Pulimurugan And Thoppil Joppan: When Mammootty And Mohanlal Films Ruled The Box Office Together!
Pulimurugan and Thoppil Joppan both featuring superstars of Mollywood, are having a good outing at the Kerala box office. Read upon the other instances when Big M movies ruled the box office together.
Well,
the
Pooja
season
has
turned
out
to
be
quite
an
eventful
one
for
Mollywood.
Two
big
Malayalam
films,
which
released
during
the
season
are
ruling
the
box
office.
It
is
Mohanlal's
Pulimurugan
that
is
leading
the
race.
The
film
is
on
a
record
breaking
spree
and
is
on
the
road
to
become
a
blockbuster.
Mammootty's
Thoppil
Joppan
is
also
moving
steady
at
the
box
office.
It
is
not
for
the
first
time
that
both
the
Big
M's
movies
are
ruling
the
box
office
together.
Here,
we
list
the
other
6
instances
when
both
Mammootty
and
Mohanlal
ruled
the
box
office
with
their
films
that
released
during
the
same
season.
Take
a
look..
Valsalyam
And
Devasuram
Two
films,
which
had
the
superstars
in
vintage
form.
Both
the
films
went
on
to
attain
a
cult
classic
status
and
they
feature
among
the
best
films
of
Mohanlal
and
Mammootty.
Devasuram
and
Valsalyam
had
a
grand
run
at
the
Kerala
box
office
during
the
Vishu
season
of
the
year
1993.
Oru
Maravathoor
Kanavu
And
Kanmadam
Oru
Maravathoor
Kanavu,
was
the
directorial
debut
of
Lal
Jose
and
the
film
had
Mammootty
in
the
lead
role.
Kanmadam,
on
the
other
hand
had
the
powerful
combination
of
Mohanlal-Lohithadas
team.
Both
the
films
tasted
success
and
the
superstars
had
a
happy
run
at
the
box
office.
Rasathanthram
and
Thuruppugulan
Rasathanthram
and
Thuruppugulan
were
the
big
hits
of
the
year
2006.
Both
the
films
were
among
the
major
releases
of
the
Vishu
season
of
the
year
2006
and
both
the
superstars
emerged
victorious
during
the
season.
Chotta
Mumbai
And
Big
B
Well,
both
the
films
of
the
superstars
were
released
in
the
month
of
April
in
the
year
2007.
The
films
had
the
Big
Ms
in
full
form.
What
else
was
required
to
set
the
box
office
on
fire?
Innathe
Chinthavishayam
And
Annan
Thambi
Annan
Thambi
directed
by
Anwar
Rasheed
was
in
the
lines
of
a
perfect
mass
masala
entertainer
and
the
film
had
Mammootty
in
a
dual
role.
Innathe
Chinathavishayam
was
a
family
entertainer
from
Mohanlal-Sathyan
Anthikkad
team.
Both
the
films,
released
during
the
Vishu
season
of
the
year
2008,
entered
the
hit
chart.
Pranchiyettan
And
The
Saint
And
Shikkar
Mammootty's
Pranchiyettan
And
The
Saint
and
Mohanlal's
Shikkar
were
released
during
the
same
time,
in
the
year
2010.
Both
the
films
had
a
good
run
at
the
box
office.
Pranchiyettan
And
The
Saint
fetched
great
reviews
and
box
office
collections
whereas
Shikkar
appealed
to
the
masses.
Unlike
the
films
mentioned
in
the
above
list,
both
Pulimrugan
and
Thoppil
Joppan
were
released
on
the
same
day.
Mohanlal's
Pulimurugan
had
won
the
initial
race
fetching
4.05
Croreson
the
opening
day
itself.
On
the
other
hand,
Thoppil
Joppan
fetched
1.55
Croreson
the
opening
day
and
made
8.46
Crores
within
4
days
of
its
run.
Meanwhile,
Pulimurugan
entered
the
20-Crore
club
within
5
days
of
run.
Well,
it
is
a
good
sign
for
Malayalam
cinema
and
it
is
indeed
a
pleasure
to
watch
the
most
loved
superstars
of
Mollywood,
back
in
action,
that
too,
in
full
form.