The Malayalam film industry is expecting a bonanza at the box office this Onam after losing a chance to cash in on the festival collections owing to the pandemic crisis over the last two years.
Four films have been lined up for release amidst hopes that the movie buffs would turn up in good numbers during the Onam revelry. Debutant Sangeeth P. Rajan’s Palthu Janwar; scenarist-turned-filmmaker N. Sreejith’s Oru Thekkan Thallu Case; senior director Vinayan’s Pathonmbatham Noottandu; and Alphonse Puthren’s Gold figure among the festival releases, as per the film trade bodies.
“This Onam is special,” says K. Vijayakumar, president of the Film Exhibitors’ United Organisation of Kerala. “The pandemic situation had dashed the hopes of the industry since 2020 and this festival marks the return of normal times to the theatres in the State. We hope that people would lap up the Onam releases,” he says.
