Until just a few days back, 14 Indian films from the year 2021 were a part of IMDb’s highest-ranked Indian movies of all time. And now, another worthy addition to the coveted list is none other than India’s very own superhero movie ‘Minnal Murali’, which has been ruling the hearts of OTT viewers ever since it dropped on Netflix on 24th December.
After delivering impressive viewing hours stats on the latest Netflix top ten global films list, the highly entertaining film ‘Minnal Murali’ has now bagged the honors of becoming the fifteenth movie title from 2021 to enter IMDb’s top 250 Indian movies list.
By doing that, ‘Minnal Murali’ has outranked other acclaimed films from 2021 including ‘Malik’, ‘Karnan’, ‘Nayattu’, and ‘Joji’, etc., on the aforesaid IMDb list. ‘Minnal Murali’ currently boasts of a rich user rating of 8.5/10 based on more than 13000 votes.
On the same IMDb list, the mantle for the top-ranked Indian movie of all time is held by Suriya’s hard-hitting legal drama ‘Jai Bhim’. Another well-deserved inclusion from 2021 is Shoojit Sircar’s well-executed historical drama ‘Sardar Udham’ starring Vicky Kaushal in the titular role.
Besides the aforementioned Indian movies, other titles from the current year that have found a place on the top-rated Indian movies IMDb list are ‘Maanaadu’, ‘#Home’, ‘Shershaah’, ‘Mimi’, ‘Sarpatta Parambarai’, ‘Mandela’, ‘Drishyam 2’, and ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’.
Directed by Basil Joseph, ‘Minnal Murali’ is set during the 1990s period and follows the superhero origin story of a small-town tailor named Jaison (played by Tovino Thomas). When Jaison is struck by a bolt of lightning (in a rare astronomical event), it bestows him special powers like super speed, extraordinary strength, telekinesis, and extreme agility. Thereafter, Jaison embraces his powers to become a local superhero and assumes his titular alter-ego of Minnal Murali to fight his evil counterpart and to protect the people.