Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is dropping truth bombs. The director has showered praise on the latest Malayalam blockbuster Manjummel Boys and marveled at its audacious idea, which Hindi cinema can at best only “remake” but never create.
The survival thriller film, released last month, has already grossed over Rs 100 cr and garnered widespread acclaim. Manjummel Boys follows the story of a group of friends, who decide to have a vacation in Kodaikanal, where things take a turn for the worst.
Writing on Letterboxd, Anurag called the Chidambaram-directed film “extraordinary” and said the Malayalam film industry with movies like Manjummel Boys and Bramayugam has left Hindi cinema behind.
“Simply extraordinary piece of confident mainstream filmmaking. So much better than all the big budget filmmaking in india. Such confidence, such impossible storytelling. I was wondering how does one even sell this idea to a producer. In Hindi they can only do remakes of such ideas. Hindi cinema really is so far left behind with three back to back brilliant Malayalam films,” he said.
 
 
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On the portal, he also went on to review Mammootty’s Bramayugam and said he is “insanely jealous” of the filmmakers of Malayalam film industry as well as the audience.
“I am just so jealous of Malayalam filmmakers .. the courage, the audacity and the amazing discerning audience of Kerala that empowers the filmmaking..I am so insanely jealous…. And Mammooty… What has he done… Next on the list is Kathal,” he added.
Manjummel Boys follows the group of friends from a small town go through in saving one of their own from a cave in Kodaikanal. Malayalam star Soubin Sahir has produced and acted in the film, which also features Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Ganapathy, and Jean Paul Lal.
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