikhil Prasad worked in the IT Field before venturing into television. Amrita TV was the first pitstop, followed by a two-year stint at Grass Valley, a manufacturing company that supplies equipment for TV channels. He was involved in the installation of channels like Colours and Zee.