May 2023

MAY THEATRE RELEASED MOVIES IN KERALA

2018 ( May 05 2023 )

• Director Jude Anthany Joseph
• Writers Akhil P. Dharmajan, Jude Anthany Joseph
• Stars Vineeth Sreenivasan, Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurali, Tanvi Ram, Kunchacko Boban, Narain, Aju Varghese, Indrans, Shivada Nair, Lal, Shebin Benson, Kalaiyarasan, Gauthami Nair
• Synopsis : The survival of those affected after the natural disaster struck.
• Duration : 2h 30m
• Language : Malayalam

Anuragam ( May 05 2023 )

• Director Shahad 
• Writers Aswin Jose
• Stars Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sheela, Johny Antony, Devayani, Lena, Aswin Jose
• Synopsis :
• Duration : 2h 21m
• Language : Malayalam

Kulasami ( May 05 2023 )

• Director Sharavana Shakthi
• Writers Vijay Sethupathi, Sharavana Shakthi
• Stars Tanya Hope, Bose Venkat, Vinodhini Vaidynathan, Vimal, Mahanadhi Shankar, Saravananshakti, Keerthana, Lavanya, Jaya Surya, Karna Raja, S.R. Jankid, Muthupandi
• Synopsis : Kulasami is the revenge of the brother who lost his younger sister to a gang that lures college girls into sex work.
• Duration : 2h 01m
• Language : Tamil

Virupaksha ( May 05 2023 )

• Director Karthik Varma Dandu
• Writers Sukumar, Karthik Varma Dandu
• Stars Sai Dharam Tej, Samyuktha Menon, Brahmaji, Sai Chand, Sunil Varma, Rajiv Kanakala, Abhinav Gomatam, Ajay, Shyamala
• Synopsis : Mysterious deaths occur in a village due to an unknown person's occult practice. The whole town is scared of these killings. Will they find the person causing the deaths?
• Duration : 2h 25m
• Language : Malayalm, Tamil, Telugu - Original Release ( April 21 2023 )

The Kerala Story ( May 05 2023)

• Director Sudipto Sen
• Writers Sudipto Sen, Suryapal Singh, Vipul Amrutlal Shah
• Stars Adah Sharma. Yogita Bihani, Benedict Garrett, Bhavna Makhija, Pranay Pachauri, Siddhi Idnani , Chandra Shekhar Dutta, Usha Subramanian Saksena
• Synopsis : A converted muslim women Fatima Ba narrates her ordeal of how she once wanted to become a nurse but was abducted from her home and manipulated by religious vanguards and turned into an ISIS terrorist and landed in Afghanistan jail.
• Duration : 2h 18m
• Language : Hindi

Afwaah ( May 05 2023)

• Director Sudhir Mishra
• Writers Apurva Dhar Badgaiyann, Shiva Shankar Bajpai, Nisarg Mehta, Sudhir Mishra
• Stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Bhumi Pednekar, Sumeet Vyas, Sharib Hashmi, Sumit Kaul, Taapsee Pannu, T.J. Bhanu, Appurv Gupta, Krishan Bhargav
• Synopsis : Rahab, a top advertising professional and Nivi, a political heiress, find no place to hide as they get entangled in a vicious rumour created by the social media machinery. Witness how an `Afwaah` changes the course of their lives and turns it upside down.
• Duration : 2h 06m
• Language : Hindi

 Mother Teresa & Me ( May 05 2023 )

• Director Kamal Musale
• Writers Kamal Musale
• Stars Banita Sandhu, Deepti Naval, Jacqueline Fritschi, Shobu Kapoor Liza Sadovy, Kevin Mains , Atul Sharma
• Kezia Burrows, Deepti Naval
• Synopsis : Two Women's lives - passionate and uncompromising - woven over generations by two intertwined stories.
• Duration : 2h 02m
• Language : English - Original Release ( April 20 2023 )

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ( May 05 2023 )

• Director James Gunn
• Writers James Gunn, Andy Lanning, Dan Abnett
• Stars Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Elizabeth Debicki, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Sean Gunn, Will Poulter, Maria Bakalova
• Synopsis : Our beloved band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn`t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket`s turbulent past. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket`s life - a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
• Duration : 2h 30m
• Language : English - Original Release ( May 03 2023 )

