Now its been more than 3 weeks after the release of Mohanlal and Manju warrier starrer film Ennum Eppozhum which was helmed by the veteran director Sathyan Anthikkad and the film has attained the status of a super hit much to the delight of the followers of the above mentioned artists and also to Mollywood film lovers who really anticipated for a long period to see a pure and simple family film.
According to the official box office reports, this film had collected rupees 9.25 crores in 20 days from Kerala alone and had completed 6700 shows as well. The film had got great response at overseas market as well with great returns from UAE, USA,UK and Australia etc. That collection is not available as of now and including that collection it is almost sure that the film grossed more than 11 crores in just 20 days of its theater run.
After the release of Ennum Eppozhum there are many big films like Dileep starrer Maryada Raman, Mammootty film Bhaskar The Rascal and big Tamil releases like Karthi’s Komban and Mani Ratnam- Dulquer team’s OK Kanmani got released here in Kerala. But still Ennum Eppozhum is Running in 50+ theatres and have 150+ shows daily in Kerala. This Film still gets houseful shows in many centers even after completing 3 weeks and despite many other releases. This film had become the number one choice for the families this season and that is the main reason behind the success of this simple film.
The two main factors behind the success of this film is the fabulous performance of Mohanlal whose expressions went beyond the imagination of the spectators and the second factor is the trust our family audience had on Sathyan Anthikkad. These are the two main reasons why the flick has become such a great success even after getting Mixed opinion from the opening day youth audience. A flick gets long run and success in box office only with the support of the family audience who comes in big numbers and here also the rush of family audience specially the rush from the part of ladies audience made this film a great hit.
Mohanlal again and again proved that he just need an average film to deliver super success and that is why he remains the best in the business for more than 30 years in our Malayalam film industry. The presence and performance of Manju Warrier, Grigory, Renji Paniker, Lena, Master Minon, Reenu Mathews, Innocent, Santhosh Keezhattoor etc helped the film to become such a sweet and great success this year and still going strong and steady on the way to a Mega hit from Super hit.
