The Malayalam Cinema fans, and trade have experienced a sweet shock as Lokah, the female superhero film, beats Mohanlal’s Empuraan at the box office. The film proves that the content rules over stardom as it becomes the new industry hit of Mollywood.
Empuraan is the most expensive film from Mollywood by a mile, and it was also released with a huge craze. It had the franchise mileage, and everyone expected that the film would work big at the pan-India box office, but the content failed to work as expected.
Empuraan fails to achieve the Pan-India Success, but Lokah achieves it with the help of strong content
The film did not see many numbers from other languages, but in Mollywood, the craze worked to pull big numbers till the 2nd weekend, and as a result, it became an industry hit with 265 Cr gross collection worldwide.
But in the same year, within a very quick gap, Lokah, a film that was made on a budget of 35 Cr and had a female actress as the lead, crushed Empuraan at the box office with 270 Cr in collections and was heading towards the 300 Cr mark.
Also, Lokah becomes a pan-Indian hit, and it sees numbers from all corners. This proves that content is the king over the budget, and Empuraan misses a very big chance to go much bigger, which Kalyani Priyadarshan’s film succeeds at.
