Salim ahammad directorial flick Pathemari starred by Mammootty was a real comeback of the actor in Mammootty in all sense as he had given a fabulous performance as the male lead in the film. Pallickal Narayanan, the lead character in the film lived through Mammootty in the hearts of Malayalees and the film is getting great appreciation even now in its 15th day of release.
But when it comes to the theater collection it have to say that the great mouth publicity not really materialized into box office collections for the film. The film released around 70 screens in Kerala almost lost 20+ screens in two weeks and now around 50 screens as per reports. The trade guides reporting that the total gross of the film is around 5.50 crore and that too earned in 14 days.
As per reports the budget of the film is more than 8 crore rupees and it needs a heavy collection in the next two weeks to be called as a commercial success. From this 5.50 crore rupees collection, the share of the film is around 2.50 crore only and to overcome a high budget of 8+ crores it needs a better show than this. The arrival of new films like Amar Akbar Anthony which is a multi-starrer, Mohanlal starrer Kanal, Manjuwarrier-Rima Kallingal team’s Rani Padmini and also the tamil flick 10 Enradhukulla took away screens away from it and also in the remaining screens it not faring at this moment. That makes the chances quite dim about the financial success of the movie.
But still a good film is always a good film and Pathemari will remain as a classic in Mollywood for years. Financial success could have been made it sweeter, but that was a risk when a film releases without much commercial elements to entertain the audience who goes behind mass films like Amar Akbar Anthony. A flurry of releases coming as well in Mollywood which will really make Pathemari to strain at box office from now. Mammootty now needs a solid success at box office to stamp his authority in box office as a star.
