Romans Malayalam Movie Review and Box Office Collection Report

                      'Romans' tells the story of three convicts who escapes as the cops bring them in train. Two of them wander together and finally lands in a small village. The villagers mistake them as priests sent by Father Gabriel (Vijayaraghavan) from Rome. They name themselves as Father Sebu (Biju Menon) and Father Paul (Kunchacko Boban). They perform many 'miracles' all of which comes in their favour. They plans to hide and stay there for a month and then escape to dubai. But everything doesnt go as they planned.
                      The theme of the movie seems to be inspired from Hollywood comedy 'We're No Angels', starring Robert De Niro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore which was directed by Neil Jordan . Though the story is an old stuff, the movie keeps us entertained. There's nothing fresh or great things in the movie. Second half of the movie was more entertaining and the director successfully brings in some twists and suspense elements. If you go with a free and unaltered mind you may like it. There's nothing new to get from the movie. But still its a good one-time watch.
                      Even though Kunchako Boban-Biju Menon chemistry had worked out well in few movie, they don't have the capability to bring out a frequently told story from pits. They did individually well in their respective roles. The chemistry works out in some places but if the script had been better it would have been a very good movie. Biju Menon steals the show with one liners which will make you laugh. Nelson (Asianet Comedy stars fame) was entertaining eventhough he had limited scenes. Niveda Thomas as the heroine, had nothing to do with the movie and was an utter failure.
                      Technically the movie has done good. Boban Samuel done extremely very well with his simple story and with a good suppot from the technicians. Vinod Illampally's camera was pretty good.
                      The main drawback of the film was the script by Y.V. Rajesh. If he had worked more on the same script and added some fresh humourous elements it would have worked out better. Songs by M. Jayachandran seemed to be average and the BGM was good. An item dance and some double meaning jokes could have been avoided.
                      At the end, Romans is an entertaining watch that will not make you regret and it is ok for a one-time watch.

POSITIVES :                                                                 NEGATIVES :
-Kunchakko Boban-Biju Menon Combo                        -Predictable Script
-Direction                                                                       -Songs
-Comic Elements                                                            -Niveda Thomas(Perfomance)

RATING : 2/5
VERDICT : Average

BOX OFFICE :
Kunjacko boban - Biju menon combo was one of the most successful duo in 2012. In January, they have come with another comedy caper 'Romans'. The film was released in 68 theatres all over kerala. The film is getting wonderful response from the audience. With an encouraging WOM, the movie is expected to do well in the box office.
Romans has collected a wonderful amount of 4.40 crores in it's first week run. Romans has become the first hit of 2013. With more theatres added up, Romans is capable of becoming a superhit with family support. Two weeks collection is estimated to be 6.01 Crores. There was a fall in collection due to new releases.
Romans became the first movie of 2013 to cross 5,000 shows. The film is holding up in 50+ theatres and has collected 6.80 crores in it's three week run.
Romans box office collection touches 8 crores from it's 25 day run.
So far holding strong in 47 theatres despite new releases and the box office collection is 9 crores within 40 days.
Still holding up in 20+ theatres and the movie reached 10 Crore bar in 50 days.
All India gross of Romans is figured out to be around 11.50 Crores.

Malayalam Movie Box Office Collection Report 2012 - summarized

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BLOCKBUSTERS :

      Mayamohini - 19.63 cr
      Ordinary - 15.10 cr
      THATTATHIN MARAYATHU - 12.90 cr
      Run Babby Run - 14.21 cr
      My Boss - 12 cr (50 days)

SUPERHITS :

      Usthad Hotel - 9.12 Cr
      Spirit - 8.2 cr
     
HITS :

      22 Female kottayam - 4.52 cr
      Diamond Necklace - 5.26 cr
      Mallu Singh - 8.48
      GRANDMASTER - 7.00 cr
      Cobra - 6.05 cr
      Second Show - 3.43 cr
      Ayalum Njanum Thammil - 6.28 cr
      Mr.marumakan - 7.90 cr
      THAPPANA - 7.50 cr


AVERAGE :

      The King and The Commissioner - 11.50 cr - Below Average
      Ee Adutha Kalath - 2.55 - Above Average
   

