Overall, Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies arrived with a lot of anticipation but struggles to match up to it.Read at source
Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies 2026 
Film · 2026 · Malayalam · Action
Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies
134 min 22 Jan 2026
Synopsis
Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies
Misfits in Fort Kochi unite to create a wrestling group, facing internal rivalries and funny fights as they grow to tackle greater obstacles.
- Director
- Adhvaith Nayar
- Release
- 22 Jan 2026
- Run time
- 134 min
- Language
- Malayalam
Cast & crew
Arjun Ashokan Cast RO Roshan Mathew Cast VI Vishak Nair Cast 
Sidhique Cast MU Muthumani Cast 
Minon Cast 
Thesni Khan Cast 
Mammootty Cast ZA Zarin Shihab Cast AL Alwin Mukund Young Savio AR Archith Abhilash Young Vetri DE Dev Narayanan Young Cherian IS Ishan Shoukath Thomas "Little" Lobo / Toofan OR Orhan Hyder Young Little LA Lakshmi Menon Uma SI Siddique Mayor S RA Rafi Falgu Aashaan CA Carmen S. Mathew Kuruvi "Nitro Kili" DA Dartaganan Sabu Subramaniam “Kadalkomban” VY Vyshnav Biju Ashkar “Jango Sulthan” SY Syamaprakash MS Varkey “Bhasmasuran” TO Tosh Christy Jinson TO Toj Christy Johnson KR Krishna Nambiar Diaz ST Steffi Francis Angoorlatha AA Aarav Umesh Chippaan AD Adhvaith Nayar Director, Writer SA Sanoop Thykoodam Writer AM Amal Shah Writer SH Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Composer MU Mujeeb Majeed Composer AN Anend C. Chandran Cinematographer PR Praveen Prabhakar Editor Reviews
Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Across 6 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies, reception is mixed. The 4 scored reviews average 55/100.
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‘Chatha Pacha: The Ring of Rowdies’ may not break new narrative ground, but it works as an entertainer driven by energy, nostalgia, and visual bravado. It knows exactly what it wants to be and largely delivers on that promise. For audiences willing to surrender to its noise and nostalgia, the film offers a sweaty, chaotic, and unapologetically theatrical experience.Read at source
Did the debutant director come up with an engaging film?Read at source
Vedhika Sreekumar’s performance is excellent.Read at source
This lack of narrative clarity becomes a major hurdle, undermining the director's otherwise sincere and loyal approach to storytelling.Read at source
There are portions that are highly entertaining, followed by stretches where the narrative seems to jump all over the place.Read at source
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Details
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Technical specs
- Release date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Run time
- 134 min
- Language
- Malayalam
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Adhvaith Nayar
Trivia
- The film marks the directorial debut of Adhvaith Nayar, who is Mohanlal's nephew.
- Principal photography began on 11 June 2025 and concluded on 8 November 2025.
- All cast members underwent three months of specialized wrestling training before filming.
- The movie title 'Chatha Pacha' was adopted from a dialogue in the 2002 film Kalyanaraman.
- Mammootty makes a cameo appearance as 'Bullet' Walter Lopez in the film.
- The film was released on 22 January 2026 and became the seventh highest-grossing Malayalam film of 2026.
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