Top 10 Malayalam Movies of 2016

Was a very a good year for Malayalam cinema and I am listing 10 best mlayalam films according to me :P

 1.Pulimurugan   (English : Leopard-Murugan)

 

Was in no mood to watch this movie but the collections said me a different story which insisted me to watch this and trust me I wasnt disappointed.Mass entertainer, Mohanlal has done an amzing performace which has led this movie to the highest grossing of Malayalam cinema ever.First malayalam Movie to enter the “100 crore club”.Still running in theatres with a collection of around 150 crores. This is the third back to back blockbuster for Mohanlal this year.

Budget: ₹ 25 crores

Collection: ₹ 150+ crores still running in theatres.

2.Maheshinte Prathikaram (The Revenge of Mahesh)

Debutant director Dileesh Pothen has portrayed a simple story of photographer in an aestetic but detailed way.Mahesh, a studio photographer and studio owner gets into a fight and loses. He ends up taking revenge which leads to certain realizations in his life. The scenic beauty of Iduuki is well captured by DOP Shyju Khalid.With a series of not so good movies(flops), this movie was a great rescue to Fahadh Faazil.This movie brings lot of fresh feeling inside me. Not sure why its so, maybe its because this movie portraited a village life in Kerala in a simple way or because of the excellent performance of the characters in this movie.

Budget: N.A
Collection: ₹  17.30 crores

3.Action Hero Biju : 
 
Once I heard about this Nivin Pauly starrer movie I thought another masala entertainer on the way but this was totally opposite.A simple story of a honest police officer and happenings around his police station. Though the movie does not have much so-called cinematic ingradients, audience accepted the movie well. Abrid Shine has back to back hits with Nivin Pauly now.

Budget:₹ 2 Crores
Collection: ₹ 16.65 Crores 

4.KammattiPaadam : 


Was bored seeing Dulquer Salmaan playing mostly same characters but this movie was entirely different, one of his best acting performances kudos to Rajeev Ravi for making such a great film.
Ganga and Balanchetan done by Vinayakan and Manikandan were memorable performances.This movie told the story of a  forgotten place Kammatipadam and the lives of people who lived there.

Budget: N.A
Collection: ₹ 14+ Crores 

5.Oppam  (Together)

Mohanlal as usual, has done an outright performance in the movie. Happy to see Priyadarsan is back with hits. Overall a very good movie and request everyone to watch it.

Budget: N.A 
Collection: ₹ 61 Crores 

6.Guppy :  

 
The Dark Horse of 2016.Sad that most of them didnt watch the movie since it didnt had any big names.Have to say that Guppy is an absolute treat and an exceptional movie.

Budget :  ₹ 3.10 Crores
Collection : N.A  

7. Oru Muthassi Gadha (A Granny's Mace)

   
One of the best family movies this year with an important message.I must say the director Jude Anthony Joseph is the Quentin Tarantino of Mollywood.(just for that one scene :P)


Budget : N.A
Collection : N.A  

 8.Oozham (The Chance)

This movie is on my list only because its coming from Jeethu Joseph, a lot more is expected from the director of Drishyam and Memories. But still its a good movie on its own. Prithviraj as expected performed well in this movie.


Budget : ₹15.25 crore
Collection : N.A  

9.Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho : 

 Siddharth Siva is another director to look out for, who also is a comedy actor. The story tells how things change when a child enters one's life.

Budget : N.A
Collection : N.A  

And to conclude...

10. Aanandam (Happiness)

 I am still in college and whenever a campus movie releases I get excited and this movie has won my heart.story of seven youths who go on their first trip together - the college industrial visit.I could see myself in one of the characters :P .It had seven new faces as leads but still went on to be a super hit only because it came with a brand name i.e Produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan, this is enough to pull crowd to theatres.Debutant Director Ganesh Raj who was an assistant director under Vineeth Sreenivasan, has packaged everything needed in a campus movie be it friendship,heartbreaks, romance and not forgetting the cameo role ;) .
Wish I could write a movie review on this but its too late now.

Ganesh Raj has competently packaged all the necessary ingredients here, which includes romance in plenty, heartbreaks, sentiments and of course smart cameos with dialogues and film clips from yesteryear hits.

Read more at: http://www.sify.com/movies/anandam-review-a-fun-filled-entertainer-review-malayalam-qkwtwlfbdficj.html

Ganesh Raj has competently packaged all the necessary ingredients here, which includes romance in plenty, heartbreaks, sentiments and of course smart cameos with dialogues and film clips from yesteryear hits.

Read more at: http://www.sify.com/movies/anandam-review-a-fun-filled-entertainer-review-malayalam-qkwtwlfbdficj.html

Budget : ₹ 2 crore
Collection : ₹10.8 crore  


 Notable Ommissions  :D

1.Annmariya Kalippilannu

2.Jacobinte Swargrajyam

3.Paavada

4.Kismath

5.Pretham

6.Kali

7.Anuragha Karikkin Vellam

8.Happy Wedding

 Note : The views expressed are my personal opinions.