Malayalam Top 5 – Week Ending October 20, 2011

October 25, 2011 | Filed under: Top 5 | Posted by:



Sandwich, Veeraputhran and Pachuvum Kovalanum the new releases were rejected by the Malayalee audience. Veeraputhran is one of the biggest disaster in the recent times.

Snehaveedu & Indian Rupee continue’s in most of the release centers; but collections are on the lower side. Indian Rupee is doing well only in the big cities. Snehaveedu will be a profitable venture, thanks to the opening week business.

Snehaveedu & Indian Rupee will be removed from most of the centers with the release of Deepavali films.

#Rank Film Week Theatre Count Trade Note Box Office
1 Snehaveedu 3 61 Collections are on the lower side, but will be a profitable venture for its makers Hit
2 Indian Rupee 2 65 Collections are on the lower side, but will be a profitable venture for its makers. Doing well only in the big cities. -
3 Sandwich 1 45 Another flop in Kunchacko’s kitty. Flop
4 Pachuvum Kovalanum 1 40 Rejected by the audience. Flop
5 Veeraputhran 1 47 Biggest disaster in recent time. Disaster


  • nikhimenon

    good that gud mvies have become profitable ventures too..both these movies (ir,sv)got terrific opening…the diwali releses seem to have cast their spell on these movies..the families and children preferred to wait for 1 more week and go for ra 1 and ezham arivu it seems.the serious theme of indian rupee also seem to have repelled the families and children from it in small towns it seems.in snehaveedu’s case,i dont know wat has happened.family audience seemed to be liking it,the target audience liked t ,but still it s not becoming a super hit,it seems…anyways lets hope the tamil/hindi diwali releases bomb in kerala and the mallus realise the importance of mal films…

  • jish

    Nikhil, snehaveedu into the 4 vk is showing in clse to 50 theatres, I thnk d 5th movie in d whole year to do so…
    Other movies which did were cb,ct etc which was a wide release, SV only released in sum 75(alle?) and stil its in 50, dats a great thing,
    Satyam movies generaly eventhough wnt be an always Hf affair,maintain its collection throughout

  • jish

    But surely d release d other 3 dipavali films in about 275 theatres in kerala vl afect mallu cinemas

  • nikhimenon

    jish what u said is rite…
    4 th week sv was showing in 45 theatres ,ir was in 40 theatres in 3 rd week..
    but again,sv had a strong distributor in antony/maxlab,ir had august cinema(dont know how strong they are,kurachu strong arkum).
    thatre run also depends a bit on the distributors…
    but the sad thing is that if the diwali releases were nt there,i mean the tamil,hindi ones were nt there these 2 movies wud have surely become super hits..
    now they will have to be contended with max a hit,dats it..we shud restrict the tamil,hindi,telugu dubbed releases in kerala…y the hell are we giving them 300 odd theatres or so wen gud mal films are still there?

  • nikhimenon

    jish,wat u daid abt satyan s movies s true..they usually go frm strenghth to strenhth..but in d case of sv t hasnt happened t seems…coz in places like ekm it has been shifted to sangeetha and calicut to sree ..dats not a gud thing were as ir has been reduced to ns in places like kollam….
    lets hope sv and ir hold well in cities atleast

  • vishnu k r

    I think IR lacked a bumper opening.While Snehaveedu had a super 10 day run.So Snejaveedu has a definite advantage over IR in terms of collectionNikhi I don’t agree with you in the concept of restricting other language films .their actions are reflections of the market demand.And if you take the case of Krishnanum Radhayum it got a housefull weekend in major 4 or 5 theatres which would have affected both Ir and SV in cities.My friends went to Apsara to watch Ir on 8th day(saturday) first show and the status was not housefull.I remember going to Apsara for Malarvadi after 25 days on a saturday ,it was housefull on 2 nd show .The gross for Ir by velli is 3.8 cr(i am not exactly sure anyway they termed gross not net. which I feel is very less for a film of substance.(from the reviews and word of mouth —- i won’t see it coz of rajappan).And I am not such a fool to talk bad about a Ranjith movie.He is the best we have today.
    And Jish I feel anthikkad j]has learnt his lesson and will hand over script writing to seasoned players.I still maintain I expected much more from a Mohanlal -Anthikkad combo

  • vishnu k r

    I can’t digest one more flop in Kunjakko’s kitty.He doesn’t have a flop in recent times in my memory after Race

    • Rajeev

      What is wrong in that statement? He have given lot many flops. Even Race is not that old, it was released 8 months ago only. True that he have given 3-4 hits between Race and Sandwich.

