India, Dec. 24 -- Malayalam cinema marked a major milestone in the year 2025, finally breaking into the Rs 300 crore club with Lokah Chapter 1 Chandra, but the phenomenal success of the Kalyani Priyadarshan film in no way can be rated as the overall performance of Mollywood movies. The shocking figures released by the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce point to an abysmal picture - out of the 184-odd films that have been released this year so far, only 8-10% succeeded in theatres.

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Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce seems to be on a war path, seeking immediate government intervention over their various long-pending demands, including the waiver of entertainment tax tha...