Writer-director Chidambaram's survival drama Manjummel Boys will be screened at the KinoBravo Film Festival. It is the first-ever Malayalam film to compete at the festival, as well as the only Indian film to feature in its competition section this year. Running from September 28 to October 04, the festival will also screen Payal Kapadia's Cannes Grand Prix winner All We Imagine As Light and SS Rajamouli's RRR at the Out of Competition: Festival Hits and the Out of Competition: Blockbuster Hits categories, respectively.
Recognised as the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time, Manjummel Boys is a survival drama that tells the true story of a group of youngsters from Manjummel, Kochi, who go to the Guna Caves, also called Devil's Kitchen in Kodaikkanal. Their excursion soon becomes a hellish trip following an accident.
The film stars Soubin Shahir, Sreenath Bhasi, Deepak Parambol, Jean Paul Lal, Ganapathi, Balu Varghese, Deepak Parambol, George Maryan, Abhiram Radhakrishnan, and Khalid Rahman, among others.
Besides Chidambaram's writing and direction, the film earned widespread acclaim for the cinematography by Shyju Khalid, production design by Ajayan Chalissery, Vivek Harshan's editing, and Sushin Shyam's music. It also got great appreciation for the inventive use of the 'Kanmani Anbodu' song from Kamal Haasan's 1991 film Gunaa.
Soubin Shahir, Babu Shahir, and Shawn Antony produced the film through their banner Parava Films.