A report came out some time ago that the Malayalam film ‘2018’, which is India’s official entry for the Oscars, is out. The film is directed by Jude Anthony Joseph. The film 2018 has Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, Kunchacko Boban and others in the lead roles. It is the first Malayalam film to enter the 200 crore club. The theme was the story of the flood experienced in 2018. 2018 turned out to be a huge success when the direct experiences of Kerala were captured on film with technology. Artistically, 2018 was excellent. At the box office, 2018 broke many collection records and reached the number one position in Malayalam.
The film was well received not only in Malayalam but also in other languages. It is reported that Telugu 2018 earned more than 10 crores. The 2018 movie was dubbed in Tamil, Kannada and Hindi. Meanwhile, besides Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali and Kunchacko Boban, Narine, Lal, Vineeth Srinivasan, Sudheesh, Aju Varghese, Aparna Balamurali, Tanvi Ram, Sivada, Gautami Nair, Siddique, Ranji Panicker, Janardhanan, Ramesh Thilak, Vinita Joshi, G Suresh Kumar, Ronnie David, Kalabhavan Hanif and many other stars have acted in ‘2018’. Akhil Dharmajan is also involved in the script. Cinematography was by Akhil George. 2018 was a film set against the background of the flood that Kerala faced. There was criticism that the film did not adequately mention the factors including the government that coordinated the rescue operation during the flood.
