Attraction towards Forgettable Malayalam Movies

There's nothing more sad than investing 2 hours of your time to watch a movie, to end up realizing that all that's left within is disappointment and a thought of 'woe is me'!

Being a movie lover, it is all too common to see crap movies being churned out in every industry, however Malayalam Cinema does have a great 'Hall of Shame' (can i call em that?) consisting of movies that superstars and fans would be more than happy to forget about. Not to mention the woe of spending a huge sum to watch a movie starring your favorite superstar, going in with expectations and leaving the theater with a funny thought of burning the theater down.

First things first, it was in 2023 that i came across the Youtube Channel 'Appupan & The Boys', a group of youngsters from Kerala, with their awesome Appupan in tow, who developed a penchant for watching forgettable movies for the fun sake of it and to have a good time, in their own little ways. I liked their reviews and decided to go on an adventurous expedition through the Hall of Shame myself.

Reviews for a couple of Mohanlal's disastrous outings from the 2000's are incoming. Prayers for my well being are more than welcome (in the certain case that i will come out bruised and smarting)

~ Noel

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