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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Screenplay by | Priyadarshan |
| Story by | Murali Nagavally |
| Produced by | Lissy |
| Starring | Mohanlal Mukesh |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Music by | Deepan Chatterjee |
Production company | Kalyani Film Society |
| Distributed by | Swargachitra |
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Running time | 175 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kakkakuyil (transl. Asian koel) is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language heist comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan and produced by Lissy.[1] It stars Mohanlal and Mukesh. The film features songs composed by Deepan Chatterji and background score by S. P. Venkatesh.[2] Kakkakuyil was released on 14 April 2001. It was remade in Telugu as Tappu Chesi Pappu Koodu (2002) and in Tamil as London (2005). The plot of the movie is based on the 1988 English movie A Fish Called Wanda [3] with the sub plot of the two lead actors seeking shelter in the house of old blind couple as a single person borrowed from the Marathi play Ghar Ghar.[4]
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- ^ FC, Team (21 November 2020). "From Mammootty's Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha To Mohanlal's Kaka Kuyil: Eight Malayalam Films Restored And Streaming".
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