Dileep starred in Sallapam.
Films such as Sallapam -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , Ee Puzhayum Kadannu -LRB- 1997 -RRB- , Punjabi House -LRB- 1998 -RRB- , Udayapuram Sulthan -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , and Chandranudikkunna Dikhil -LRB- 1999 -RRB- established his status as a prominent actor during the late-1990s.
It was written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas , and stars Dileep , Preetha Vijaykumar , Captain Raju , Narendra Prasad , Innocent , Cochin Hanifa , Jagathy Sreekumar , Harisree Ashokan , Ambika , Sudheesh , Salim Kumar , Sphadikam George , Kottayam Nazir , and Oduvil Unnikrishnan.
