Pulimurugan nearing 175 days in Kozhikode and Ernakulam
Malayalam cinema’s biggest blockbuster, Pulimurugan hogged the limelight for a good part of the last six months. The movie, released on October 7, was a product of unprecedented hype. This Vysakh directorial had a one of it’s kind opening for Malayalam and soon went on a record breaking spree.
Pulimurugan lived up to all the sky high expectations and shattered every single pre existing box office record in Mollywood. It became the first Malayalam movie to cross the 100 crore mark and registered a worldwide business of over the 150 crores.
The movie is still running in some theatres in Kerala. In Calicut Film City and Eranakulam Cinepolis, the movie is nearing it’s 175th day of theatrical run. The movie is also being screened in some B and C theatres. In the current scenario of piracy and online watching, movies are available free of cost just a click away. Despite all that, Pulimurugan has achieved this phenomenal feat which should be another golden feather in the cap for team Pulimurugan.
Superstar Mohanlal the age of 56, performed stunts that even the younger generation of actors would not dare to do. He played the title role of a wild hunter who is known in the locality of Puliyoor to hunt down man eating tigers. Audience, irrespective of the age groups, thronged to the theatres to watch Mohanlal in all his glory on big screen. His name pulled the audience multiple times to theatres. In short, Mohanlal and his performance was the USP of Pulimurugan.
Pulimurugan will always find it’s name in the history books of Mollywood, not only for becoming the first Malayalam movie to enter the 100 crore club but also for inspiring many filmmakers to plan big budget movies. Currently, there are many big budget movies in the beginning stages in Malayalam and the gargantuan success of Pulimurugan is the catalyst for that.
