Chanthupottu (2005) : A Controversy

                            Chanthupottu is a Malayalam movie directed by Lal Jose and released in 2005 . It tells the story of Radhakrishn...

Apr 10, 2014

Highest Grossers of 2013 - Malayalam Box Office Update


         A record breaking total of 158 Malayalam movies were released in the year of 2013 at a rate of 13 movies per month. As usual majority of the movies were casualties which couldn't even gross a maximum of 1 crore. In 2013, there has been a huge rise in the number of Super hits touching at an incredible number of 8 and there is only one blockbuster so far ie Romans. Drishyam is continuing significant run at the box office and will be added tot this list after finalizing it's total gross. So Mohanlal won't have a place in this list of top grossers of 2013. Out of 5 release of Mohanlal, only Drishyam stayed in the box office. Mammootty had 6 releases last year, out of which he has 3 Super hits.
           Prithviraj Sukumaran had 3 releases out of which he has a Super Hit and 2 Hits in his credit. Out of 4 releases of Dulquer Salmaan, he has 1 Super hit in his credit. Fahadh faasil came up with the highest number of 12 releases. He was part of a super hit and other 4 hits. Kunchacko Boban had a total of 6 releases in 2013, out of 6, he has 1 blockbuster and 2 hits. 


1) SRINGARAVELAN 
           Gross - 12.25 Crores
           Verdict - Super Hit
            Dileep once again proves that he is indeed the Janapriya Nayakan. Sringaravelan which received big thumbs down from the critics as well as the audience, went up to becoming the highest grosser of the year. The main reason is the lack of competition and lack of choice for the family audience. The publicity stunts also has helped the movie highly in garnering this amount. 


2) ROMANS
       Gross - 11.50 Crore
       Verdict - Blockbuster
         Romans is the only blockbuster of the year. Kunchacko Boban - Biju Menon duo is magnificent in the box office when they had movie 'Ordinary' among the blockbusters in 2012.

3) KAMMATH AND KAMMATH
         Gross - 10.45 Crores
         Verdict - Super Hit
         Imagine the star power when Dileep and Mammootty acts together in a movie as brothers. But Kammath and Kammath couldn't effectively use the star power due to weak scripting. The movie ended up as a Super Hit despite negative word of mouth.


4) SOUND THOMA
          Gross - 10.20 Crores
          Verdict - Super Hit
         Since his debut in 2010 with Pokkiri Raja, Vyshak has been the most favorite of this hit chart. Sound Thoma brought Janapriya Nayakan Dileep and director Vyshak together for the first time.


5) DAIVATHINTE SWANTHAM CLEETUS
         Gross - 9.70 Crores
         Verdict - Super Hit
         Mammootty is known for his commitment in introducing new artist to the Malayalam film industry. Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus was directed by debutant Marthandan. Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus slightly fell apart from reaching the 10 Crore club.


6) AMERICAN BORN CONFUSED DESI
        Gross - 9.40 Crores
        Verdict - Super Hit
         ABCD was the second movie of Martin Prakkat. ABCD received negative reviews at the time of release and then the movie slowly picked up in the theaters with the support from family audience and turned out to be a Super hit. 


7) HONEY BEE
         Gross - 9.10 Crores
         Verdict - Super Hit
         Though Honey Bee can be stated as a solo hit for Asif Ali, it is Lal Jr who is the real hero of the movie. Jean Paul Lal, the son of director-actor Lal, made his debut through this super hit.


8) MEMORIES
         Gross - 8.60 Crores
         Verdict - Super Hit
         When considering investigative thrillers, this is a rare feat in the Malayalam industry. Memories helped in bringing writer-director Jeethu Joseph to the main stream directors of Kerala.


9) PULLIPULIKALUM AATINKUTTIUM
         Gross - 8.40 Crores
         Verdict - Hit
         The trust shown by family audience in the director Lal Jose and actor Kuchacko Boban helped this movie to garner well at the kerala box office despite average word of mouth.
           Where is the 10th film? we have kept a slot apart for Mohanlal's Drishyam

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