Neymar ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Sudhi Maddison
• Writers Adarsh Sukumaran,Paulson Skaria
• Stars Mathew Thomas, Naslen Gafoor, Vijayaraghavan, Shammi Thilakan, Johny Antony, Yog Japee
• Synopsis : Kunjava and his friend Sinto bring a new furry friend named Neymar into their lives. Little did they know that their lives were about to be turned upside down.
• Duration : 2h 40m
• Language : Malayalam

Janaki Jaane ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Aneesh Upasana
• Writers Anil Narayanan, Rohan Raj, Aneesh Upasana
• Stars Saiju Kurup, Navya Nair, Pramod Velliyanad, Johny Antony, Sminu Sijo, Anarkali Marikar, George Kora,
• Synopsis : Janaki, a small-town girl, struggles with a panic disorder and tries to avoid getting married. Things get complicated when Unni Mukundan wants to marry her.
• Duration : 2h 04m
• Language : Malayalam

Chathi ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Saratchandran
• Writers Saratchandran
• Stars Jaffer Idukki,Abu Salim, Lal Jose, Akhil Prabhakar
• Synopsis :
• Duration : 2h 10m
• Language : Malayalam

Farhana ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Nelson Venkatesan
• Writers Sankar Dass, Renjith Ravindran, Nelson Venkatesan
• Stars Aishwarya Rajesh, K. Selvaraghavan, Anumol K. Manoharan, Aishwarya Dutta, Sakthi Raj, Jithan Ramesh
• Synopsis : Farhana, a middle-class mother takes a call center job due to financial reasons which gives her freedom. When she tries to earn better by opting for a fancy division, it leads into a web of dangers.
• Duration : 2h 20m
• Language : Tamil

Custody ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Venkat Prabhu
• Writers Venkat Prabhu, Abburi Ravi
• Stars Naga Chaitanya, Krithi Shetty, Arvind Swami, Priyamani, R. Sarathkumar, Koushik Mahata, Vennela Kishore, Sampath Raj, Premgi Amaren, Ramki Ramki, Premi Vishwanath
• Synopsis : Constable Siva is assigned to escort a witness from police custody to the courtroom. As a twist in the plot, Siva learns that the entire police department wants the witness dead and starts the real run.
• Duration : 2h 28m
• Language : Tamil

IB 71 ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Sankalp Reddy, Lee Whittaker
• Writers Sahar Quaze, Sankalp Reddy, Vasudev Reddy, Aditya Shastri, Abhimanyu Srivastava, Arjun Varma, Junaid Wasi
• Stars Vidyut Jammwal, Anupam Kher, Vishal Jethwa, Dalip Tahil, Ashwath Bhatt, Hobby Dhaliwal, Suvrat Joshi
• Synopsis : IB71, a patriotic spy thriller, is an untold story based on true events where IB agent Dev Jammwal (Vidyut Jammwal) is on a top secret mission to save the nation.
• Duration : 1h 51m
• Language : Hindi

Music School ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Paparao Biyyala
• Writers Paparao Biyyala, Shivani Tibrewala, Vinay Varma
• Stars Sharman Joshi, Shriya Saran,Prakash Raj, Shaan, Benjamin Gilani, Suhasini Mulay, Leela Samson, Mona Ambegaonkar, Vaquar Shaikh
• Synopsis : This heart-warming musical about how the prevailing Indian education system and parents put pressure on children to be competitive in their studies, leaving no time for art and culture. At this background, music and drama teachers Mary and Manoj struggle to put up `The Sound of Music`.
• Duration : 2h 10m
• Language : Hindi

A Winter Tale At Shimla ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Yogesh Verma
• Writers Yogesh Verma
• Stars Gauri Pradhan Tejwani, Indraneil Sengupta, Deepraj Rana, Rituraj Singh, Niharika Chouksey, Nikhita Chopra, Angad Ohri, Eshita Shah
• Synopsis : A Mature Sensible Love Story Where A Man Meets His Long Lost Love After Two Decades .The rekindled affair could be ruinous, for the jealous husband who is a DIG Police Officer, a brute with a unenviable reputation.
• Duration : 2h 23m
• Language : Hindi

