Anurag Kashyap reviews Manjummel Boys & Mammootty starrer Bramayugam: 'Hindi cinema really is so far left behind'

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who is known for making films like Black Friday, Gangs of Wasseypur, Dev D and others, recently watched the latest Malayalam movies Manjummel Boys & Mammootty starrer Bramayugam and showered praises on them for creativity and unconventional thinking.

He shared a review for Manjummel Boys on Letterboxd and wrote, “Simply extraordinary piece of confident mainstream filmmaking. So much better than all the big budget filmmaking in india. Such confidence, such impossible storytelling. I was wondering how does one even sell this idea to a producer. In Hindi they can only do remakes of such ideas. Hindi cinema really is so far left behind with three back to back brilliant Malayalam films. (sic)”

He also lauded _Bramayugam_ and wrote, “I am just so jealous of Malayalam filmmakers .. the courage, the audacity and the amazing discerning audience of Kerala that empowers the filmmaking..I am so insanely jealous. (sic)” Praising Mammootty, he stated that he will watch Kaathal: The Core next, “and Mammooty..what has he done..next on the list is Kathal.. (sic)”

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The filmmaker also praised a recent Bollywood film in the form of Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies and wrote, “My heart is so full after seeing Kiran’s such soulful sincere film. Cried like a baby. And seeing a packed house brings back the hope and faith in Hindi cinema and its audience. Beautiful writing, sincere and honest performances. Bliss, (sic)”

A part of his note read, “Aah..made my day , after watching two back to back brilliant Malayalam films (Manjummel boys and Bramayugam) and feeling why are we not doing it in Hindi cinema and then saw that Kiran actually has gone and done it, like @vidushak did with AIR. It has been a great beginning of 2024 for cinema in india for me. (sic)”