FLOPS :

      BACHELOR PARTY : 4.68 cr
      HERO - 1.87 cr
      Thiruvambadi Thamban - 1.04 cr
      Masters - 3.50 cr
      Spanish Masala - 6.90 cr
      Casanovva - 14.90
      Padmasree Bharat Dr Sarojkumar - 1.40 cr
      Asuravithu - 0.63 cr
      Kunjaliyan - 0.76 cr
      CINEMA COMPANY - 0.30 cr
      Friday - 0.95 cr
      Jawan of Vellimala - around 5 cr

DISASTER :

      Simhasanam - 1.46 cr
      Face To Face - below 2 cr

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10 continuous flop list completed by Shaji Kailas with SIMHASANAM

SHAJI KAILAS
       
Born               : August 17, 1965 (age 47)
Occupation     : Film director,Screenwriter
Years activ     : 1989 - present
Spouse           : Annie


          Shaji Kailas is one among the leading Malayalam Film Directors known for his action films. He entered movie industry with the movie 'news' starring suresh gopi. His movies like The Commissioner, Narasmiham, The King , Aram Thampuran, Valyettan where celebrated by fans and where huge commercial successes in the box office.
    The year 2000 was a something special for Shaji Kailas as he brought out two huge hits in a row. Narasimham, released in the first weeks of the year, with Mohanlal in the lead role swept the box office and create a Mohanlal mania over the state. Next Shaji kailas along with Mammootty created a boom in box office with valyettan.
    Its seen that in the recent times the usual Shaji kailas formula isnt working out well with the audience as well the critics.With his latest release SIMHASANAM starring Prithviraj, he completed 10 flops in a row. His last successful movies are  Chinthamani Kolacase and The Tiger (2006) starring Suresh Gopi in both.
In this list of 10 flops, Superstar's Mohanlal, Mammootty, Suresh Gopi has three films each and Dileep, Prithviraj has one each. Among the 10, 'Red Chilies' and 'The King and the Commissioner' were the most awaited movies by the respective fans. But both not only disappointed them but also terribly failed in the boxoffice.
 
                             Following is the list of Shaji Kailas's 10 continuous Flops list from 2006 to 2012:

1) The Don

       The Don was much hyped movie for the Dileep's avatar as a Don. The script work was done by J Pallasery.
  

2) BabaKalyani (2006)

      Baba Kalyani, a movie released in 2006 in which Mohanlal dons the role of an undercover secret officer. A racy script work done by SN swami but failed to do well in box office.


3) Time (2007)

      A suspense thriller starring Suresh Gopi in the lead as a police officer. The camera work were done by Raja ratnam. The movie was failure in box office.

4) Ali Bhai (2007)

      Again, another Mohanlal starrer in which he enacts the role of a local goon. The movie was intially well recieved by the fans due to the huge hype but failed to create any impact in the box office. The movie was not able recover the budget of 5 crores.

5) Sound of Boot (2008)

     Another Suresh Gopi movie which was released in 2008. This was the only movie of Shaji Kailas which was released in 2008.

6) Red Chilies (2009)

     Red Chilies was one of the most hyped movie of 2009 starring Mohanlal. But the movie was disaster due to it's poor scripting and presentation. This movie was budgeted around 4.5 Crores.

7) Drona 2010

One of the most hyped movie of Mammootty in 2010 in which Mammootty appears in double role. The songs done by Deepak dev were instant hit but the movie was a failure in box office.

8) August 15 (2011)

 Another Mammootty starrer and this movie is the sequel of blockbuster movie 'August 1'. The movie had a wide release and was backed up with modern technology. But the movie was a disaster in box office.

9) The king and the commissioner (2012)

 A movie which had a potential of being a blockbuster in which the epic characters, Joseph Alex and Barath Chandran unites. The movie was well received by fans but failed to recover the huge budget of 8 Crores. The movie was produced by Anto Joseph.

10) Simhasanam (2012)

 Starring prithviraj, the movie was released towards the end of 2012. This movie was scripted by Shaji Kailas himself. Adinte oru kuravu venda.


Next confirmed movies of Shaji kailas are Madirasi and Ginger both starred by jayaram whose movies are missing from the above list.....