The makers of Manjummel Boys are basking in the success of their survival thriller film. The Malayalam film is written and directed by Chidambaram, and produced by Parava Films. Since its release on February 22, the film has grossed over Rs 100 crores, becoming the ‘fastest’ Malayalam film to cross this mark. It has emerged as the fifth highest-grossing Indian film of 2024. The film is based on a true incident from 2006 when a group of friends from a small town called Manjummel found themselves in a harrowing situation in Kodaikanal’s Guna Caves.
Recently, director Anurag Kashyap shared a review of Manjummel Boys on Letterboxd, a social media platform dedicated to movie reviews. In his review, Kashyap praised the film and wrote, “Simply extraordinary piece of confident mainstream filmmaking. So much better than all the big budget filmmaking in india. Such confidence, such impossible storytelling. I was wondering how does one even sell this idea to a producer. In Hindi they can only do remakes of such ideas. Hindi cinema really is so far left behind with three back to back brilliant Malayalam films.”
On Wednesday, the official Instagram page of Manjummel Boys shared a screenshot of Kashyap’s review and thanked the Gangs of Wasseypur director for his kind words.
Kashyap is not the only filmmaker who has heaped praises on Manjummel Boys. Recently, director Venkat Prabhu and Pa Ranjith praised the film at a promotional event for the film J Baby.
Venkat Prabhu, known for making acclaimed films like Mankatha and Saroja, said, “I am so proud of the success of Manjummel Boys in Tennessee. At a time when hero-heroine films work well, it is commendable to see a film with no heroine but only a bunch of boys working better than our films in Tamil Nadu. This proves that language is not important; only art matters.”
Pa Ranjith of Madras and Kabali fame also applauded Manjummel Boys and described it as an impressive film that did not need any unnecessary songs to draw the audience. He said that the film managed to form an emotional connection with the audience with just one song during the climax.
Manjummel Boys has an ensemble cast of Soubin Shahir, Balu Varghese, Sreenath Bhasi, Ganapathi S. Poduval, Lal Jr., Deepak Parambol, Arun Kurian, Abhiram Radhakrishnan, Khalid Rahman, Chandu Salimkumar, and Vishnu Reghu. On March 5, Mathrubhumi reported that the real-life ‘Manjummel Boys’ reunited to watch the film.
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