  • nikhimenon

    vishnu…

    apsara is a big capacity theatre..the collections speak for tself…u can check out the collections as per manorama paper that i had posted t here..i dont wish to put up a fight with yu this tym….
    sveedu collections in calicut,tvm are also available…
    for a movie(ir) like this the gross of 3.8 crores (if ts true)is very good infact..
    even after 180 days of run,pranchi groseed only 5.5 crores or so…
    then do yu remember the spat we had on the week before ir rls..yu said f the movie dint get an opening its coz of ptithvi and if t gets long run its coz of ranjith….?
    so that logic has nt worked here..the movie did get an opening coz of pr only..the diff is,most of the ppl went to theatre only to boo only…engane anelum theatre il tiket eduthallo..appo pr karanam (koovan anel kudi) opening kiitty..
    pinne i have seen the film 3 tyms already..last sun ekm il ninnu kanumbol polum 90% above thirakku undarnu…
    cinemyude theme vachu family audience ne oru padu akarshikkan kazhiyilla..athe ivide sambacichitullu….
    pinne sv did get a 7 day free run(released on 30/09)..got a super opening…..but from second week,the collections were just not up to the expectations…
    had a talk with a prominent trade pandit based in ekm yesterday since i wanted to know the status of sv and ir badly….
    actually this is wat he said ‘we were expecting both these movies to become super hits seeing the opening and the wom,but the collections have nt been as expected.if the surya movie and ra 1 goes the enthiran way,then sv and ir might only end up as above average/max a hit at the bo….
    since this is a public space,i am not detailing further..
    f yu want to know the exact details yu can e mail me…
    bro.please dont start a fight with me now…
    all wat i have typed are nt based on assumptions or based on any blind fan affiliation..these are just facts…
    inever said ir and snehaveedu got bumper openings..both these films got very good openings..no one expects them to open like a t20 or a pokkiri raja…still they did very well in the opening week..also note that both these films were made on a limited budget…
    remember janapriyan and manikyakallu can be labelled as hits…
    sv and ir are very well above them anyways..
    btw yu said ir was not full on apasara on 8 th day na…that may be true..coz the 8 thday was a friday..not a holiday like sat,so the show may nt have been full…
    anyways in calicut the movie has got very good collections anyways..
    all the best bro…
    pls dont see this post as one meant for a fight….

  • nikhimenon

    lets hope both ir and sv end up atleast as a traffic or a pranchiyettan (with a 7 c and a 5.5 crore gross respectively)

    • vishnu k r

      i am not here to start a fight yaar.but I feel FROM 3.8 CR GROSS( not net) to reach 5.5 cr net of pranchiyaettan from this week is a herculean task.But as Jish has stated Ra1 and 7am arivu are not so exciting as per early reports and wom.But still I feel the credit goes to Renjith ,tilkan and Jagathy from all my friends who had seen the film and also the reviews.But there is no denying that this is a strong come back from rajappan,and he has strong projects lined up.So let’s watch the space.

  • nikhimenon

    atleast they dint end up as a melvilasam or a pranayam or a adaminte makan abu..dat itself s a good sign…

  • jish

    Athe
    tamil,hind,films irakiko pakshe ee 300 theatres oke enthonu
    athinu oru limit vekanam
    7 am arivu and ra.one are avg movie,as per first reports…
    Velayudham is mre dan enough to satisfy his fans
    so d other two wil c lot of removals nxt vk, guarante…

  • dsfa

    other language films should b restricted to 30-50 theatres and a tax hike for them

  • jish

    Nikhi, pranayam and ir are totaly difrnt
    pranayam is a pakka non cmercial movie,but IR is commercial, even thought nt much masala cntents seen in cmercials.
    Collection details not out,PRANAYAM Flop ,enu parayuna SANSCINEMA ye viswasikanda
    even thought oficial cnfirmation is nt yet out,a reliable source(an individual) gives d collection as 4.2 crores @50 days…

  • Yuth

    Indian rupee is an excellent creation by renjith and Raj the show man..Kuos to veteran Thilakan..but snehaveedu is totally dissappointing..it hlf is avg..but second half below avg..poor screenplay..illogical climax..pity on u old tanker laalappan and satyn (toothless lion)..Raju oing best by selecting good scripts making hits like IR,Urumu and Manikyakalluu..kodos 2 Raj..he is the real how man of mallu industry…

  • bavan

    pranayam 4.2 cr the biggest comady of 2011

  • jish

    Enthke cheyathulum paranjalum viswasikila,kutam mathre parayu ,angane atitute ulavarodu parayan njanila…

  • nikhimenon

    malayala cinemakale protsahipikkuka,
    fanship marakkukka…
    allenkil tamil/hindi/telugu padangal mal cinemaye kollum…
    btw i saw snehaveedu yest…
    kananda ennu vijarichirunna padamanu,pakshe malayala cinemakle nammal protsahipikanam ennu udeshathode poyi kandu..padam s ok…
    families nu istapedum….

