Mohanlal's Film Thudarum Creates History As 1st Film To Mint ₹100 Crore In Kerala

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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 17:06 IST

Thudarum, starring Mohanlal and Shobana, has made past by crossing Rs 100 crore astatine the Kerala container office, becoming the highest-grossing Malayalam film.

Mohanlal portrays Shanmughan, a humble taxi driver, successful Thudarum. (Photo Credits: Instagram)

Thudarum, starring the legendary Mohanlal and the ever-graceful Shobana, has conscionable pulled disconnected thing nary different Malayalam movie has done before. The movie has officially crossed the Rs 100 crore people astatine the Kerala container bureau alone.

Directed by Tharun Moorthy, this movie has been unstoppable ever since its merchandise connected April 25. It archetypal knocked 2018 disconnected the apical spot to go the highest-grossing Malayalam movie successful the state, and present it’s gone up and created history.

Mohanlal shared the milestone infinitesimal with fans connected Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), writing, “#Thudarum storms into the grounds books with its archetypal 100 crore people exclusively astatine the Kerala container office! A milestone that we created together! Thank you, Kerala."

The celebratory poster says it all: “A caller section successful Kerala container bureau history."

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Before Thudarum came charging in, it was 2018 that held the crown for the biggest container bureau deed successful Kerala. That movie had raked successful a coagulated Rs 83.31 crore (net) successful Malayalam and ended its India tally with Rs 110.53 crore gross.

But now, successful conscionable 19 days, Thudarum has already zipped past that with a whopping Rs 104 crore nett successful India, according to Sacnilk. And the planetary numbers basal astatine Rs 208 crore worldwide successful conscionable 18 days.

Directed by Tharun and co-written by KR Sunil, Thudarum is not your emblematic transgression thriller. It kicks disconnected with Mohanlal playing Shanmugham aka ‘Benz’ — a soft-spoken, peace-loving taxi operator whose beingness runs arsenic smoothly arsenic his beloved car. That is… until the car goes missing. And conscionable similar that, Benz’s calm beingness shifts gears into a full-blown enigma ride. What follows is an affectional and edge-of-your-seat travel arsenic helium unearths a darker, fiercer broadside of himself to support what matters most.

The movie deed theatres connected April 25 and features a coagulated supporting formed with names similar Prakash Varma, Farhaan Faasil, Maniyanpilla Raju, Binu Pappu, Irshad Ali, Aarsha Chandini Baiju, Thomas Mathew, and Krishna Prabha. It is produced by M Renjith nether Rejaputhra Visual Media.

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