Flixbuzz India

Indian cinema saw an interesting box-office clash recently with three very different films competing for audience attention: Tamil cinema’s Karuppu , Malayalam cinema’s Athiradi , and Bollywood’s Pati Patni Aur Woh Do . Each film came with a different flavour. Karuppu arrived as a mass-spiritual Tamil entertainer led by Suriya and Trisha Krishnan . Athiradi brought a youthful Malayalam campus-action comedy featuring Basil Joseph, Tovino Thomas and Vineeth Sreenivasan . Pati Patni Aur Woh Do entered theatres as a Bollywood relationship comedy starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Sara Ali Khan, Wamiqa Gabbi and Rakul Preet Singh . But when it comes to box-office performance, all three films have shown very different trends. Karuppu Box Office: Suriya Takes the Lead Among the three films, Karuppu has clearly taken the biggest lead at the box office. The Suriya-starrer opened with strong fan celebration and gained major momentum after release. According to early reports, Karuppu saw a...

Malayalam cinema has always been strong in realistic dramas and rooted storytelling, but every now and then, it also delivers a film that is designed mainly for theatre energy, youth appeal, comedy, rivalry and celebration . Athiradi , directed by Arun Anirudhan , belongs to that space. Starring Basil Joseph, Tovino Thomas and Vineeth Sreenivasan , the film is a campus-based action-comedy that mixes college festival excitement, ego clashes, friendship, music, romance and commercial entertainment. Released on 14 May 2026 , the film opened with strong audience buzz and became one of Malayalam cinema’s notable openings of 2026. Storyline Athiradi revolves around Samkutty , an energetic student who wants to revive a banned college festival. What begins as a celebration slowly turns into a rivalry-driven chaos. The film uses the college festival as a battleground where ambition, friendship, ego and youthful madness collide. The basic idea is simple but theatre-friendly. A campus, a fes...