If you have a sibling, watch this. If you have a brother-in-law, definitely watch this. The film masterfully uses the "Malam Cult" (the marriage season) as a backdrop. Prithviraj plays a groom whose life turns into a nightmare when his younger brother-in-law (Basil Joseph) shows up.
For a while there, it felt like the golden age of Malayalam comedy—the era of In Harihar Nagar , Ramji Rao Speaking , and Mazhavil Kavadi —was a distant memory. The 2010s brought in brilliant realistic dramas and thrillers, but laugh-out-loud entertainers were rare. recent malayalam comedy movies
This is a sharp, witty satire on "influencer culture" and marital expectations. A man lies to his foreign-returned bride that he owns a massive fort. To keep the lie alive, he hires a gang of local drama artistes to pretend to be his royal staff. If you have a sibling, watch this
Don’t sleep on Padmini . The premise is a farce writer’s dream: A struggling lyricist (Kunchacko Boban) gets a job as a "dance teacher" at a ladies' hostel. To keep the job, he pretends his wife (Aparna) is his sister, and his actual sister (Vincy) is his wife. Naturally, everything collides during a single night. Prithviraj plays a groom whose life turns into
It captures the "Gen Z/ Millennial" cringe perfectly. The dialogue feels improvised. The humor is in the details: the confusion of changing OTPs, the friend who gives terrible advice (Amal Davis is a scene-stealer), and the sheer awkwardness of asking someone out on Instagram.
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While this film is an emotional drama at its core, the first half—set in the 1980s Madras film industry—is a laughathon. It follows two friends (Pranav and Dhyan) trying to survive in cinema. Dhyan Sreenivasan’s character, Murali, is a drunk, loud, desperate wannabe director who keeps failing upward.