  • jish

    Nikhil.athu kndu thane i decided nt to watch any of d 3 movies…
    Nxt vk 2 movies undalo,athu poy kanam

    • vishnu k r

      Jish,
      I was like DOLBY(a member of this site) a hardcore Salman Khan fan from my teenage.But I always watched malayalam movies in television(even majority of the 80 and 90′s film) I used to see only Hindi movies in theatre ,but after seeing rajappan interviews I took an active interest in malayalam movies.Now i watch all major malayalam movies except rajappan’s.

  • nikhimenon

    vishnu…
    i hope yu have seen the full 2 hr long original version of prajs interview…
    then only yu will know how some vested intersts had twisted and concorted his words,edited them in a polished and professional manner and made the vdo prithvirajappan to cater to the intersts of his competitors…
    most f the things that he said were quite right..
    but was he ‘big’enuf to say all these things in public is a different question altogether…
    anyways thanks for his outspoken behaviour,i watched his IR 3-4 tyms by now in theatres….

  • vishnu k r

    Nikhi,
    Rajappan is from the film industry.His remarks on his seniors will e viewed with a different light.Many viewers (including me) agree that M’s should do more meaningful movies and roles that suit them .But another star says it in public we all know the motive.
    Rajappan is also doing pucca masala movies.So does M’s .They are mass stars and have to maintain them.If the audience does not need them,they will reject them.And I feel it has not happened going by the volume of business of CT,CB,Chattambinadu,Pokkiriraja.At the same time they come with Pranchiyettan,Pranayam,Bhramaram.
    As you have pointed out he has not reached the stage to criticise them.A Ranjith or Tilakan can do that.They have proved their worth.But if you take theatre collection his biggest grosser is URUMI which collected less than 8 cr .Seniors made 12 cr.Manikyakallu made 3 cr while Janapriyan made more than that.You all may talk about Rajappan’s clout in Tamil .After mozhi can you mention a HIT.The remake of classmates and Udayanau Thaaram sank without a trace in tamil.I am not mentioning the fate of malayalam dubbed films .
    I have to admit with shame(because it is a renjith film) that I have prevented atleast 100 people from watching IR.I still maintain a net of 5.5 cr should be the benchmark for a film like IR which is appreciated by all.

  • nikhimenon

    vishnu wat yu said are partially right….

    but padam nallathu anenkil every one will go and c it..
    but m doubtful abt the patronage of IR among the family audience…unlike pranchi IR doesnt ahve a theme that will cater to the families very well..since i have seen the mvie twice,i can very well say that…

    • vishnu k r

      Family audience is not the key for a film’s sucess unless it is an anthikkad movie.If it is the case action film won’t do well in kerala.Pranchiyettan was released along with Shikkar and Elsamma .All three went on to become hits .If they were released with a gap all had more potential.IR had only SV which is one of the weakest film from anthikkad stable.7 am arivu and Ra1 are not doing that well .Only velayudham is holding up well.Venicile vyaapari is further postponed.So 5.5 cr shoild be the minimum benchmark.(one year gap between IR and Pranchi)
      I interact with Rajappan haters ,and our decision is to stop watching Rajappan movies.If the film is too good we will watch after 2 weeks(i won’t watch a rajappan movie).It’s a chain without any external force.Just check out the list of colleges in which fresher’s day celebration had every fresher asked to say a rajappan joke. fresher

  • nikhimenon

    Metro manorama Calicut collections

    Snehaveedu – Kairali – 26 days – Rs.24,13,178
    Sri – 2 days – Rs. 72,176

    Indian Rupee – Apsara – 22 days – Rs.35,54,526

    Veeraputhran – Sree – 14 days – Rs. 2,84,780

    7am Arivu
    Kairali – 2 days – Rs. 3,50,338
    Coronation – N/A

    Velayutham
    Radha – Rs.3,96,870
    Ganga – Rs.1,76,874

  • nikhimenon

    this week’s metro manorama collections posted above…

  • jish

    IR doing gud at calicut ale…
    May be jus lyk pranchi,its d regional effect…
    U r frm calicut?
    I vl post d colection frm tvm when i get..

    • vishnu k r

      JISH,
      IR can’t be compared to what Pranchi did in truchur.Pranchi was running to full houses in trichur even after it’s dvd was released.I had mentioned here that my friends went to IR in Apsara on 9th day(saturday) 1st show and it was not housefull.Apsara’a high capacity is true,but i remember going to CB and Malarvadi arts club in Apsara after 25th day and balcony was full.

