Floods leave the Malayalam film industry reeling
6 years, 4 months ago

Floods leave the Malayalam film industry reeling

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The thriving Malayalam film industry has also been affected by what has been referred to as the worst floods in the history of Kerala in the last 94 years. “For the first time in the history of the Malayalam film industry, there were no releases for the biggest festival weekend, Onam,” said independent trade analyst Sreedhar Pillai. “For Kerala, Onam is as big as Diwali is for north India.” Nivin Pauly’s epic period drama Kayamkulam Kochunni, Mammootty’s comedy Oru Kuttanadan Blog, director Amal Neerad’s horror thriller Varathan and Biju Menon’s comedy Padayottam were some of the big-ticket films slated for release between 15 and 24 August. Kerala is the fastest growing film market in south India, with a hit film making anywhere between ₹ 20-25 crore from around 400 screens.

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Live Mint  

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