Manjummel Boys

Name: Manjummel Boys
Director: Chidambaram
Genre: Thriller
Released: 2024-02-22
Rating: 3.5833333333333335
Cast: Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Balu Varghese, Ganapathi S Poduval, Jean Paul Lal

Directed by Chidambaram

TezScore72/100 Favourable reception Generally favourable Growing coverage · 6 scored of 8 Indian-media reviews How TezScore works IMDb 8.2/10

135 min 22 Feb 2024

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Synopsis

Manjummel Boys

In 2006, during the Onam vacation, a group of ten friends from an arts club in Kochi travel to Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, for a holiday. Before heading back, one of the friends, Sudhi, suggests visiting the Guna Caves, the filming location of the movie Gunaa. Under the influence of alcohol, the group ignores the explicit warnings of a local tourist guide, Dominic, and slips past the fences into a restricted zone of the cave system. After etching their group moniker, "Manjummel Boys," onto a rock wall, they gather for a group photograph. As he walks toward the group, Subhash steps onto unstable ground and suddenly plunges into a deep fissure. Though his friends initially assume he is playing a prank, they quickly panic when he fails to respond to their shouts. A few members race down to the local village to seek help. The locals inform them that the forbidden area is known as "The Devil's Kitchen"—a treacherous chasm over 900 feet deep where thirteen people have previously fallen, with zero bodies ever recovered.

Director: Chidambaram
Release: 22 Feb 2024
Run time: 135 min
Language: Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada

Cast & crew

Soubin Shahir Cast, Producer

Sreenath Bhasi Cast

Balu Varghese Cast

Ganapathi S Poduval Cast

Jean Paul Lal Cast DE Deepak Parambol Cast AB Abhiram Radhakrishnan Cast

Arun Kurian Cast

Khalid Rahman Cast SH Shebin Benson Cast

George Maryan Cast RA Ramachandran Durairaj Cast KE Kevin Young Kuttan DI Dilan Derin George ten-year-old Subhash DI Dian Derin George five-year-old Subhash DI Divakaran Young Sudhi SA Sathvik Young Kichan VI Vishnu Reghu Jinson AR Arun Young Jinson RE Reni Udayakumar Subash's mother KA Kathiresan Head constable VI Vijay Gaura Rathnavel VI Vijay Muthu Sub-Inspector KA Karthika Vellathery bride MA Mani Forest range officer SA Sasikumar Police officer CH Chidambaram Director, Writer SU Sushin Shyam Composer SO Soubin Shahir Producer BA Babu Shahir Producer SH Shawn Antony Producer SU Sushin Shyam Composer SH Shyju Khalid Cinematographer VI Vivek Harshan Editor

Reviews

Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.

Critics' consensus

Generally favourable

Across 8 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Manjummel Boys, reception is generally favourable. The 6 scored reviews average 72/100.

IMDb is a reference rating and is not counted as an Indian-media review.

Best forViewers looking for thriller and adventure in Malayalam cinema.

Reception Order

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The Indian Express Anandu Suresh

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3/5

Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Despite its shortcomings, Chidambaram's film can indeed be seen as a powerful tribute to the real Manjummel Boys and their determined efforts to save their dear one".

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Rediff Arjun Menon

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4/5

Arjun Menon of Rediff gave 4/5 stars and wrote "Manjummel Boys gets so many things right that the small nitpicks don't amount to much in the larger picture".

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Times of India Gopika I. S.

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4/5