Topic started by Achayan (@ 132.170.140.163) on Thu Nov 13 15:56:25 EST 2003.
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This year super hits so far...
1. C.I.D Moosa (Dilip)
2. Balettan(Mohanlal)
3. Chronic Bachelor(Mammootty)
4. Swapnakoodu(Kunchacko, Prithvi, Jayasoorya)

Hits
1. Kasthooriman(Kunchacko)
2. Thilakkam(Dilip)

and average hits.

1.Ente veedu Appoonteyum..
2.may be Mr. Brahmachari..

Films that would just recover

1.Ivar
2.Magic Magic

Major super flops of this year..

Pattalam, Sadanandante samyam, Kilichundan Mambazham, Vellithira, Swapnam konduu Thulabharam, Gramaphone.

Low budget movie flops.

Anyar, Mizhirandilum, Meerayude dukhavum..., Leader, Melvilasam sheriyanuu, Shinkari Bolona etc etc...

There were lot of flops.. It seems that industry is lacking ideas and creativity.. Well the year is not over and from Nov 21 new movies would be releasing.. hope lot of good movies would be there just like last year end(Nammal, Nandanam)

Lot of Projects are announced and fast progressing for next year like CBI 3, Fazil's movie and lot of youngster love stories... Let us hope they will revive industry.. Comments???

Responses:

• From: Kevin (@ ac86b81b.ipt.aol.com) on: Thu Nov 13 22:09:47 EST 2003
  
  I think CB is a hit not a superhit..
  
  
• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Fri Nov 14 00:01:47 EST 2003
  
  YEs. CB is only a hit. Yesterday read an interview with fazil, he said that the collections for CB were just adequate to make a profit. He says though there was good opinion, due to piracy the collections were not too good.
  
  So the only Super hits this year are
  1. CID Moosa
  2. Balettan
  
  Hits
  1. Cronic Bachelor
  2. Thilakam
  3. Swapnakoodu
  
  Average
  1. Kasthooriman
  2. Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum
  3. Mr.Bramhachari
  4. Magic Magic
  
  
• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Fri Nov 14 01:55:12 EST 2003
  
  Coming to the actual profits, just making a comparision between Balettan and CID Moosa...
  
  Balettan made at a cost of 2.2 Crores
  Moosa made at a cost of 3.3 Crores
  
  Balettan is said to have made a profit of at least 1.5 crores
  
  What chould CID Moosa collect to make a profit of 1.5 Crores?
  
  Considering that it got at least 75 Lakh from the other rights (i.e. Audio, Video, Overseas, TV, etc..) its cost comes down to 2.55 Crores...
  
  So to have made a profit of 1.5 Crores, Moosa must have a total collection of 12.15 Crores, Highly unlikely considering the collection reports from the main centers.
  
  So looks like Balettan is the most profitable movie from the point of view of the Producer.
  
  
• From: san (@ inet-nc01-o.oracle.com) on: Fri Nov 14 03:05:45 EST 2003
  
  kollam nalla analysis..If u have the collection report from previous vellinakshathrams just check out.
  
  Hits of the year(including the ones released on christmas),in the order of profit.
  
  1. CID moosa
  2. Chronic bachelor(fazil has wiped out the losses of life is beautiful + kayyethum doorathu)
  3. Thilakkam ( almost same colelction as CB)
  4. kalyanaraman
  5. swapnakoodu
  6. balettan(changing from tvm on 86th day as per reports)
  7. nammal
  8. nandanam
  9. yathrakkarude sradhakku
  
  
  
  
  
• From: san (@ inet-nc01-o.oracle.com) on: Fri Nov 14 03:07:08 EST 2003
  
  to understand why i put swapnakoodu above balettan, just check vellinakshathrama fter 2 or 3 weeks
  
  
• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Fri Nov 14 04:02:22 EST 2003
  
  San, as per any report you can show me, Swapnakoodu has never been above Balettan... The fact that you are placing Swapnakoodu above Balettan shows the clear bias in your analysis... its not based on any fact...
  Balettan's, currently in TVM has collected 53.5 Lak in 71 days, Swapnakoodu has collected only 40 lakh so far...
  In Calicut Balletan is 49.5 Lakh in 71 days while Swapnakoodu is 34 Lakh in 63 days...
  
  As per latest reports, only 3 movies are releasing for Ramzan and Balettan and Swapnakoodu will continue in many centers till Christmas... So even it Balettan is moved from its current theatre at 86 days, it will be moved to another A theatre in Tvm itself...
  
  CID Moosa at the end of its run of 100 days in TVM had collected 65+ Lakhs... even in these Ramzan days, Balettan is collecting nearly 2.5 Lakhs per week in TVM, before the start of Ramzan that was 3.5 Lakh per week...
  
  For Fazil's view on the Collection of Cronic Bachelor, please read his interview in the latest edition of Chithrabhumi... Dont base your opinion on hear say... Till I read that interview, I too was of the opinion that Cronic Bachelor would have made a lot of money...
  
