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₹45 crore (but trending heavily on OTT) 3. "Njan AI" (I, AI) (Released: March 27, 2026) Director: Geetu Mohandas Cast: Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, Aishwarya Lekshmi

Why It Worked: The film brilliantly juxtaposes the cold vacuum of space with the humid, crowded chaos of suburban Kochi. Fahadh’s trademark micro-expressions shine as he negotiates with a rogue AI that sounds eerily like a passive-aggressive Malayali bureaucrat. A tight, claustrophobic thriller that asks: What if your Alexa decided to unionize? released movies malayalam sci-fi 2026

The Plot: In a psychedelic, dystopian Vennila (a fictional district in northern Kerala), a memory-wiping cult has convinced the populace that emotions are a virus. Mammootty, in a career-defining role as a silent "Memory Smuggler," hides forbidden feelings inside antique urulis (bronze vessels). Vinayakan plays a neural-surgeon-turned-warlord who feeds on harvested nostalgia. ₹45 crore (but trending heavily on OTT) 3

The final frontier, it turns out, was not outer space. It was the Malayalam heart. A tight, claustrophobic thriller that asks: What if

The Plot: Set in a near-future (2031) where commercial space travel is the new elite playground, a low-gravity luxury liner malfunctions above the Indian Ocean. Fahadh Faasil plays a disgraced former ISRO engineer who must remotely hack the ship’s AI using vintage 2020s tech from his crumbling flat in Aluva.

Producer Santhosh Kuruvilla notes: "For years, producers said ‘Malayalis don’t buy tickets for spaceships.’ But 2026 proved that if you tell a human story—even one set on Mars or inside a server—we will come. We just want the naadan soul to remain intact."

If 2024 was the year of the political thriller and 2025 belonged to the neo-noir renaissance, 2026 will be remembered as the year Malayalam cinema went interstellar. With three major releases in the first quarter alone, Mollywood has not only caught up with global genre standards but has redefined them with a distinct Kerala flavor.