Malayalam film Industry has always been an Integral part of Indian Cinema and has produced some of the finest movies ever. This year has been no different. In fact 2016 has been quite a significant year with some quality movies which released to packed houses and which were received well by the audience.
January had one Major release which was Pavada starring Prithviraj which became a hit with a box office collection of 16.3 crores. Fahad Fazil's Monsoon Mangoes, Unni Mukundan's Style bombed at the box office miserably.
February saw the successful run of Nivin Pauly at the box office with Action Hero Biju. The movie portrayed the Kerala Police like never before and the movie went on to become a blockbuster. Fahad Fazil delivered a solid performance in Maheshinte Prathikaaram and the movie which went on to become a blockbuster Maheshinte Prathikaaram was well directed by Dileesh Pothen and was one of the best movies of the year. Mammootty and Nayanthara starrer Puthiya Niyamam was declared hit and the movie received good response from viewers thanks to the direction and the casting. Vettah, Rajiv Pillai's last venture was a good watch and a good attempt at a psychological thriller. Aakashavani starring Kavya Madhavan and Vijay Babu was no good while Hello Namasthe was dull.
March had Darvinte Parinaamam which was another watchable flick from Prithviraj and Dulquer Salman's Kali which became another Super Hit. Sameer Thahir proves that he can produce magic on screen with a simple story.
King Liar and Jacobinte Swargarajyam went on to become the blockbusters of April while Leela was a huge letdown from director Ranjith. The critics praised the movie while audience panned the movie mercilessly.
May started off with James and Alice with the fresh pair of Prithviraj and Vedika . The movie received mixed to good response from the audience. Mudhugauv received good response from audience but it did not become a box office success while Happy Wedding was the surprise hit of the month. Aadupuliyattam's success turned out to be a big relief for Jayaram while School bus by Rosshan Andrrews did not do well at the box office. Hallelloya was a good movie which did not get the required attention while Oru Murai Vanthu Paarthaya was another disappointment for Unni Mukundan.
June literally had no major releases while Tini Tom's Anyarkku Praveshanamilla was the only movie with known actors. Kasaba had Mamootty in Police avatar and the movie became the first hit of July while Anuraga Karikkinvellam suffered due to bad direction and writing but since June had no movies and Kasaba was not for family audience mostly, family audience found this movie the better of the lot. Karinkunnam Sixes had Manju Warrier as a Volleyball coach and the movie did decent business. Shahjahaanum Pareekuttiyum and Pa..Va failed to bring audience to the cinemahalls while Mammooty's White bombed at the box office.
August saw the release of Jayasurya's Pretham and IDI on the same day out of which Pretham went on to become a box office success. Ann Mariya Kalippilaanu became a Super Hit with Sunny Wayne and Sara Arjun in the lead while Dileep - Kavya starrer Pinneyum bombed. Guppy was a unique movie which did not have a good run at the box office.
September was rich with Onam releases all of which became box office successes. Priyadarshan's Mohanlal starrer Oppam broke many records at the box office and the movie was declared a blockbuster. Jeethu Joseph's Oozham starring Prithviraj also minted money at the box office becoming a Super Hit. Dileep's Welcome to Central Jail was declared a hit and Kunchako Boban's Kochava Paulo Ayyappa Coelho also had a good run at the box office. Jude Anthony Joseph's Oru Muthassi Gadha starring Vineeth Sreenivasan was another box office success of September.
October 2016 will be remembered for Vyshak's Mohanlal starrer Pulimurugan which is now the highest grossing Malayalam movie with a collection of approx 150 crores. Pulimurugan broke all existing records starting from Day 1 collection and is still running in theatres. Pulimurugan had a terrific response from the audience in its first week of release and this reflected in its excellent collections at the box office. Mammooty's Thoppil Joppan had a decent run but was overshadowed by Pulimurugan's dream run at the box office. Aanandham and Kavi Udheshichathu also had a good run at the box office out of which the former became an instant hit.
November had a flying start with Bijumenon's Swarna Kaduva grossing 2.1 crores on its opening day and having a decent run at the box office followed by Kattapanayile Hrithik Roshan which became Nadirshah's Second consecutive success as a director. Meera Jasmine's 10 Kalpanakal flopped at the box office.
December had many releases lined up, all of which got postponed due to distributor share issues. Oremugham which got released is having a decent run at the box office.
Mohanlal had a great year with 3 blockbusters in a row, one of which was Janatha Garage with Junior NTR. The next year holds promise with Mohanlal's Munthirivallikal Thalirkumbol, Dulquer's Jomonte Suvisheshangal and Mammooty's The Great Father lined up for a January Release.
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