Indian
box
office
saw
an
unusual
pattern
in
2022.
With
almost
all
the
Bollywood
movies
tanking
at
the
box
office
except
a
few,
South
Indian
megabudgetters
took
over
the
box
office.
Apart
from
these
magnum
opuses
such
as
RRR
and
KGF:
Chapter
2,
several
underdogs
from
the
industry
have
also
performed
extremely
well
owing
to
the
positive
word-of-mouth
reviews
that
these
films
received.
Let
us
look
at
a
few
of
them.
Hiradayam
Made
on
a
humble
budget
of
Rs.
5
crore,
Malayalam
film
Hiradayam
starring
the
star
kids
Pranav
Mohanlal
and
Kalyani
Priyadarshan
along
with
Darshana
Rajendran
in
the
lead
roles
was
released
on
January
21.
The
film
directed
by
Vineeth
Sreenivasan
went
on
to
collect
more
than
Rs.
67
crore.
Karthikeyan
2
Telugu
sequel
Karthikeya
2
was
released
on
August
13,
and
it
set
the
Indian
box
office
on
fire
beating
the
likes
of
Bollywood
movies
such
as
Raksha
Bandhan
and
Laal
Singh
Chaddha.
Directed
by
Chandoo
Mondeti,
the
film
featured
Nikhil
Siddhartha
and
Anupama
Parameswaran
in
the
lead
roles
and
fetched
more
than
Rs.
100
crore.
Kantara
The
mother
of
all
underdogs
of
the
year
is
the
Kannada
movie
Kantara.
Rishab
Shetty
helmed
and
starred
in
the
lead
role
in
the
movie,
which
was
released
on
September
30.
After
its
humongous
success
in
Karnataka,
the
film
was
dubbed
and
released
in
all
major
Indian
languages.
It
collected
more
than
350
crore.
777
Charlie
Rakshit
Shetty’s
777
Charlie,
though
did
not
shine
as
brightly
as
the
other
movies
in
the
list,
deserves
a
place
here,
as
it
helped
in
attracting
the
attention
of
cinephiles.
Starring
Rakshit
Shetty
and
Charlie
the
canine,
the
film
was
directed
by
Kiranraj
K
and
made
Rs.
70.60
crore.
Tamil
movie
Love
Today
directed
by
Pradeep
Ranganathan
was
released
on
November
4.
Though
there
wasn’t
much
buzz
around
the
movie
ahead
of
its
release,
the
film
managed
to
trend
on
social
media
with
fans’
raving
reviews.
The
film’s
popularity
grew
so
much
so
that
it
was
dubbed
and
released
in
Telugu
recently.
After
winning
the
hearts
of
Kollywood
and
Tollywood
fans,
the
film
made
more
than
Rs.
100
crore.
It
was
made
on
a
budget
of
Rs.
5
crore.