Love Again ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Jim Strouse
• Writers Jim Strouse, Sofie Cramer, Andrea Willson, Malte Welding, Karoline Herfurth, Sophie Kluge, Anika Decker
• Stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sam Heughan, Céline Dion, Sofia Barclay, Russell Tovey, Lydia West, Steve Oram, Omid Djalili, Nick Jonas
• Synopsis : Mira Ray, dealing with the loss of her fiancé, sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number… not realizing the number was reassigned to Rob Burns' new work phone. A journalist, Rob is captivated by the honesty in the beautifully confessional texts. When he’s assigned to write a profile of megastar Céline Dion, he enlists her help in figuring out how to meet Mira in person and win her heart.
• Duration : 1h 44m
• Language : English - Original Release ( May 04 2023 )

Asterix & Obelix - The Middle Kingdom ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Guillaume Canet
• Writers René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, Guillaume Canet, Julien Hervé, Philippe Mechelen
• Stars Guillaume Canet, Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Cassel, Jonathan Cohen, Marion Cotillard, Julie Chen, Leanna Chea, José Garcia, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ramzy Bedia
• Synopsis : The only daughter of the Chinese emperor Han Xuandi, escapes from a strict prince and seeks help from the Gauls and the two brave warriors Asterix and Obelix.
• Duration : 1h 53m
• Language : English - Original Release ( February 01 2023 )

To Leslie ( May 12 2023 )

• Director Michael Morris
• Writers Ryan Binaco
• Stars Andrea Riseborough, Drew Youngblood, Tom Virtue Tom Virtue, Lauren Letherer, Sewell Whitney, Pramode Kumar, Blake Robbins, Brandee Steger, Chris Jone
• Synopsis : Inspired by true events. A West Texas single mother wins the lottery and squanders it just as fast, leaving behind a world of heartbreak. Years later, with her charm running out and nowhere to go, she fights to rebuild her life and find redemption.
• Duration : 1h 44m
• Language : English - Original Release ( October 07 2022 )

Fast X ( May 18 2023 )

• Director Justin Lin
• Writers Gary Scott Thompson, Justin Lin, Dan Mazeau
• Stars Vin DieselJason Momoa, John Cena, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Nathalie Emmanuel
• Synopsis : Dom Toretto and his family must confront a terrifying new enemy who`s fueled by revenge.
• Duration : 2h 14m
• Language : English

Charles Enterprises ( May 19 2023 )

• Director Subhash Lalitha Subrahmanian
• Writers Muruganand Kumaresan, Subhash Lalitha Subrahmanian
• Stars Urvashi, Balu Varghese, Guru Somasundaram, Kalaiyarasan, Basil Joseph, Sujith Sankar, Manikanda Rajan, Bhanupriya, Abhija Sivakala
• Synopsis : Tells the story of Ravi Kumaraswamy, a young man from Kochi who was born with night blindness, a congenital disability. The story follows Ravi as he steals a Ganesha idol from his mother, Gomathi, a devout devotee, and then tries to overcome the resulting challenges and reclaim his life. However, the situation becomes more difficult for him due to the social impact of a pandemic.
• Duration : 2h 12m
• Language : Malayalam

Jackson Bazaar Youth ( May 19 2023 )

• Director Shamal Sulaiman
• Writers Usman Maarath
• Stars Lukman Avaran, Jaffer Idukki, Indrans, Chinnu Chandhini, Abhiram Radhakrishnan, Fahim Safar, Anagha
• Synopsis : The Jackson Bazaar Youth is a band with a huge fan following on social media. They get into a scuffle with the police which escalates the matter further.
• Duration : 1h 51m
• Language : Malayalam

Pichaikkaran 2 ( May 19 2023 )

• Director Vijay Antony
• Writers Paul Antony, Vijay Antony, K. Palani
• Stars Vijay Antony, Kavya Thapar, Yogi Babu, Mansoor Ali Khan, John Vijay, Hareesh Peradi, Ajay Ghosh, Dev Gill, Y.G. Mahendran, Dato Radha Ravi
• Synopsis : A business tycoon being preyed on for his wealth, and a beggar on a constant hunt for his long-lost sister. How does money determine the fate of these two lives?
• Duration : 2h 28m
• Language : Tamil

Theerkadarishi ( May 19 2023 )

