It is showering appreciation for Asif Ali’s new movie ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’. Many actors including Anoop Menon have adulated the work and even termed Asif the new bankable actor in Mollywood. However, figures show that Tovino Thomas’s visually thrilling 'ARM is leading in Box office collection reports. Right after the release, ARM has been getting average to positive reports from centres and has drawn a large crowd mostly through mouth-to-mouth publicity.

As per reports from OTTplay, ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’ has earned Rs 1.12 crore in two days while ARM has amassed Rs 13 crores.

With the Onam holidays still extending, movie trackers expect Asif Ali’s ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’ to surge ahead in the coming days with more people now acknowledging the movie's craft through positive reviews from all quarters.

Anoop Menon:

“A film with brilliance written over it. Screenplay, direction and cinematography compete with each other to bring out a gem of a movie. Bahul and Dinjith, welcome to the future. Asif has cemented his position as the most bankable actor in the mollywood of present times. Vjayaraghavan with his nuances is enviously dot on. Jagadheesh and Ashokan added to the gravitas.”

The movie is directed by Dinjith Ayyathan and written by Bahul Ramesh. The cinematography is also helmed by Bahul. Critics are singing paeans for the film, calling it Mollywood’s finest-ever slow thriller genre movie.