Kanal Collection Report – Around 4.5 crore in 14 days !
Mohanlal starrer film Kanal directed by M Padmakumar which got a mixed opinion among viewers managed around 4.5 crore rupees box office collection in the 14 days of its run in theaters from Kerala. Outside collection is not estimated till now. The previous association of Mohanlal- Padmakumar- Suresh Babu team yielded a mega success at box office in 2010 with the film named Shikkar. So, people expected such a mass film from this team again and Kanal was not like that at all.
Kanal was a slow paced class thriller which is a new kind of experimental film in Mollywood. Mohanlal, Anoop Menon and Atul Kulkarni delivered great performance in the film and it is still running with below average collections. Film will end as a flop as the collection report suggests and Mohanlal’s next release will only be in next year Vishu season as he is doing big projects.
This year was a mixed bag for Mohanlal as he had success and failures. He had begun this year with a success named Ennum Eppozhum by Sathyan Anthikkad which collected over 10 crore and ended up as super hit by showing more than 8000 shows. Then came Laila O Laila by Joshiey which was a flop as it had collected only around 6 crores. Then came Renjith directorial Loham and it had created a record opening in its first day. It also ended up as a Super hit by collecting around 13 crore rupees and showing above 8500 shows in Kerala alone.
Out of the four films which released with him playing the lead role, he had two super hits and two flops. Almost 24 crores were spend for his films this year in mollywood and it had yielded more than 36 crores in the box office. In that sense he sustains his star value and still remain as the most valuable star in Malayalam cinema. But lack of class films now-a-days making his enormous talent to sleep in him rather than coming out as well.
