Kerala Box Office : 1971 Beyond Borders first day collection report

Mohanlal – Major Ravi team’s 1971 Beyond Borders was released yesterday. The movie had a mass release in 405 screens all over India, which is the biggest ever for a Malayalam movie.

1971 Beyond Borders is the fourth installment in the Major Mahadevan series and Mohanlal has played a dual role in the film. The movie was opened mostly to negative to mixed reviews from most critics. The word of mouth was also poor from the initial show and that has reflected on the box office figures.

The movie has managed to gross Rs 2.80 crores from the 180 odd screens in Kerala. Considering Mohanlal’s recent blockbuster run, the opening day figures for 1971 Beyond Borders is hugely disappointing. Mohanlal fans had pinned high expectations on this movie.

The makers didn’t invest much on the promotional side and hence the hype surrounding the movie was very minimal. Also the fact that Major Ravi- Mohanlal team’s last few movies were failures also worked against this movie.

The film, based on the 1971 Indo-Pak war was made as a big budget movie with a huge star cast. The makers had roped in several actors from other industries to give a pan Indian appeal to the movie. It is produced by Haneef Muhammed under the banner Red Rose Creations.