The subject of Naxalism seems borrowed from the former while the edgy-eerie feel has been taken from the latter." and concluded as "Young Padmakumar tried to make Shikkar a mass-entertainer as well as a film with artistic merit unfortunately, it falls somewhere in between". Palicha of rated 2/5 stars and said "Suresh Babu's script seems to be heavily inspired by two recent, much-discussed films Madhupal's Thalappavu and Blessy's Bhramaram. However, scriptwriter has done a commendable job compared with his earlier scripts like Thaandavam, and has tried to inject oodles of energy". He commented "The story is as old as the history of revenge sagas. S of The New Indian Express praised the cinematography of Manoj Pillai and Mohanlal's performance. The film collected over ₹12 crore (US$1.6 million) in 20 days. Shikkar was found at the second place in the third week. The New Indian Express called it an "ultimate winner". The film made at a budget of ₹3.5 crore (US$460,000), collected ₹3.75 crore (US$500,000) as distributor share from first two weeks. It was found at the number one position at the Kerala box-office among the Ramzan releases. And took distributor share of around ₹2.10 crore (US$280,000) from 8 days. It grossed ₹5.47 crore (US$730,000) in 8 days from 110 screens, which was phenomenal for a Malayalam film at that time. Shikkar released on September 9 in Kerala, Chennai and Bangalore made an extraordinary opening in 110 screens. The film was a commercial success despite receiving mixed reviews from critics. The climax scenes were shot in Guna caves and the hills in Kodaikanal, including a place termed as "Devil's kitchen". The film was mainly shot at various locations in Pooyamkutty, Kothamangalam, also in Telangana (Andhra Pradesh) and Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. Lal as Dancer Eldho Aashaan (Special Appearance in song Sembakame).Suraj Venjaramood as Barber Kuttappan/Kuttappaswamy.Jagathy Sreekumar as Pilla alias Mathaayi.Jain Syriac Babu as a mute worker/ the only son of Comrade Dr.Lakshmi Gopalaswamy as Rukmini, Abdulla's wife.Thalaivasal Vijay as Muhammad Rawuthar, Ex-police officer of Andhra Pradesh.Lalu Alex as Sathyan, Balaraman's friend.He gets misguided into following the illegal ideology of Naxalism. Abdulla, a good natured, helpful man who is a qualified M.B.B.S doctor, activist, songwriter and singer. Ananya as Ganga, Balaraman's and Kaveri's daughter.Kalabhavan Mani as Maniyappan, assistant of Balaraman.
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Mohanlal as Balaraman, Lorry driver and an Ex-police officer of Andhra Pradesh.
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