• Director P.G. Mohan, L. R. Sundarapandi
• Writers B Sathish Kumar
• Stars Ajmal Ameer, Sathyaraj, Poornima Bhagyaraj, Imman Annachi, Arjunan, Devadarshini Chetan, Anthony Dasan, Jaivanth
• Synopsis : A stranger keeps calling the police control room to hint about various crimes and accidents that are about to occur in the near future. Can the police department stop an accident based on his information and also find out who their mysterious informer actually is?
• Duration : 2h 1m
• Language : Tamil - Original Release ( May 05 2023 )

Live ( May 26 2023 )

• Director VK Prakash
• Writers S Sureshbabu
• Stars Mamta Mohandas, Soubin Shahir, Priya Varrier, Shine Tom Chacko, Krishna Praba, Reshmi Soman
• Synopsis : Live follows Anna, who is a victim of fake news and Dr. Amala, who`s also facing Cyber harassment. They come together to fight against the media mafia.
• Duration : 2h 04m
• Language : Malayalam

The Great Escape ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Sandeep JL
• Writers Yadhu Krishnan
• Stars Babu Antony, Arthur Antony, Sandeep JL, Lord Pavlov, Mathews, Vasanth, Ron, Bruce Bennett, Caren Damer, Nancy Guerra
• Synopsis : Tells the story of immigrant Mob King Bob who is involved in various illegal activities like arms dealing and money laundering. Bobs biggest enemy Lord Pavlov attacks Bobs family to seek revenge. What will happen when Bobs older son joins him?
• Duration : 2h 12m
• Language : Malayalam

Binary ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Dr. Jasik Ali
• Writers M K Arjunan
• Stars Nirmal Palazhi , Joy Mathew, Kailash, Sijoy Varghese, Aneesh Ravi, Mamukoya, Aneesh Menon, Haritha Nair, Sangeerthana, Suneesh, Kiran Raj, Sethu Lekshmi
• Synopsis : Five youngsters who are unexpectedly rendered jobless, fall prey to the Cyber Crimes masterminded by Sam Wilson. Following a probe into the murder of Sam`s henchwoman Sandra, will they nab Sam Wilson?
• Duration : 1h 53m
• Language : Malayalam

Thrishanku ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Achyuth Vinayak
• Writers Achyuth Vinayak, Ajith Nair
• Stars Arjun Ashokan, Achyuth Vinayak, Anna Ben,krishnakumar,suresh Krishna , Nandu, Balaji
• Synopsis : A small town couple, Sethu and Megha, plan to elope, but complications arise when Sethu`s sister also decides to elope. Sethu and his quarrelling uncles must bring her back while trying to elope with Megha without getting caught.
• Duration : 1h 53m
• Language : Malayalam

Missing Girl ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Abdul Rasheed
• Writers Vishal Viswanathan, Afsal K Aziz
• Stars Sanju Somanath, Ashika Ashokan, Afsal Aziz, Bhaskar Aravind, Santosh Krishna, Saheer Mohammed, Vishnu Balakrishnan
• Synopsis : Dennis asks Nakulan and Prakashan to create a ghost story to prevent his old bungalow from being sold, they begin formulating an action plan. What will they do when they find out that the bungalow is actually haunted?
• Duration : 1h 52m
• Language : Malayalam

Picasso ( May 26 2023 )

• Director : Sunil Karayattukara
• Writers : EH Sabeer
• Stars : Siddharth Rajan, Amrutha Saju, Krishna Kulasekaran, Ashish Gandhi, Jafar Idukki, Santhosh Keezhattoor, Charlie Joe, Sarath, Anu Nair, Leo Tharakan, Aruna Narayanan, Joseph Mathews, Vishnu Harimukham, Arjun V Akshaya, Ananthu Chandrasekhar, Nidish Gopinathan
• Synopsis :
• Duration : 2h 18m
• Language : Malayalam

Gods Own Players ( May 26 2023 )

• Director AKB Kumar
• Writers AKB Kumar
• Stars Rafeeq Chokli, Diya, Boban Alamoodan, Jeeva, AKB Kumar
• Synopsis :
• Duration : 1h 34m
• Language : Malayalam

Good Night ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Vinayak Chandrasekaran
• Writers Vinayak Chandrasekaran
• Stars Manikandan K, Bagavathi Perumal, Raichal Rabecca, Meetha Raghunath, Balaji Sakthivel, Ramesh Thilak
• Synopsis : A simple boy-next-door character whose biggest problem in life is his snoring.He falls in love with a girl and how the couple overcome his sleeping problem while living together.
• Duration : 2h 24m
• Language : Tamil

