Top 5 Mollywood Movies by 2024

Brief Summary: The story revolves around an Indian worker who immigrated from Saudi Arabia to make a living and support his family with the money he earns. But he eventually discovers himself to be like a slave to his job where he works as an employed as sheep herder in the middle of nowhere. 

Theme: It is inspired by a best-selling Malayalam novel Aadujeevitham by author Benyamin, and is based on a genuine life story of an individual named Najeeb, a Malayalai laborer among the crowd of hundreds and thousands pushed into slave category work in Saudi Arabia as a goat herder on remote farms in the hot deserts

Significance: This story is taken from a real-life incident of a Malayali immigrant laborer named Najeeb Muhammad who lands in Saudi Arabia to make a living. Nevertheless, his life turns upside down when he discovers himself herding livestock in a desert. The story revolves around where Najeeb loses his identity while working as a goat herder.

Brief Summary: The story is of an adventure trip a group of friends take in Guna Caves, and their life turns upside down when one friend of the group slips, hurting himself badly in one of the big cracks in that cave.

Theme: This story comes from an incident that took place in the year 2006. The group of friends who take a trip to that cave come from a town called Manjummel, and the fun goes for a toss when one of them gets trapped inside the Guna caves.

Significance: The story shows what true friendship means, as when one of the friends of the group is helpless and in a dire situation, another friend risks his life to save the other's life by volunteering in the rescue operation.

Brief Summary: The movie begins with 3 boys who come to Bangalore to pursue their engineering and get into a tussle with the seniors who bully them. Later on, they take help from a local gangster to take revenge on their seniors.

Theme: Three college students find themselves entangled when they get in a fight with their seniors, and it gets even more complicated when they befriend a goon named Range to exact revenge on the ones who bully them.

Significance: How quickly life can go from boring to fun, and from fun to near hell-like scenario but in a fun way, is what the movie is all about.

Brief Summary: Bramayugam is a story of a traditional singer who loses track of his home while escaping for his life in fear of being pushed into slavery. He later finds himself entangled in a mysterious tradition that changes his destiny forever.

Theme: It's quite evident that the movie's main theme is caste conflict. The main character Thevan who's very dutiful in the beginning, is even shouting at his master's cook for speaking ill behind his back, later on when the secret unfolds the story becomes even darker.

Brief Summary: Jose, a Jeep driver, gets into a messy situation and has no other option to migrate and start working in Chennai. This is where he meets Indhu and his best pal, and what happens next will push you to your seat.

Theme: The story revolves around a plot where an individual with a criminal past rushes to another state to avoid legal conflict and bumps into a lady and her best friend. The story continues to unfold with surprises.

Significance: This movie is all about how tricky life can be when someone misuses a passkey with illegal intentions.

Malayalam Cinema: Over the years

Sometimes it takes more than just ratings to know what the plot holds for its audience. Over the years people from various states have started showing interest in regional movies. What movies pulled them in? KGF, Bahubali, RRR, Jailer, LEO, Kantara, Puspa, PS I, and PS II are some of the movies that are the result of a sudden interest in movies that have been released in recent years and in regional languages. The ones who stand as hardcore fans watch the movies in their original language, while the remaining chunk of the audience patiently awaits the dub version of the movie in their preferred language.

Final Words

These movies from the various states will continue to entertain us based on upcoming titles that are set to release in the upcoming months. Although some of the Malayalam movies are produced on a compact budget, the direction and cast of such movies take the whole experience of cinema to another level.