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{{Infobox film
| name = Harikrishnans
| image = Harikrishnanscover.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| producer = [[Suchitra Mohanlal]]
| writer = Fazil
| starring = [[Mammootty]]<br>[[Mohanlal]]
| cinematography = [[Anandakuttan]]
| music = [[Ouseppachan]]
| editing = T. R. Shekar<br>K. R. Gaurishankar
| studio = [[Pranavam Arts]]
| distributor = Pranavam Arts
| released = {{Film date|1998|9|04|Kerala|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Team of 48|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/sep/01hari1.htm|access-date=17 September 2019|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=1 September 1998}}</ref>
| runtime = 172 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = {{INR}}2.5 crore<ref name =into>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/two-endings-of-harikrishnans-make-it-hit-but-run-into-rough-weather-with-cbfc/1/265049.html|title=Twice tossed gamble|work=[[India Today]]|date=5 October 1998}}</ref>
| gross = 
}}
'''''Harikrishnans''''' is a 1998 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]. The film was produced and distributed by [[Mohanlal#Personal life|Suchitra Mohanlal]] under the production company [[Pranavam Arts]], starring [[Mammootty]] and [[Mohanlal]]. Others in the cast include [[Juhi Chawla]], [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]], [[Shamili]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] and [[Kunchacko Boban]]. The film received a great pre-release hype due to the combined screen presence of Mohanlal and Mammootty, and was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. It was later dubbed into Tamil with the same name.

The film initially had two endings when released, where the heroine chose Mammootty in one version, and Mohanlal in the other one. This was an attempt by the filmmakers to satisfy the fanbases of both Mammootty and Mohanlal, who were each popular in different regions of Kerala. However, only the Mohanlal version was submitted to the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC) for censorship approval, and after both versions were released in theatres, the board sent a notice to the producer warning that it would take legal action, unless the ending with Mammootty, which had not been certified, was withdrawn.<ref name="IT"/><ref name="rediff"/> The producers were embroiled in legal actions after that,<ref name="rediff"/> but the gimmick helped the film to bring in millions of rupees. This was an upturn for the Malayalam film industry, which had been generating unsuccessful films for quite some time.<ref name="IT"/>

==Plot==
The Harikrishnans are of the most famous lawyer duos in India. To avoid confusion one is called as Hari ([[Mammooty]]) and the other as Krishnan ([[Mohanlal]]). They head the organization called Harikrishnan Associates, which consists of around 300 lawyers. They get engaged in a murder case of Guptan ([[Rajiv Menon]]), who was allegedly killed by a deaf and dumb woodcutter, Gabriel ([[VK Sreeraman]]). Gabriel is a friend of Hari's sister ([[Shamili]]) and Harikrishnans become the defence lawyers upon her request.

The Harikrishnans begin an investigation and come across Meera ([[Juhi Chawla]]), a friend of Guptan. Both of them fall in love with her. After some trouble over the matter, they rediscover their friendship and get involved in the case again. They discover that Guptan actually died due to poisoning by his relatives who were doctors who wanted to amass his wealth. The culprits are captured and Guptan's elderly father ([[Nedumudi Venu]]) accepts Sudarshanan ([[Kunchacko Boban]]), a former student of Guptan, as his son and successor to the property.

At the end Meera decides to go for a random method of choosing her lover as she liked both Harikrishnans equally. She tosses with a leaf where the winner would marry her and the other would be her friend. The leaf fell on the name of Krishnan, and she presumably marries him and Hari would become her friend.

===Alternate ending===
In the uncensored cut of the film, the leaf fell on Hari's name and she presumably marries him and Krishnan becomes her friend. There was also another ending planned with [[Shah Rukh Khan]]. He was proposed to do the role of the lover of Meera. But due to some technical problems it was cancelled.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/did-you-know-shah-rukh-khan-was-cast-in-a-malayalam-movie/articleshow/69826847.cms|title=Did you know Shah Rukh Khan was cast in a Malayalam movie? - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Cast==
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* [[Mammootty]] as Adv. Harikrishnan / Hari
* [[Mohanlal]] as Adv. Harikrishnan / Krishnan
* [[Juhi Chawla]] as Meera
* [[Innocent (Actor)|Innocent]] as Adv. Sundaran
* [[Nedumudi Venu]] as Thampuran (Thirumanassu), Guptan's elderly father
* [[Kunchako Boban]] as Sudarshanan
* [[Shamili]] as Ammalu, Hari's younger sister and Krishnan's cousin
* [[Rajiv Menon]] as Guptan, Meera's friend
* [[Cochin Hanifa]] as Kunjikuttan, Meera's cousin
* [[V. K. Sreeraman]] as Gabriel, who is both deaf and dumb (gets implicated in Guptan's murder)
* [[Krishna (Malayalam actor)|Krishna]] as Sudarshanan's friend
* [[Sudheesh]] as Sudarshanan's Friend
* [[Poojappura Ravi]] as Ramabhadran [Ramappan], Thampuran's sinister younger cousin
* [[Venu Nagavalli]] as Kallurkaatil Vishwambharan, Meera's father
* [[Jagadish]] as Public Prosecutor
* [[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Kunjikuttan's Advocate
* [[Hemanth Ravan]] as Dr Jaya Kumar, Ramappan's elder son and Guptan's cousin (who murdered Guptan)
* [[Baburaj (actor)|Baburaj]] as Prem Kumar, Ramappan's younger son and Guptan's cousin (who murdered Guptan)
* [[Reena (actress)|Reena]] as Meera's mother
* [[Sajitha Betti]] as Ammalu's friend
* [[Saranya Mohan]] as Ammalu's Friend
* [[Kanakalatha]] as Ammalu's neighbour
* [[Sankaradi]]
* Krishna Prasad as Sudarshanan's friend
* [[K.P.A.C. Sunny]] as Judge
* V.P. Ramachandran as Ammalu's neighbour
* [[Augustine (actor)|Augustine]] as Sasi, Kunjikuttan's driver
* [[K. P. Ummer]] as Sudarshanan's Hostel Warden
* Yadu Krishnan as Sudarshanan's friend
* Jereesh James as Sudarshanan's friend
* Vijayan Peringode as Temple Poojaari at Kovilakkam
* [[Jose Pellissery]] as Jose-paapa, the guard at Ammalu's neighbourhood in Ponoor
* [[Antony Perumbavoor]] as Ambulance driver Antony
{{colend}}

