Santosh T Kuruvila is a producer who has found his niche in the Malayalam film industry in a short period. Now Santhosh T Kuruvila is speaking openly about Mohanlal’s wife Suchitra’s prediction after watching the preview of Neerali. Directed by Ajoy Verma with Mohanlal in the lead, Neerali was produced by Santhosh T Kuruvila. The much-anticipated film flopped at the box office.
Santhosh remembers Suchitra’s words, Suchitra used to say that Neerali would be a bad movie. Santhosh says that Neerali was not the film he wanted to shoot and it was the film that cameraman Kumar went to shoot. As the finances were not set for him, So Santhosh finally made the film. But the producer says that there were expectations in that film but the director was a new-commer.
After Watching the preview, Mohanlal’s wife, Suchitra, told him that this movie is not enough, it will be bad because the second half is not digested at all. The producer also talks about the failure of ‘Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea’.
Marakar-Arabikadalin Simham was the most anticipated movie in Malayalam. But the film did not perform well in the theatres. It was the highest-budget film in the history of Malayalam cinema With a budget of ‘100 crore’. Mohanlal-Priyadarshan teamed up with this film and the film was produced by Antony Perumbavoor, Santosh T Kuruvila, and Confident Group.
Santhosh T Kuruvila said that the loss of this film was calculated long ago. He also says that he had discussed this with Anthony Perumbavoor even before the shooting of the film started. The producer said that his fans did not tolerate Mohanlal’s hanging and calling others for help, and if they had known about it earlier, they would have avoided it. The fans did not like that the other guy was carrying him by the hand, Some of these scenes affected Mohanlal’s heroism.
Santosh T Kuruvila has a production career that has reached the peak of ‘Da Thadiya’ which was released in 2012 to Nna Than Case Kodu which was released in 2022. He collaborated with Mammootty, Mohanlal, Biju Menon, Kunchacko Boban, Fahadh Faasil, Tovino Thomas, etc. Movies like ‘Maheshinte Prathikaaram’ and ‘Mayaanadhi’ were noted for their commercial success and artistic value at the same time.
