Hat trick of 30 crore movies for Mohanlal
We had recently reported that Mohanlal’s latest release Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, has successfully entered the 30 crore club. All India collections of the movie from the 21 days theatrical run has crossed the 30 crore mark. In Cochin multiplexes alone, the movie has raked in more than 1.50 crores. The actor currently has four of his movies in the 1 crore grossers list in the Kochi multiplexes.
Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol is Mohanlal’s third movie in a row to enter the 30 crore club, after the blockbusters Oppam and Pulimurugan. In total, Mohanlal has four movies in the 30 crore club, Jeethu Joseph’s Drishyam is the other movie in the list.
Mohanlal is going through a golden phase with three back to back massive successes in Mollywood. Oppam released for last Onam started the run, which was then taken over by Pulimurugan. Both the movies also crossed the 50 crore mark with the latter becoming the first ever Malayalam movie to enter the 100 crore club.
According to trade experts, Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol has very high chances to cross the 50 crore mark. The movie Thalirkkumbol has already completed 10,000 shows in Kerala. It is also the second fastest Malayalam movie to complete 5000 shows after Pulimurugan.
This family entertainer is directed by Jibu Jacob who previously helmed the superhit movie Vellimoonga. M Sindhuraj has written this movie based on James VJ’s popular short story Pranayopanishath. The story revolves a middle aged couple who rediscover their lost love from the boredom of their routine life. One of the all time favourite pairs, Mohanlal and Meena have played the lead couple in the movie. Jacobinte Swargarajyam fame Aima Rose Sebastian and Sanoop Santhosh have played their kids parts.