Its a good topic for discussion. Why should Malayalam cinema be held hostage for the vested interests and ego of a few people?
Since so many years whenever they have a major Tamil movie release (which is for or against their personal interest in terms of distribution) the brunt is borne by Malayalam releases. Using 'Premam' Piracy case for 'Bahubali' release being classic recent example.
And FK movie buffs would all know how many times in a year this happens whenever a major star Tamil movie releases.
Fk veterans can easily recall many cases, that is sure.
Why no media is protesting against this today? I guess they are fed up themselves. No one can correct Liberty and co.
But at least FK and Facebook Movie groups/pages/social media should do some kind of online movement against these vested interests.
Why 5-6 such shut downs or postpones or conflicts happen every year?
More than Piracy, such release issues are what impacts Malayalam cinema badly.
Life of Josootty and Ennu Ninte Moidheen if good movies, should have collected well over a 3 day weekend (19,20,21) and another 4 day weekend coming up next (24,25,26,27). But its now left open to Other language movies.
Even a major star like Dileep or an ace Director like Jeethu cant solve it for their movie. Imagine the plight of others in the industry.
Time to voice your opinions as Malayalam movie lovers.