Malayalam cinema has been on a strong run lately. Films like 2018, Manjummel Boys, and Thudarum showed that Malayalam stories can travel far and pull big numbers at the box office. Every time a record was made, a new film came along to break it.

Now, Lokah: Chapter One – Chandra has taken things to another level. Directed by Dominic Arun and produced by Dulquer Salmaan, has now crossed ₹300 crore worldwide in just six weeks. Made on a budget of around ₹30 crore, Lokah has gone past Mohanlal’s Empuraan to become the biggest-ever Malayalam film and the first one to hit the ₹300 crore mark.

For context, Pulimurugan became the first Malayalam film to touch ₹100 crore in 2016, and Manjummel Boys went on to reach ₹200 crore in 2024. Now, Lokah has raised the bar with ₹300 crore. Interestingly,

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