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Aug 24, 2013

Memories Malayalam Movie Review and Box Office Collection Report

        Prithviraj is at his best in his career graph with his last three movies simultaneously lauded by the critics and fairing well at the box office. Jeethu joseph who debuted with the investigative thriller 'Detective' is back to the genre with Memories. Prithviraj is playing another police role after suspense thriller 'Mumbai Police'.
         Memories is directed and written by Jeethu Joseph himself and he really deserves a pat for such a wonderful product. The movie tells the story of a drunken cop Sam Alex (played by Prithviraj) who takes on a case under the persuasion of his mother. The movie progresses narrating his past and how Sam Alex cracks the mission. Prithviraj is outstanding as Sam Alex and he has done complete justice to the role. Prithviraj's acting was flawless and with utmost ease he carries the whole film in his shoulders. The director has very well developed the character making it believable. Cinematography by Sujith Vassudev is good. The murdering scene of Sam Alex's wife and daughter is really terrifyingly awesome. Certain doses of animation here and there was appreciable eventhough it wasn't perfect enough. The background score by Anil Jonson and songs by Sejo John were apt for the movie. Also editing by John Kutty was appreciable.
                The suspense element, the climax and the thrilling narration makes this movie a watchable flick for all type of audiences.

BOX OFFICE :

        The movie is receiving highly encouraging word of mouth and much better response considering recent thriller flicks. The movie has got released in 57 theaters across kerala.
          First three days gross of the movie is figured to be around 1.18 crores. Memories has got the best feedbacks among the eid releases and surely the collections are going to pick up. First week ends up with a decent collection of 2.80 crores.
          Memories is being preferred by the family audiences as well. The movie can be classified as a HIT and the collection is estimated to be 4.50 crores in it's two week run. The theatrical show count is around 2.500 so far.
             Three weeks total gross of the movie is 6.20 crores. So far, the total number of theatrical shows has reached 3,800. Memories has become the first choice for those who havn't seen it yet due to it's good WOM.
               Memories is fairing well at the box office despite competition from new releases and the movie may even survive at certain centers during onam season. The movie has completed successful fourth week run with a box office collection of 6.75 crores with a total of 5,000 theatrical show count. The movie is still holding strong in 45 theaters. Eventhough 'Mumbai Police' got terminated too early than the expectations, Memories is running successfully well at the box office more than the expectations.
                The final collection of Memories is estimated to be around 8.60 Crores.
          

2 comments:

  1. what is the life time BO collection of memories. Please try to include the total collection as well.

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  2. I’m From Tamil Nadu, I like Malayalam Movies very much, in contrast I heard many Malayalam people like VIJAY, AJITH, SURYA, ALLU ARJUN. Tollywood is completely opposite to molly wood, whereas kolly wood is mixture of both the tolly wood and molly wood. Movies Made by Malayalam Industries are heart warming and life oriented, where you can at least learn something for your Life. I wish People from Malayalam film industry release their movies in Tamil with subtitles so that it will reach wider audience. Because artistic work should reach more people in the world. I used to read all the Malayalam Cinema News, Mollywood News, Gossips
    from this site, check it , would be useful.

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