Malayala Cinema 2008

As 2008 has faded out into the oblivion , we now have the final list from the Mollywood Box Office about its share of hits and flops. Out of the 61 films that reached theatres in 2008, five turned out to be super hits while other five managed to become hits .Only 4 other movies could bring in the capital spent on them while the rest 48, were all losers at the Mollywood Box Office.

The year which opened with dud's like 'Of the people' and 'novel' had to wait till the vishu season to deliver its first big hits in Sathyan Anthikkad's 'Innathe Chinthavishayam' and Anwar Rasheed's 'Annan Thampi'. But the biggest hit of the year was undoubtedly AMMA's 'Twenty:20' which is raking in collections in millions, breaking every box office records.The film released in 110 theatres featruing 72 big stars from the industry , got an extended run even to this Christmas season where no super star films was in the fray.

Closely following the hit list in position two is Mammootty's 'Annan thampi' which had surprising initials in 2008.The movie opened the wide theatre release patterns in the state ,harvesting the best of collections .The movie turned a profit in its three weeks run and collected many folds of the capital . The movie that made the biggest run, in terms of days is Jayaram's comeback movie 'Veruthe Oru Bharya' which is still in theatres even after 125 days.The movie is one of the biggest super hits of the year.

Super star Mohanlal had a very good year in 2008 contributing three of the biggest hits-the other two being Madambi and Innathe Chintavishayam.Both these movies managed to bring in twice the amount spend on them, as profits.

The other notable hits of the year includes Johny Antony's 'cycle' which came out in the very first month of 2008.The movie was a surprise hit which also introduced popular singer Vineeth Sreenivasn to the acting front.

Dileep had a welcome hit in the last part of the year in 'Crazy Gopalan' which has opened up well and in all chances, will end up as a safer hit.

Shafi's 'Lollipop' opened badly but picked up after an initial couple of days.The movie whose highlights are its big star cast will also end up as a profit maker .

Mamootty's 'Roudram' had some great initial collections which helped the movie to be on the safer side ,though without a long run.The only small films in the hit list is Shaji-Shaiju's 'Shakesphere MA Malayalam' which collected enough in its 60 day run to end up as a hit.

The other four films that managed to become average earners include Renjith's 'Thirakkatha' , which was on the only big movie for the last onam. Mohanlal's 'Kurukshetra' was one another film that opened with great initials but couldn't survive with the collections for long.'Kurukshetra''s huge budjet also made it an average earner in the end. Rajesh - Faisal's 'Malabar wedding' and Sudheer-Manu's 'Kabadi-kabadi' also made the distributor safe with average collections.

The graph of 2008 is much better than that of 2007 as it could convert at least twenty percent of the total released movies, to the safer side.

Top 10 Hits of 2008

01. Twenty: 20
02. Veruthe Oru Bharya
03. Annan Thampi
04. Madambi
05. Kurukshetra
06. Innathe Chinthavishayam
07. Cycle
08. Thirakkatha
09. Crazy Gopalan
10. Shakesphere MA Malayalam

Top 10 Films of 2008

01. Aakashagopuram
02. Adayalangal
03. Rathrimazha
04. Pakal Nakshathrangal
05. Gulmohar
06. Thalappavu
07. Mizhikal Sakshi
08. Thirakkatha
09. Calcutta News
10. Pachamarathanalil

Top 5 Actors of 2008

1. Mohanlal (Aakashagopuram, Pakal Nakshatrangal)
2. Suresh Gopi (Laptop, Thavalam)
3. Govind Padmasurya (Adayalangal)
4. Lal (Thalappavu)
5. Ranjith (Gulmohar)

Top 5 Actress of 2008

1. Priyamani ( Thirakkatha)
2. Sukumari ( Mizhikal Sakshi)
3. Meera Jasmine ( Calcutta News)
4. Gopika (Veruthe Oru Bharya)
5. Jyothirmayi (Adayalangal)

Top 5 Commedy Actors of 2008

1. Suraj Venjaramoodu (Lollipop, Veruthe Oru Bharya, Malabar Wedding)
2. Jagathy (Madambi, Parthan Kanda Paralokam, One Way Ticket)
3. Salim Kumar (Twenty 20, Mulla, Annan Thampi)
4. Innocent (Twenty 20, Innathe Chinthavishayam)
5. Harisree Ashokan (Twenty 20, Kabadi Kabadi)

Top 5 Hit Makers of 2008

1. Joshi (Twenty 20)
2. Akku Akbar (Veruthe Oru Bharya )
3. Anwar Rasheed (Annan Thampi)
4. B. Unnikrishnan (Madambi)
5. Major Ravi (Kurukshetra)

Top 5 Directors of 2008

1. M.G Sasi (Adayalangal)
2. K.P Kumaran (Aakashagopuram)
3. Lenin Rajendran (Rathrimazha)
4. Rajeevnath (Pakal Nakshathrangal)
5. Madhupal (Thalappavu)

Top 5 Cinematographers of 2008

1. Santhosh Thundiyil (Aakashagopuram)
2. S. Kumar (Calcutta News)
3. Lokanathan (Annan Thampi, Kurukshetra)
4. M.J Radhakrishnan (Thirakkatha, Gulmohar, Adayalangal)
5. Shaji (Veruthe Oru Bharya, Cycle)

Top 5 Music Directors of 2008

1. M. Jayachandran (Madambi)
2. Ramesh Narayanan (Rathrimazha)
3. Dakshinamurthi (Mizhikal Sakshi)
4. Shyam Dharman (Veruthe Oru Bharya)
5. Vidyasagar (Mulla)

