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Chikkiku Chikkikkichu

2015 Indian film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ113987785
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Chikkiku Chikkikkichu (transl. Caught in a trap) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by N Rajesh Kumar and starring Mithun and Mrudula Murali. The film takes place on a train from Chennai to Nagercoil.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music by Vijay Benjamin features a song sung by T. Rajender.

Reception

Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express opined that "But at times it does look like the debutant maker had attempted to stretch what should have been a short film, to an unmanageable length". Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle wrote that "The director should be commended for steer clearing from sleazy scenes despite the film being a romantic tale that takes place in one night journey. The problem with the movie is that it just revolves around the lead two characters most part of it".

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The public source identifies “Chikkiku Chikkikkichu” as 2015 Indian film. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chikkiku, Chikkikkichu and Indian.

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This entry incorporates text from Chikkiku Chikkikkichu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.