As many of you may know by now, the Dulquer Salmaan starrer, ‘Kurup’ premiered in Kerala theatres last week. The film has already managed to make Rs. 50 crores in seven days – which is 15 crores more than the film’s production cost. Thanks to this film, Keralites have started to slowly return to cinema halls. This crowd attraction reminds us of Mammootty‘s ‘The Priest’ release, earlier this year during March.
When theatres first reopened back in January, people in the state of Kerala were still too afraid to leave their homes to watch a film. On top of that, films like ‘Drishyam 2‘ and ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ were released directly for streaming and these brilliant films being easily accessible from the comfort of one’s home – made people stay away from theatres. It is only after a month when the Covid-19 cases within the state had started to die down, people started to go to theatres to watch movies. And the film which was attracting filmgoers to theatres at the time was Mammootty’s mystery thriller, ‘The Priest’.
Unfortunately, the second wave of the coronavirus hit India very badly, while theatres in Kerala were forced to shut down for over 7 months. However, now after theatres have been opened for a couple of weeks, Kerala film lovers had a reason to visit theatres again, and that is because of Dulquer Salmaan’s crime thriller, ‘Kurup‘. The film has been highly anticipated and it is based on the longest missing Indian criminal. The actor is following in his father’s footsteps; i.e., being the reason why people are returning to theatres again.