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Harikrishnans
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Ouseppachan]]
| cover = Harikrishnans_Audio.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1998
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = VGP Digital, Chennai
| genre = Soundtrack
| length =
| label = Johny Sagariga
| producer = [[Ouseppachan]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
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{{Track listing

| extra_column = Artist(s)

| all_lyrics = [[Kaithapram Damodaran]]
| all_music = [[Ouseppachan]]

| title1 = Ponne Ponnambili
| extra1 = [[K. J. Yesudas]] (Dual voice)

| title2 = Ponnambal Puzhayirampil
| extra2 = K. J. Yesudas (Dual voice), [[K. S. Chithra]]

| title3 = Ponnambal Puzhayirampil
| extra3 = K. S. Chithra

| title4 = Samayamithapoorva
| extra4 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], K. S. Chithra

| title5 = Minnal Kaivala
| extra5 = [[Sujatha Mohan]]

| title6 = Pooja Bimbam
| extra6 = K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra

| title7 = Samayamithapoorva
| extra7 = K. J. Yesudas

| title8 = Minnal Kaivala
| note8 = Violin Solo
| extra8 = [[Ouseppachan]]

}}

[[K. J. Yesudas]] sang his parts in two different voices, to simulate the singing of both the lead actors during the song sequences in the film.

==Release==
===Multiple endings===
''Harikrishnans'' had multiple climaxes to appease the fan base of the lead actors [[Mohanlal]] and [[Mammootty]]. This had also caused some controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/archive/|title=Archive News|website=The Hindu}}</ref> The scene was when Meera ([[Juhi Chawla]]) chooses one of them to be her friend among both the Harikrishnans. She admires both equally and goes for a selection method which her grandmother taught her, whenever she had to make tough decisions. She sets the method so as to choose her friend; the loser of the toss presumably becoming Mira's lover. One of the climax shots shows Hari (Mammootty) winning the toss and the other one Krishnan (Mohanlal) winning it.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19980912/25550174.html|title=Hari gets Meera, so does Krishnan in Fazil's Harikrishnans|work=[[Indian Express]]|date=12 September 1998 |access-date=15 April 2011}}</ref>

However, only the Mohanlal version of the film was submitted to the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] (CBFC) and censored on 1 September 1998. Soon after the release, CBFC was quick to send a notice to the producer warning that the board would take legal action unless the uncensored alternate ending (Mammootty version) is removed from the exhibition. As a result, all the prints of Mammootty version was withdrawn from theatres and replaced with the other version.<ref name="IT">{{cite news|last=Radhakrishnan|first=M. G.|title=Two endings of 'Harikrishnans' make it a hit but run into rough weather with CBFC|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19981005-two-endings-of-harikrishnans-make-it-hit-but-run-into-rough-weather-with-cbfc-827168-1998-10-05|access-date=19 December 2018|work=[[India Today]]|date=5 October 1998}}</ref><ref name="rediff">{{cite web|last=Jose|first=D.|title=Double trouble|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/oct/06hari.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=19 December 2018|date=6 October 1998}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film's budget was {{INRConvert|2.5|c}} and recovered its cost within two weeks.<ref name =into/> The film collected {{INRConvert|5.6|l}} from first week beating the previous record of [[Aaraam Thampuran|''Aaraam Thampuran'']], which was {{INRConvert|4|l}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/1998/sep/14hari.htm|title=The win-win situation|work=[[Rediff]]|date=14 September 1998}}</ref> The film was commercial success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/movies/1999/mar/11moh1.htm|title='Nothing, neither criticism nor compliment, affects me'|work=[[Rediff]]|date=11 March 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://inwww.rediff.com/entertai/1998/dec/07malaya.htm|title=All is not lost...|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=7 December 1998}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0246674}}

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[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990 films]]
[[Category:Pranavam Arts International films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ouseppachan]]
[[Category:Films directed by Fazil]]
[[Category:Indian comedy thriller films]]

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