Malayalam superstar Mohanlal’s latest release ‘Pulimurugan’ is not just breaking box office records in Kerala but all over the south, which is a first time for the relatively smaller Malayalam film industry.A Malayalam film grossing Rs 50 Cr is a rarity but Pulimurugan stunned one and all by becoming the first Rs 100 Cr grosser of Malayalam film industry. Not stopping there, the action adventure went on to beat some of the top South Indian blockbusters like Rajamouli’s Eega, Ajith’s Vedalam and Vijay’s Kaththi.

And, the latest blockbuster to get trounced by Pulimurugan is Allu Arjun’s biggest blockbuster ‘Sarrainodu’. With this feat, the Mohanlal starrer has now become the 4th highest grossing South Indian film of 2016. This feat would look monumental after learning that no Malayalam film has so far entered into the Top-5 South Indian biggest grossers of a year.

At Rs. 129 crore, Pulimurugan is only behind Kabali (Rs. 350 crore), Vijay’s Theri (Rs. 175 crore) and Janatha Garage (Rs. 135 crore), which also has Mohanlal in a key role – the top South Indian films of 2016 in descending order.

Pulimurugan was released in Telugu as ‘Manyam Puli’ and it has posted decent numbers in the Telugu states too.