  
• From: san (@ inet-nc01-o.oracle.com) on: Fri Nov 14 04:39:13 EST 2003
  
  let us wait till nov.21 .
  Yes. I am little biased. ente ullinte ullil balettanum brahmachariyum poleyulla 3rd rate padangal pottanam ennu thanne aanu...I will never see these type of movies. KCM njan first week il thanne poyi kanda oraal anu. Even though the movie was not good, there was good intention and creativity.
  
  Also I missed Kastooriman in the list.It should come at 10th place. Except balettan,I have seen all other hit movies..
  
  My rating for that 9..
  
  1. nandanam -- sweet love story
  2. swapnakoodu - youthful + freshness
  3. kalyanaraman - enjoyable comedy
  4. yathrakkarude sradhakku - satyan sreeni touch
  5. nammal - good story
  6. kastooriman - emotional story
  7. chronic bachelor - worst siddique(lal) movie
  8. CID moosa - no story at all
  9. thilakkam - worst movie seen in recent times
  
  
• From: Jom (@ 61.11.56.237) on: Fri Nov 14 05:07:19 EST 2003
  
  Objectively speaking my rating (In terms of quality) would be
  
  The Good
  1. Nandanam - A good movie with a neat twist in the Climax
  2. Kasthooriman - A good movie with the main characters showing positive attitude all the time.
  3. Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum - A good story told from the perspective of a child and a mother whose one child has killed the other.
  
  The Average
  1. Yathrakarude Shradakku - Not so great. Just an average film. Untried concept of Living in couples.
  2. Kilichundan Mampazham - was better than Cronic & Thillakam but worse than Kasthooriman & EnteVeedu Appuvinteyum. Failed because of Dialect and Lal's obesity.
  3. Balettan - nothing great. In fact a rehash of many old movies (Nettipattam, Velyettan, etc..)
  
  I havent seen Nammal & Kalyanaraman to make a comment.
  
  Pure Nonsense
  1. Thillakam
  2. CID Moosa
  3. Cronic Bachelor
  
  Now you consider the movies that made money this year
  1. CID Moosa
  2. Balettan
  3. Cronic Bachelor
  4. Thillakam
  
  All of them are not good films. It shows a poor taste from the audience and will ensure that the next 5 years will see only garbage being generated.
  
  
  
  
• From: Ram (@ 204-17-226-208.gen.twtelecom.net) on: Fri Nov 14 10:44:11 EST 2003
  
  Mohanlal movies get best collection from TVM.So if we just decide in terms of TVM collections,Kilichundan mambazham and Mr.Brahmachari may be above Kasthooriman .But Kerala is not Bombay .In Bollywood,if you get decent collections from Bombay,the movie is hit.But in Kerala,hits or flop depends on atleast 9 centers including ERN,CAL,PAL,TCR,QLN,APY,KTM &Kannur.Movies like Swapnakoodu and Nammal collected most from Ernakulam.Thilakkam was a big grosser at Trissur and Ernakulam area.Balettan is a big hit at south kerala ,but couldnt even finish 50 days at Trissur area.Only movie which finished 5o days in all major centers with good collections was CID Moosa .
  The rankings
  1)CID Moosa
  2)Chronic Bachelor
  3)Thilakkam
  4)Balettan
  5)Swapnakoodu
  6)Kasthooriman
  7)Mr.Brahmachari
  8)Meerayude dukham
  9)Kilichundan
  10)Ente veedu
  
  Flops
  1)Gramaphone
  2)Pattalam
  3)Vellithira
  4)Sadanandante samayam
  5)Swapnam kondoru
  6)Evar
  7)Magic magic
  8)Anyar
  9)Mizhi randilum
  10)The leader.
  
  
  
• From: sudheer (@ cc2-104-6k7r321.acs.ucf.edu) on: Fri Nov 14 11:11:52 EST 2003
  
  Yes San KCM was colourful, songs were excellent.. but komaaly malayalees want only komaaly movies like moosa, Thilakkam, Kalyanaraman, and the worst Siddique movie..Chronic. Movies like Nammal, Swapnakoodu and Kasthooriman should be hits to encourage colorful youth movies in malayalam.
  
  
• From: ARAVIND (@ 61.1.229.53) on: Mon Nov 17 14:04:25 EST 2003
  
  BALETTAN IS SUPER HIT OF 2003
  100 DAYS STILL IN PACKED HOUSES
  i have just gone for balettan sunday
  its huge family crowd around ther houseful shows
  so i dont get ticket
  
  swankoodu also doing well entering to 100days
  
  Biggest flop is PATTALAM
  4CRORE PROJECT IN WATER
  OUT FROM THEATRE IN 35TH DAY IN TVM
  
  Meerayude dukhavum...is not a flop it is lowbudget
  film so this movie collects more
  
  runs around 60-70 days
  so its another hit from youngster prithvi
  
  
  
• From: aditya (@ 61.1.229.234) on: Tue Nov 18 13:09:09 EST 2003
  
  NO-1 IS BALETAN
  
  wait for another superhit
  HARIHARAN PILLA HAPPIYANU
  
  mohanlal forever
  
  

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