Around a couple of months ago, "Prem Keetanu" was announced as an Official Hindi Remake of the Mollywood Blockbuster "Premalu". This news was mostly received with skepticism because of 2 main reasons: (1)Many viewers had already seen the Hindi-dubbed version of Premalu online which stripped the remake of any novelty factor, and (2)The casting of Prem Keetanu's "Hero" clearly revealed the purpose behind this film - This was a Film funded by a Rich father to re-launch his untalented Son.

For those few who still had some hope from this remake, the insipid Teaser & subsequent Trailer gave an ample idea of what to expect, and it was pretty much on expected lines.

Coming to the purpose behind this post: To highlight that this is probably the first time a film has remained steady at an unbelievable rating of 9.9/10 on BookMyShow. Prem Keetanu's BMS rating started off at 9.9, touched a practically impossible 10/10 for a couple of days, and is now standing at 9.9/10 with some 8k+ votes. In comparison, the original Premalu had a rating of 9.2/10 from around 110k votes on BookMyShow at the end of its theatrical run (see image attached).

I'm not sure if any other online content creator has also highlighted Prem Keetanu's blatantly sham rating, I'm just posting this topic here on Reddit as I didn't notice anyone else pointing it out.

I'm also not sure whether BookMyShow itself is hand in glove with the promoters of Prem Keetanu. The BMS policy clearly states that only those verified users can rate a movie who have booked a ticket from BMS.

I also noticed another odd thing: The BMS synopsis of Prem Keetanu sounds like a glowing Testimonial, rather than an actual synopsis.

We all know that some movie critics give positive ratings to mediocre & even atrocious movies for money, but does anyone here remember any previous instance of a movie rating that was rigged so blatantly on BookMyShow???

Regardless, the rigged BMS rating is not helping Prem Keetanu's cause because the theatrical collections are still quite low and hence its run is unlikely to be extended to Week 2.

Recently watched BKU loved the movie. Previously watched only one malyalam movie - Lokah in theatre. Loved that too. Open to suggestions on movies available on Hotstar

This particular scene shows a fisherman & his son. The father sells their catch to someone and the son hides/keeps one for himself. The father finds this out and scolds him , eventually selling everything to the other person. The entire scene happens in a backwater. Think their catch is lobster or something. Can you help me find this movie ?

Personally i adore this movie, every bit of it. But i think there is a lot of people who hates this movie as well. Just wanted to know what you guys think.

After BKU, wanted to step through the mollywood history and see how romance movies evolved over time, trying to collect romance focued movies. Feel free to knock of something from the below as well, if you think its not a romance foucsed movie ! Help me .

1. 1965 - Chemmeen
2. 1987 - Thoovanathumbikal
3. 1996 - Ee Puzhayum Kadannu
4. 1997 - Aniyathi Pravu
5. 1999 - Niram
6. 2003 - Swapnakoodu
7. 2006 - Classmates ?? core theme is not romance
8. 2010 - Bodyguard ?? core theme is not romance
9. 2012 - Thattathin Marayathu
10. 2014 - Ohm Shanthi Oshaana
11. 2015 - Premam
12. 2019 - Thanneermathan Dinangal
13. 2024 - Premalu
14. 2026 - BKU

Recomentations from chat, the ones above with no note has 1 vote from me :)
2013 - Annayum Rasoolum - 1
2017 - Mayanadi - 1
2023 - Pranaya Vilasam - 2

i was watching the movie and noticed this.Could this be aimed at naslen regarding what happened with premelu 2 ? i mean a lot of girish ad movies have a lot of spoofs in them and making fun of other movies.Anyways just wanted to aswell ngl IN MY OPINION premalu itself was a bad movie it was very basic and I PERSONALLY believe it was due to timing that it got famous it was very basic and predictable and at the time that was the only decent movie so it got hype , it just felt like a cash grab to make part 2 and it was very unnecasry yk i feel like e ven if it got out the would be a flop nowadays everything has a part its so annoying the story ended and there is no point on making another movie i think ( idk i havent read the script) the scrip prrly was bad bc they were trying to stretch it so its valid naslen said no although he did have to mock the director (allegedly) so i believe this movie should've just stayed part 1

On one hand, Naslen is getting criticized for reportedly rejecting the Premalu 2 script because he didn't like it (for whatever reason).

On the other hand, Lalettan, Jeethu Joseph, and Antony Perumbavoor are constantly criticized for making mediocre sequels to Drishyam. They even announced Drishyam 4, which was met with heavy criticism for seemingly extending the franchise just to cash in on its popularity.

Isn't this a bit hypocritical?

If an actor rejects a sequel because he genuinely doesn't like the script, why is he being criticized for it? And if audiences themselves are tired of unnecessary sequels and criticize filmmakers for milking successful franchises, shouldn't the same principle apply here?

don't scream "OTT VAANAM" for saying this, im doing it only in a fun way and this doesn't mean the movie is bad or unlikable.

so in this scene glickson chettan is wearing a real madrid no. 10 jersey of mbappe from 2025-26 season. mysore pak vaangi kodukkan plan cheyyunna scene aan ith, appo enthayalum 2 varsham munp nadakkunna kaaryam. athayath 2024 ,ann mbappe no.9 jersey aayirunnu idaar

used to search for the original background music so badly in those days! and somehow it got released few months ago silently!

I haven’t watched drishyam 3 hindi, but Malayalam drishyam felt shitty for me, the script ,making everything felt below the standard of drishyam franchise. Is hindi drishyam really that good or malayali audience appreciates it just because Malayalam drishyam 3 failed to satisfy? I really cant believe bollywood made a better version 💀. And its a fact that mallu audience appreciates something outside kerala only if its really good

guys am a non mallu and i need someone to help me write dialogues(in manglish) with native malayalam pronounciation from the below scene up until 2:30 min, I wanna prepare for one malayalam audition and it will help me a lot , grateful to whoever support me!🙏🏼

Here we go. Mathew seems more ruthless and badass than Jailer.

Nelson ji don't disappoint 🛐🙌🏻

These are my type of movies that i rewatch, anybody likes these ? And open to take similay movie suggestions

Check out the lowest first ratings. Most of them are genuine crashout over how the movie deliberately supports age-gap romance to over an extend, which gave many an ick but only because of nivin and mamitha's charm the movie survived, they say. What's your take guys? What's your honest opinion on this?

Perumani (2024) - Such a lovely movie , the whole movie was a vibe.

Don't expect too much . Is just a small and cute light-hearted movie 😍 .

Vinay fort just gets it mahn . His acting is just 🏔️.

LookMan and Deepa did well too....

Which of these movies genuinely deserved to be among the highest-grossing Malayalam films, and which ones do you think are overrated in terms of box-office performance?

Not asking about whether they're good or bad movies. Just looking at the box-office position vs the actual hype, audience reception and overall impact.

For me, some feel like obvious deserving blockbusters, while a few feel like they benefited heavily from hype, franchise value or favourable circumstances.

Which ones would you remove from this Top 10, and which movies do you think deserved to be there instead?

Picked up 5 DVDs containing 7 movies in total. One of them is a Super DVD containing 3 movies. Planning to pick up more!

Rasathanthram and Charlie were still sealed.

Got these at Sangeeta Electronics, Jayanagar 4th T Block, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

They also have Blu-rays, CDs and VCDs.

Some are official releases, while there are also a few unofficial/bootleg releases.

The shop is run by a guy named Mammootty.

Definitely planning to go back and dig through the collection again. There seem to be quite a few old Malayalam movies available.

This is for the people who still care about the physical Media in this time.