2022 has been the best year for multi-language films in South India since the covid era. States have seen full shows due to concern that people who switched to OTT will return to theaters.
Massive films that arrived with fanfare, celebrations and various experiments created success in the theater. Even the films that didn’t become big hits later created huge debates.
Along with this, there is a discussion on social media that 2022 can also be considered the year of returns.
Many actors and directors of the film have responded to the accusations and criticisms they have been hearing for some time through the films. These posts and discussions also point out that many of them saw the prospect of getting records that had been erased as bad girls.
The most celebrated of these is the return of legends Mammootty, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam.
Mammootty has been heavily criticized in recent years for not being able to create box office hits. Mammootty answered this with Bhishma Parvam and now Roshak.
Bhishma Parvam is the third highest grossing film in Malayalam. Roshak, released on October 7, is also getting good collections.
Kamal Haasan is an actor who has had to hear similar or even tougher lines. There have been many people who have said that Kamal Haasan is not even worth third-level actors in theaters and that his glory days are over.
The low number of films and the hiatus after 2015’s Thunkavan and 2018’s Vishwaroopam Part II fueled these criticisms.
But in 2022, Kamal Haasan, who made a big comeback with Lokesh Kanakaraj’s Vikram, took theaters by storm. 420 Crore Varikutty has become one of the highest-grossing Tamil films.
Mani Ratnam, who entered this crore collection list with Ponniyin Selvan, is the next star in 2022. Mani Ratnam, considered one of India’s top directors, is constantly criticized for not making it to Koti’s club.
These arguments were strong after Rajamouli’s Baahubali. Mani Ratnam was previously compared to director Shankar. Now Mani Ratnam has given the answer to all this through Ponniyin Selvan.
Released on September 30, the film has already raised more than 400 crores. Comments are coming in that Ponniyin Selvan will soon break Vikram’s record as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2022 and may even surpass Baahubali’s collection.
At the same time, there are some who are of the opinion that such assessments should not be conducted. I am of the opinion that Mammootty, Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan are all cinema legends and it is not advisable to judge them on the basis of the box office results of a few years alone.
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