Malayalam Cinema

The Malayalam film industry, (some film magazines call Mollywood), is based in Kerala. It is considered to be the fourth largest among the film industries in India

Vigathakumaran, a silent movie released in 1928 produced and directed by J. C. Daniel, marked the beginning of Malayalam cinema The period from late 1980s to early 1990s is popularly regarded as the 'Golden Age of Malayalam Cinema Mammootty is an actor with the highest number of National Film Awards for Best Actor In 2012, the total number of Malayalam movies released where 128 out of which about 40 movies managed to break even. Out of these 40, about 15 movies went on to become superhits.