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Anuraj Manohar, manager of the Malayalam governmental thriller Narivetta released earlier this year, has contested the database of palmy and flop Malayalam films successful 2025 published by the Kerala Film Producers’ Association (KFPA) connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025).
According to the list, lone 8 of the much than 180 films released truthful acold successful 2025 were classified arsenic ‘super hits,’ with the estimated full nonaccomplishment pegged astatine astir ₹360 crore.
Mr. Manohar questioned however his debut movie was excluded from the database of palmy movies contempt being critically acclaimed and generating nett for the producer. “The announcement came astatine a clip erstwhile I was successful the process of doing different movie with the aforesaid producer. I would truly similar to cognize their criteria for judging occurrence and failure. It is not conscionable astir my film, but different films similar Ponman and Ronth, which I cognize made profits, were besides missing from the database of palmy films,” helium said.
He further pointed retired that the producers’ relation had organised the largest fig of damaging property meets astir movie failures successful the Malayalam movie manufacture successful 2024, contempt it being 1 of the champion years for the movie industry. This, helium said, was hurting the industry’s prospects by projecting it arsenic a loss-making assemblage and discouraging imaginable investors. “Many projects are being dropped due to the fact that of this perception,” helium added.
“A caller task is registered with the producers’ association. Will it beryllium capable to justice from the screenplay whether the movie volition beryllium a ace deed oregon not? The occurrence and nonaccomplishment of films cannot beryllium assessed similar that of a masala company. Profit and nonaccomplishment unsocial cannot beryllium the ground for judging this industry, arsenic each movie is an effort. For instance, I had to hold 5 years, facing galore rejections, earlier I could marque my film,” helium said.
Mr. Manohar stated that helium volition rise the contented successful the directors’ union, of which helium is an enforcement member. He challenged the producers’ relation to beryllium that his movie was a failure, asserting that helium would antagonistic their assertion with the producer’s accountant’s figures.
