Akkare Akkare Akkare


Akkare Akkare Akkare is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language buddy comedy film directed by Priyadarshan and written by Sreenivasan. It is a sequel to 1987's Nadodikkattu and 1988's Pattanapravesham. The story follows Crime Investigation Department C.I.Ds Dasan and Vijayan on an investigation for a gold crown stolen to the United States. Other cast include M. G. Soman, Mukesh, Maniyanpilla Raju, Parvathy Jayaram, Nedumudi Venu, Sukumari, Jagadish, and K. P. A. C. Lalitha.
The film was produced by G. P. Vijayakumar and distributed by Seven Arts Release. It was filmed in Houston, Texas and the Greater Los Angeles Area, California, New York, Brooklyn,

Plot

When a priceless gold crown is stolen from India, Ramdas and Vijayan are sent to the United States to retrieve it. The only clue they have is the pseudonym "Paul Barber" and a piece of torn black shirt. With these couple of clues, the comic duo embark on the adventure. Their suspicion initially falls on an official at the Indian Embassy Shivadasa Menon. In the course of time they both meet, and fall in love with a kind hearted Malayalee nurse working in a local hospital. Their lack of discipline and going incommunicado causes troubles to their superior officer Madras Police Commissioner Krishnan Nair IPS who comes to America in search of them.
Out of serendipity at each step, they end up eliminating the Paul Barber gang, getting felicitated by the American police and return to India with the gold crown, to much pomp at the Madras airport.

Cast

Akkare Akkare Akkare is one of the first Malayalam films to be shot in the United States. The various filming locations were in,
The film was also shot in the city of Burbank, California.

Music

The music composition was done by Ouseppachan. The audio songs were released by the label J. S. Audio.

Cultural references

"Don't Let It End" by Styx plays in the backdrop when Dasan and Vijayan come down the escalator at the Chicago Ohare International Airport

Legacy

The dialogue "Sadhanam Kayyilundo" from the film came as a popular catchphrase in Malayalam. As well as "Meenaviyal Enthayo Entho", the popular one-liner delivered by Sreenivasan found place in Printed T-shirts.