Karikku
Indian digital platform
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Karikku (transl. Tender Coconut) is an Indian YouTube Channel in Malayalam, founded by Nikhil Prasad in 2018. The YouTube Channel gained popularity with their first Web series titled "Thera Para". Karikku has different business verticals including Fliq (multi genre web series space), Tuned (indie music label), Fuse (advertising and influencer marketing), Wybe (merchandising) and Zero (news aggregator).
- Comedy
- Drama
- Thriller
Karikku | |
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Karikku Logo since August 2020 | |
| YouTube information | |
| Years active | 2018 – present |
| Genres |
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| Subscribers | 9.89 Million |
| Views | 2.06 Billion |
| Last updated: December 2025 | |
The channel received the Golden Creator Award upon reaching one million subscribers on YouTube in 2019.[1][2]
The Karikku YouTube Channel received the Mazhavil Entertainment award 2019 for the Best Original Content (Digital) presented by Mazhavil Manorama.[3][4]
History
The YouTube channel Karikku was launched on 16 August 2016 by Nikhil Prasad.[5] Karikku uploaded its first video on April's Fools Day, 2018.[6]
The channel's breakthrough came with the series Thera Para, which discusses the life of four young men in a very relatable manner, touching upon the day in the life of people around that age category.[7][8] The video was later converted to a single watch of Season 1 with some minor edits and re-released in 2020. A movie with the same name was announced through their YouTube channel as a motion poster but was cancelled due to pandemic. [9][10][11][12]
Its popularity grew rapidly throughout 2019, with the addition of new cast members and interesting plots.[13] Film actors Tovino Thomas (Gym Boys), Aju Varghese (Thera Para Season 1 Finale),[14] Rajisha Vijayan (Valentine's Day Gift) and Saniya Iyyappan (Thera Para season 1 Finale) made cameo appearances.[15]
They released a video in 2019 celebrating their new YouTube Silver Play Button, after crossing 100,000 subscribers, promoting more viewers to subscribe, as they aimed for the Golden Play Button.[16][17]
In 2020, after a small break due to the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting lockdown, Karikku gradually started to upload videos, beginning with an episode based on a video call, creating a spin-off of the episode Bhaskaran Pillai technologies .[18]
In collaboration with Netflix, karikku released a video titled Ripper - the wanted Killer on 3 April 2021. The Sketch is a promotion for the Malayalam motion picture Irul and was released on the official Netflix India YouTube channel.[19]
Karikku announced their first feature film in October 2025 and expected to be released by following year.[20][21]
Mini YouTube-series and Videos
Mini YouTube series
| Year | Series | Director | Episodes | YouTube Channel | First Aired | Last Aired | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2019 | Thera Para | Nikhil Prasad | 20 | Karikku | 21 July | 23 March | [22] |
| 2019 | Rock Paper Scissors Season 1 | Adithyan Chandrashekar | 8 | Karikku fliq | 5 October | 30 November | [23] |
| 2019 - 2020 | Plus Two Class | Nikhil Prasad | 6 | Karikku | 7 December | 7 April | [24] |
| 2020 - 2021 | Scoot | Arjun Ratan | 8 | Karikku fliq | 15 February | 17 January | [25] |
| 2020 | Doosra | Nikhil Prasad | 3 | Karikku | 22 June | 11 July | [26] |
| DJ | Krishna Chandran | 2 | Karikku | 30 November | 24 December | [27] | |
| 2020 - 2021 | Rock Paper Scissors Season 2 | Shyamin Gireesh | 6 | Karikku fliq | 25 December | 21 March | [28] |
| 2021 | Insomnia Nights | Thamby | 5 | Karikku fliq | 10 June | 3 July | [29] |
| Average Ambili | Adithyan Chandrashekar | 6 | Karikku fliq | 19 July | 12 September | [30] | |
| Better Half | Krishna Das Murali | 6 | Karikku fliq | 21 August | 4 October | [31] | |
| 2021 - 2022 | Kalakkachi | Arjun Ratan | 2 | Karikku | 25 December | 1 January | [32] |
| 2022 | Sebastiante Velliyazhcha | Sidharth K T | 5 | Karikku fliq | 21 May | 24 June | [33] |
| Circus | Binoy John | 2 | Karikku | 25 June 25 | 12 July | [34] | |
| Bharati Apartments | KC | 3 | Karikku | 29 August | 15 October | [citation needed] | |
| Jabla | Basil Gershome | 5 | Karikku fliq | 15 October | 23 October | [35] | |
| Samarthya Shastram | Shyamin Gireesh | 6 | Karikku | 16 November | 10 December | [36] | |
| 2023 | Thenks! | Binoy John | 2 | Karikku | 21 May | 30 May | [37] |
| Priyapettavan Piyush | Goutham Soorya | 6 | Karikku | 30 June | 16 July | [38] | |
| 2024 | Mokka | Nikhil Prasad | 2 | Karikku | 8 March | 20 March | [39] |
| Porul | Goutham Soorya | 5 | Karikku | 10 May | 18 May | [40] | |
| JAM | Binoy John | 3 | Karikku | 14 September | 25 September | [41] | |
| 2025 | Something Fishy | Abijith Krishnan | 2 | Karikku | 27 April | 30 May | [citation needed] |
YouTube Sketches
| Year | Title | Director | Video length | Released on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Veruppikkal Appappans | Nikhil Prasad | 13m | 24 December |
| 2019 | Mr. Pishuku Kumar | 12m | 28 January | |
| Valentine's Gift | 10m | 14 February | ||
| Plus Two Free Period | 17m | 14 April | ||
| PK | 27m | 5 June | ||
| Bhaskaran Pillai Technologies | 21m | 28 June | ||
| Gym Boys | 13m | 20 August | ||
| Onam Sadhya | 15m | 7 September | ||
| Arrangement Kalyanam | Jeevan Stephen | 20m | 21 October | |
| 2020 | Bhaskaran Pillai from America | Nikhil Prasad | 14m | 20 May |
| Smile Please | Jeevan Stephen | 25m | 18 August | |
| Thiruvonam | Nikhil Prasad | 24m | 31 August | |
| Ulkka | Jeevan Stephen | 31m | 8 October | |
| Family Pack | Anu K Aniyan | 30m | 1 November | |
| Happy Birthday | Jeevan Stephen | 40m | 5 March | |
| 2021 | Ripper - The wanted killer | Nikhil Prasad | 17m | 3 April on Netflix India YouTube channel |
| Star | Anu K Aniyan | 45m | 21 August | |
| 2022 | Ringa Ringa Rosa (Single Watch) | Krishna Chandran | 30m | 27 May |
| 2023 | Happy Onam | Nikhil Prasad | 39m | 29 August |
| Tattadash | Benoy John | 33m | 22 December | |
| 2024 | Terminator | Krishnachandran | 45m | 15 June |