Kaduva has literally rejuvenated malayalam box office after Bheeshma Parvam and it seems like this July end, the battle is going to get tighter and mightier! We are talking about Malayankunju v/s Maha Veeryar. Yes! Both the films starring Fahadh Faasil, Nivin Pauly- Asif Ali are having a direct clash in the second last week of July.
The makers of Fahadh Faasil starrer ‘Malayankunju’ rolled back on their initial plans of direct digital release. The survival thriller will now hit cinemas on July 22nd, 2022. Nivin Pauly and Asif Ali starrer ‘Maha Veeryar’ also hits the movies a day prior, i.e July 21st, 2022. The battle of two mighty films helmed by three of the most popular stars of the current generation is officially on.
Malayankunju is directed by Sajimon Prabhakar, written by Mahesh Narayanan and produced by director Fazil. Its a claustrophobic survival thriller following Anikuttan (Fahadh) who gets trapped in a landslide. A R Rahman composed the music and score for the film. Maha Veeryar on the other hand, termed as a fantasy comedy is conceived as a time-travel between a bygone era and a courtroom drama. Abrid Shine collaborates with Nivin Pauly for the third time as a writer-director.
All said and done what’s even more Interesting and heart-warming is that Maha Veeryar marks Nivin Pauly in big screen after 34 months & Fahadh Faasil in big screen after 28 months as a main lead. Considering the fact that Fahadh was not the main protagonist in Pushpa and Vikram. Nivin Pauly’s last theatre release was Moothon (2019) and Fahadh’s last theatre release in lead role was Trance (2020). Meanwhile Asif Ali had a recent theatrical with Kuttavum Shikshayum (2022).
No matter what, its happy times for fans of Fahadh, Nivin and Asif as they can enjoy their favourite stars at the movies after a long long while and the second last weekend of July could boost up Kerala box-office glory further. If both the films turn out to be good, both will survive at the box office and even have a good run commercially. However one cannot rule out the fact that a well made fantasy comedy is anyday going to be more universal than a claustrophobic survival thriller.