Films of 2008

01. Of The People - Arun, Arjun, Devipriya
02. Novel - Jayaram, Sada
03. Calcutta News - Dileep, Meera Jasmine
04. Roudram - Mammootty, Manju
05. College Kumaran - Mohanlal, Vimala Raman
06. Vikramadhithya - Ravi Teja, Anushka (Dubbing)
07. Oridathoru Puzhayundu - Jayasree Sivadas, Goutham Babu
08. The Sound of Boot - Suresh Gopi, Honey
09. Cycle - Vineeth Sreenivasan, Vinu Mohan, Bhama, Sandhya
10. Anthiponvettam - Arun, Saiju Kurupu, Remya Nambeeshan
11. Kanal - Kalyan Ram, Diya (Dubbing)
12. Aattam - Siddharth, Ileana (Dubbing)
13. Shalabham - K.P.A.C Lalitha, Remya Nambeeshan
14. Jubilee - Saiju Kurupu, Manasa
15. Robo - Praveen, Krishna Prasad
16. Gopalapuranam - Mukesh, Suji Bala
17. Bhai - Nagarjuna, Anushka (Dubbing)
18. Malabar Wedding - Indrajith, Gopika
19. Thulasi - Venkatesh, Nayantara (Dubbing)
20. Kerala Police - Kalabhavan Mani, Lakshmi Sharma
21. Mulla - Dileep, Meera Nandan
22. Shakthi - Prabhas, Nisha (Dubbing)
23. Eshh Silence Please - Priyanandanan
24. Maya IPS - Mumaith Khan (Dubbing)
25. Mohitham - Nalini, Roshna
26. Innathe Chinthavishayam - Mohanlal, Meera Jasmine
27. De Ingottu Nokkiye - Jayasurya, Jagathy, Sara
28. Annan Thampi - Mammootty, Lakshmi Rai, Gopika
29. Chandranilekkulla Vazhi - Nishanth Sagar, Jishnu
30. Chase - Vijaya Raghavendra, Jennifer Kottwal, Vinaya Prasad (Dubbing)
31. Swarnam - Kalabhavan Mani, Praveena
32. Pachamarathanalil - Sreenivasan, Padmapriya
33. Positive - Jayasurya, Aayilya
34. Shaksphere M.A Malayalam - Jayasurya, Kalabhavan Mani, Roma
35. American Halva - Parvati Melton (Dubbing)
36. Aandavan - Kalabhavan Mani, Sindhu Menon
37. Pournami - Trisha (Dubbing)
38. Magic Lamp - Jayaram, Meena, Khushbu
39. Kovalam - Nishanth Sagar, Jagathy
40. Mantra - Sivaji, Charmi (Dubbing)
41. Mayakazhcha - Kiran, Aravind
42. Thamburatti - Namitha, Suman (Dubbing)
43. One Way Ticket - Prithviraj, Mammootty, Bhama
44. Mizhikal Sakshi - Mohanlal, Sukumari
45. Khadolkaghan - Animation Film (Dubbing)
46. Madambi - Mohanlal, Kavya Madhavan
47. Kanichukulangarayil CBI - Manoj K Jayan, Lakshmi Sharma
48. Minnaminnikkoottam - Narain, Meera Jasmine, Jayasurya, Roma, Indrajith, Samvritha
49. Parunthu - Mammootty, Lakshmi Rai
50. Laptop - Suresh Gopi, Padmapriya, Swetha Menon
51. Thrill - Sathyaprakash, Prajusha
52. Kabadi Kabadi - Mukesh, Kalabhavan Mani, Rambha
53. Veruthe Oru Bharya - Jayaram, Gopika
54. Krishna - Allu Arjun, Sheela (Dubbing)
55. Aayudham - Suresh Gopi, Karthika
56. Aakashagopuram - Mohanlal, Swetha Menon, Nithya
57. SMS - Bala, Navya Nair
58. Adayalangal - Govind Padmasurya, Jyothirmayi
59. Thirakkatha - Prithviraj, Anoop Menon, Priyamani
60. Thavalam - Suresh Gopi, Sindhu Menon
61. Thalappavu - Prithviraj, Lal, Dhanya, Rohini
62. One Man Army - Mahesh Babu (Dubbing)
63. Apoorva - Sanjeev, Kalabhavan Mani, Vimala Raman
64. Chithrashalabhangalude Veedu - Master Ganapathy, Lakshmi Sharma
65. Mayabazar - Mammootty, Sheela
66. Gulmohar - Ranjith, Meenu Mathews, Meera Vasudev
67. Parthan Kanda Paralokam - Jayaram, Mukesh, Sreedevika, Sona
68. Kurukshetra - Mohanlal, Sanya Singh
69. Rathrimazha - Vineeth, Meera Jasmine
70. Anasuya - Bhoomika Chawla, Abbas (Dubbing)
71. Chandu - Gopichand, Anushka (Dubbing)
72. Shambu - Vijayakumar, Karthika
73. Rudhra Thandavam - Ravi Teja, Ileana (Dubbing)
74. Twenty 20 - Mammootty, Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Jayaram, Dileep, Bhavana
75. Rajamudra - Richard, Gopika (Dubbing)
76. Idiet - Ravi Teja, Rakshita (Dubbing)
77. Glamour Nagaram - (Dubbing)
78. Pakal Nakshathrangal - Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Anoop Menon, Lakshmi Gopalaswami
79. Bullett - Suresh Gopi, Kalabhavan Mani
80. Sulthan - Vinu Mohan
81. Homam - Chakravarthy, Mamta (Dubbing)
82. Lollipop - Prithviraj, Kunchacko Boban, Bhavana, Roma
83. Crazy Gopalan - Dileep, Radha Varma
84. Chembada - Bala, Sreedevika

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