Up to date on: Dec 26, 2025 07:25 pm IST
Whereas selling his upcoming movie Sarvam Maya, Nivin Pauly spoke in regards to the producers’ council saying 2025 solely had 15 hits this yr.
Malayalam actor Nivin Pauly has questioned the necessity for releasing an inventory detailing the field workplace performances of Malayalam movies. Whereas selling his not too long ago launched movie Sarvam Maya, the actor spoke to the press in regards to the Kerala Movie Producers Affiliation, claiming that solely 15 movies within the language had been hits this yr.
Nivin Pauly slams producers’ council
Nivin spoke on the press convention about how, like each enterprise, the movie business additionally goes by way of ups and downs. Stating that there was ‘no want’ to make such an inventory public, he stated, “Each enterprise has its ups and downs, revenue and loss. There isn’t a must make an inventory like this public. One thing like this has not been accomplished earlier than.”
He additionally argued that such disclosures will hinder future funding in Malayalam cinema, making it more durable to fund extra movies. The actor additionally not too long ago confronted a setback in his profession, with an unsuccessful run on the field workplace, though a few of his movies had been critically acclaimed.
Kerala Movie Producers’ Affiliation’s declare
The Kerala Movie Producers’ Affiliation launched an inventory publicly, highlighting the movies they declare have carried out properly on the field workplace. Out of 184 movies launched in 2025, the affiliation claims that solely 15 movies did properly on the field workplace. They claimed that 9 of the movies had been ‘superhits’ whereas the remainder had been simply ‘hits’.
Movies like Thudarum, Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra, L2 Empuraan, Diés Iraé, Hridayapoorvam, Kalamkaval and extra made the listing of superhits. Movies like Eko, Pet Detective and Bromance had been termed as simply hits. The affiliation additionally blamed the federal government for an absence of assist, threatening to boycott government-run theatres beginning subsequent month.
Filmmaker Anuraj Manohar, whose movie Narivetta starred Tovino Thomas and was one of many most-talked-about Malayalam hits this yr, questioned why his challenge didn’t seem within the listing and challenged the affiliation.
