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flag Malayalam cinema hit record highs in 2025 with 15 major hits, including the first film to cross Rs 300 crore globally, though a filmmaker challenged the industry’s profit claims.

flag In 2025, Malayalam cinema achieved record box office success with 184 releases, 15 of which were classified as hits or higher, including Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra, the first Malayalam film to cross Rs 300 crore globally. flag Mohanlal starred in three major hits, and Thudarum became the first Malayalam film to earn Rs 100 crore in Kerala. flag Despite the industry’s overall growth, filmmaker Anuraj Manohar disputed the Kerala Film Producers’ Association’s claim that only 15 films were profitable, asserting his film Narivetta was a financial success and criticizing the association’s public labeling of films as failures, which he said discourages new producers and harms independent filmmaking.

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