Since 2016, every big-budget movie has come with a tagline that has been heard loudly among the audience. “Murugaa Nee Theernadaa’, which means Pulimurugan‘s collection records will be broken. But unfortunately, till date, Mohanlal’s Pulimurugan, under the banner of Mulakupadam Films under Vaisakh‘s direction, remains unbeaten.
In 2019, Prithviraj‘s directorial debut, Lucifer, starring Mohanlal himself, surpassed Pulimurugan‘s overseas collection; the Kerala and worldwide collections were unchanged. Bahubali 2 and KGF Chapter 2, which were a threat to Pulimurugan in Kerala, closed the final collection below Pulimurugan. While Baahubali 2 became the all-time number one film in every state in India, it had to settle for second place only in Kerala. Even those who made Pulimurugan failed to break that Pulimurugan record. Pulimurugan’s combo of director, actor, and writer reunited Monster, which was a flop. Pulimurugan’s highest one-day collection was the final collection of Monster.
But today, the 2018 movie released in 2023, directed by Jude Anthony and starring Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, and Kunchacko Boban, is breaking all the collection records. All the records that were thought to be unbreakable are being broken one by one. It broke the overseas collection record for Lucifer and became the highest-grossing film of all time. 2018 became the all-time biggest Malayalam grosser on the strength of its smashing performance in overseas. Trade estimates that Tamil,Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi dubbing releases are in the coming days, and 2018 will collect by a fair margin over Pulimurugan. If the dubbing release is accepted, 2018 the movie may become the first 200 crore film in Malayalam cinema history. There is no doubt that the Pulimurugan, Kerala, collection records will be broken. With one week left for the summer vacation to end, the movie 2018, Born in the Memory of the Flood, is fast approaching with the collection flood..
