Now it will be interesting to see when another Malayalam movie can cross the box office milestone set by Pulimurugan. Which genre would it be? Would it be action again? Would it be a movie by a younger actor like Dulquer Salmaan or Nivin Pauly? Or would it be Mohanlal again? Mohanlal and the makers of Pulimurugan capitalised on it. But unlike in Tamil or Telugu, it had been a long time since lovers of the action genre saw something like this in Malayalam. We could argue that the success for such a mass action movie is not a healthy sign for meaningful cinema. What favored Pulimurugan was the same aspect that featured in most of its negative reviews – that it stood far from realism.ĭuring a period when Malayalam industry was reining in realistic cinema, perhaps an overdose of it, a group of cine-goers found a change by going back to the larger than life hero. Still, Pulimurugan might not have sold this volume of tickets had it released in another era than now. The ample time spent in the VFX department during the post-production work also showed.
Particularly the last 12 minute action sequence where director Vyshakh and action choreographer Peter Hein made good use of Mohanlal and Shaji Kumar’s camera work did make up for how the movie was sagging until then. There were wires or perhaps even dupes, but the fact that we haven't seen him doing these stunts for over 3 decades played a great part in adding to the excitement. But he made up for that with his energy and commitment, giving his all in for the movie’s action sequences. He was overweight and did not have a physique that suited the role. The actor was 56 years old when he acted in the movie. This was in contrast to Mohanlal’s characters in mass movies, say Narasimham or Ravana Prabhu, which was likely to be the reason the character was accepted by families across the state.įinally there was Mohanlal himself. But when he was not doing stunts, Murugan remained grounded and was a simple man who loved his brother and feared his wife. The makers unleashed Murugan during the action scenes. However, as noted earlier, the movie still scored its points in its characterization of Murugan. The movie even gained negative reviews from several quarters unlike Premam. Characters like Julie (Namitha) and Poongayi Sasi (Suraj Venjaramoodu) looked forced into the narrative and could have been easily done away with. It had designated actors to praise the lead character at various intervals which could get on your nerves after a while. Pulimurugan was a far from perfect movie. However, a Tamil movie like Theri would get a lot more than that in Tamil Nadu alone. Pulimurugan released in 325 screens in India on its first day. To put into perspective how big a feat it was for a Malayalam movie to achieve this, we can take into account the number of screens that a big movie from our neighboring state gets.
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