Jogira Sara Ra Ra ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Kushan Nandy
• Writers Ghalib Asad Bhopali
• Stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Neha Sharma, Sanjay Mishra, Mimoh Chakraborty, Zarina Wahab, Nikki Tamboli, Ananya Thakur, Zarina Wahab
• Synopsis : Jogi the match maker and Dimple who seeks help to him to get rid of her marriage, both face the consequences as it is eventually decided that Jogi will marry her to save face.
• Duration : 2h 01m
• Language : Hindi

Aazam ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Shravan Tiwari
• Writers Shravan Tiwari
• Stars Jimmy Shergill, Abhimanyu Singh,I ndraneil Sengupta, Sanjeev Tyagi, Raza Murad, Govind Namdev, Sayaji Shinde
• Synopsis : Set in the underbelly of the Mumbai underworld, the story revolves around the succession battle of mafia don Nawab Khan, who is suffering from blood cancer and has only a few days to live. Who is the Aazam of this battle of defeat and victory?
• Duration : 2h 08m
• Language : Hindi

NRI Wives ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Vibhu Kashyap, Ray Khan, Gunjan Kuthiala, Qaeed Kuwajerwala
• Writers Gunjan Kuthiala
• Stars Bhagyashree, Samir Soni, Jugal Hansraj, Raima Sen, Hiten Tejwani, Kiku Sharda, Gaurav Gera, Sadiya Siddiqui, Gunjan Kuthiala, Javed Pathan, Aditi Govitrikar,
• Synopsis : Based on the lives of NRIs, the film shows how good people can turn grey under odd circumstances.
• Duration : 1h 53m
• Language : Hindi

The Little Mermaid ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Rob Marshall
• Writers David Magee
• Stars Halle Bailey, Melissa McCarthy, Jonah Hauer mKing, Simone Ashley, Jacob Tremblay, Daveed Diggs, Jessica Alexander, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Javier Bardem, Awkwafina
• Synopsis : It is a beloved story of Ariel, a beautiful and spirited young mermaid with a thirst for adventure. While mermaids are forbidden to interact with humans, Ariel must follow her heart. She makes a deal with the evil sea witch, Ursula, which gives her a chance to experience life on land but ultimately places her life and her father`s crown-in jeopardy.
• Duration : 2h 15m
• Language : English - Original Release ( May 24 2023 )

About My Father ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Laura Terruso
• Writers Austen Earl, Sebastian Maniscalco
• Stars Sebastian Maniscalco, Robert De Niro, Leslie Bibb, Anders Holm, David Rasche, Brett Dier, Kim Cattrall, Arielle Prepetit, Adan James Carrillo
• Synopsis : When Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents.
• Duration : 1h 32m
• Language : English - Original Release ( May 25 2023 )

Beau Is Afraid ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Ari Aster
• Writers Ari Aster
• Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Parker Posey, Nathan Lane, Armen Nahapetian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Richard Kind
• Synopsis : A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to get home to his mother in this bold and ingeniously depraved new film from writer-director Ari Aster.
• Duration : 2h 59m
• Language : English - Original Release ( April 20 2023 )

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie Scarlet Bond ( May 26 2023 )

• Director Yasuhito Kikuchi
• Writers Fuse, Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
• Stars Miho Okasaki, Makoto Furukawa, Megumi Toyoguchi, Tomoaki Maeno, Sayaka Senbongi, Mao Ichimichi, Mao Ichimichi
• Synopsis : Corporate worker Mikami, stabbed by a random killer, is reborn in an alternate world as a slime. With a new name Rimuru, he begins his quest to create a world that's welcoming to all races.
• Duration : 1h 49m
• Language : Japanese - Original Release ( November 25 2025 )

John ( May 31 2023 )

• Director Prem Chand
• Writers Deedi Damodaran
• Stars Shanthedathy, Madhu Master, Harinarayanan, Ramachandran Mokeri, A Nandakumar, Artist Madanan, Jeejo, Sivaprasad, Shuhaib, Deepak Narayanan, Artist Jones Matthew, Shobeendran Master
• Synopsis : A due tribute to the director John Abraham, the film moves through the last three days of dramatic drunken mirth in the life of John Abraham where he was reportedly singing his last as he tripped from an unfinished building.
• Duration : 1h 36m
• Language : Malayalam

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