      • nikhimenon

        vishnu..
        pranchi trissur il 600 seater theatre l anu irangiyathu…
        apsara is a 1200 seater..
        btw ir released on a thursday…
        so technically 9 thd ay is a friday…

  • jish

    Njan kurachu divasam mumbu paranjile abt psranayam 4.2 crs enu ,the same ding has been posted in FK.
    …..”.So as informed earlier Pranayam will run in 75 days in two major centres. 100% possibility of movie making a profit share of atleast 2.5 crores to sajeev uncle ( including satellite rights).–he will use it for charitypurpose only….As of now movie is touching the 4 croremark gross- which itmight by october 18,its 50th day .every single..every single show after oct 18th is simply anadded bonus to the profit already made..
    All friends please note -no other movie in recent times- not anywya in last 5 years – without any sort of commercial element(even pranchi ws laced with subtle humour) – has gained profit like PRANAYAM did..!!..2.5 crores profit share of producer (after giving away didtributor share+extras) can betermed a blockbuster if we consider the genre of PRANAYAM and its limited releasing centres..!!!
    SOURCE– Sajeev Uncle “

  • nikhimenon

    pranayam 4.2 crore gross chilappol shari akaam…f the producer says so,y shud we disbelieve him..at the end of the day,he s gaining/investing money right…
    nammal ivide vayuvil ninnu parayunnathu pole allallo athu….

    vishnu ente friends calicut apsarayil 11 th day,sunday first show kku poyappol balcony full arnu …chilappol sunday ayathu kondu arkum….

  • jish

    i am disapointed dat gud contentful movies in malayalam get afected by d contentless pandi padngal …..
    I am always against d
    ese wide release of OLF….

    By d by
    vishnu and nikhil,sanscinema jus has bcme a platform for us to talk and argue…, alathe d site has bcme ……

    • vishnu k r

      you are true.but i feel they will come back with actual figures soon

    • nikhimenon

      sheri anu..the content of sans cinema has become….. these days….

  • vishnu k r

    Pranchi was houseful at trichur for majority of shows for atleast 30 days.I was referring to the to the 10th or 11th day of release of IR in kerala.If you check 25 days collection of bodyguard at crown you will see it collected 25 lakhs.SV is reported to have collected 4 cr gross till oct 7 as per indiavision.(from a post in forum keralam).

  • vishnu k r

    g

  • jish

    Jus heard frm one frnd frm ekm sangeetha that Sv ku poyi ticket kityilanu
    family aanu motham enu

    • nikhimenon

      sheri anu..the content of sans cinema has become….. these days….

      jish..
      ya sangeetha yil sv full akunnundo…wen i went for the mvie also t was full..

  • nikhimenon

    velli this week’s tvm colelctions

    Indian Rupee – SREE PADMANABHA- 21days – 29,83,021.00

    • Rajeev

      From where did you got this collection details? Can you share the link. I have visited vellinakshatram site, but I can see only 14 days collection.

  • nikhimenon

    vellinakshathram site will update only a week later…
    i.e this week,they update last week’s..angane anenna thonunne…this s from the print version..btw snehaveedu(this week velli collection) collections il entho thettu undennu thonnunnu…thats y i dint post t here

  • jish

    SnehaVeedu—TVM -
    1st week – 15;67;472
    2nd week- 13,82,111
    3rd week-11,92,316
    4th week-9,83,331
    Total 51,06,102

  • jish

    Snehavedu gets a colection of 9lakh even with 10 theatres in tvm playing Other language films

  • nikhimenon

    jish..ya what yu said s true..but the total gross for last week of snehaveedu is printed wrongly in the print ersion,i guess

  • nikhimenon

    Inspite of the big budget tamil releases INDIAN RUPEE AND SNEHAVEEDU CONTINUES IN THE MAJOR DISTRICT HEAD QUATERSES

  • jish

    Entha Top 5 -Week ending Octomaer 27 ile?

  • jish

    Anther post abt pranayam ,latest
    SOURCE:NOT ME
    …………
    And as promised- the profit success of Sajeev and Annie- has prompted them to fund UAE Red Crescent Society -One of the leading charity homes in UAE for the destitute. Now which Producers will do that. ? Some one has to beat them too…The gross touching 4.7+ crores-

  • nikhimenon

    This week’s calicut metro manorama collections

    Indian Rupee-29 days-Apsara-41,19,186

    Snehaveedu- 36 days- 24,13,178+2,95,784(from sree)

    m not posting the bo collections f other language films here

  • jish

    Apo ee threadil eni cmnts kanila, lets mov on to latest
    so closed with 50…