Among the films released recently, the 100-crore club Mohanlal film Pulimurugan had given a fillip to Malayalam film industry. For quite some time, Malayalam cinema was in the hangover of the euphoria generated by the film..

Now, its director Ashiq Abu has openly stated that Pulimurugan became a super hit only because Mohanlal acted in the film. He said this in a TV Channel interview.

“Pulimurugan became a hit only because Mohanlal acted in it. Any other star cast would not have made it this much hit. There is a big chunk of people loving to see Mohanlal on the big screen. They enjoy seeing him,” Ashiq said.
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Ashiq’s words are doing rounds on social media now.

The film produced at the cost of Rs 25 crore had garnered more than Rs 150 crore.

Vysakh had directed the film. Udayakrishna had done the script.