Most expensive Malayalam films ever made – Big budget

Malayalam movie industry has never been known for expensive films like Hindi, Tamil or Telugu Industries.  In recent years producers are willing to spend more money to produce some big budget films. When Pazhassiraja was made in 2009 with a budget of 27 Crores, every one got surprised with the extravaganza of the producer. But it became an old story as many Malayalam films has been released with similar budget in last 7-8 years. Upcoming Malayalam film Veeram is going to be the most expensive films ever created in Malayalam with a production cost of 35 crores. Here we list most expensive Malayalam films ever created.

In the below list only 3 films have made big from box office – Pulimurugan, Bangalore days and Ennu Ninte Moideen. Mohanlal and Prithviraj has three films in this list, while Mammootty, Kunchacko Boban, Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly and Fahadh Fasil have one film.

Movie Year Produced Budget
Veeram 2016 Chandrakala Arts 35 Crores
Pazhassi Raja 2009 Sree Gokulam Films 27 Crores
Pulimurugan 2016 Mulakupadam Films 25 Crores
Casanova 2012 Confident Entertainment 21 Crores
Urumi 2011 August Cinema 20 Crores
Double Barrel 2015 August Cinema 16 Crores
Ennu Ninte Moideen 2015 Newton Movies 12 Crores
Peruchazhi 2014 Friday Film House 10 Crores
Bangalore Days 2014 Anwar Rasheed Entertainment 9 Crores
Cousins 2015 Vysakha Films 9 Crores