How Malayalam film Lokah Chapter 1 beat Coolie, War 2 at the box office

Lokah Chapter 1, a Malayalam superhero film, has demolished heavyweights.

Transcript

00:00Amidst the Friday box office rush, one Malayalam film has quietly sparked a revolution.

00:04Loka Chapter 1.

00:06Fueled by word-of-mouth buzz and viral clips, Loka went head-to-head with big titles like

00:10Mohan Lal's Hridhya Poorvam.

00:11The results?

00:12Loka stormed past 31 crore rupees in just 5 days, while Hridhya Poorvam managed 13.5 crore rupees.

00:18On opening day, Loka earned 2.7 crore rupees.

00:21By day 2, it jumped 40% to 3.75 crore rupees.

00:24That same day, Hrithik Roshan and Junior NTR's War 2 pulled in 65 lakh rupees

00:29and Rajinikanth's Cooley, 1.75 crore.

00:32Loka out-earned them both combined.

00:34Directed by Dominic Arun and led by Kalyani Priyadarshan, the film follows a young woman

00:39who discovers her superpowers after her father's mysterious disappearance

00:42and is forced to confront dark forces threatening the world.

00:46But what makes Loka extraordinary is how it flips the superhero playbook.

00:49It proves that a female-led story, even in a niche genre, can smash box office records

00:54while standing tall against superstar films.

00:56At its core, Loka fuses best-in-superhero tropes with local folklore,

01:00weaving in the legend of Kalyani Kattu Neeli, the ghostly beauty of Kerala's myths.

01:04This blend of the mythical and the modern gives the film its distinct identity.

01:08And that's what Malayalam cinema has always been admired for,

01:12daring experiments and powerful storytelling.

01:14With Loka, the industry takes that spirit to new heights,

01:17creating its first female superhero and setting the stage for a brand new cinematic universe.

01:21For Malayalam cinema, Loka is more than a hit.

01:24It's a turning point, a reminder that risks bring rewards

01:27and that audiences are ready for bold, rooted, yet universal stories.

01:31From Kerala's folklore to a pan-Indian phenomena,

01:34Loka Chapter 1 isn't just a film.

01:36It's the dawn of a new superhero universe and a new era in Indian cinema.