BigB

Big B is a 2007 Malayalam film co-written and directed by Amal Neerad starring Mammootty in the lead. It was widely acclaimed for its cinematography, with its intense fight sequences, well-choreographed shootout scenes and peppy background music. The technical excellence of the film is deemed the best in the history of the Malayalam film industry. The film is a remake of John Singleton's Four Brothers (which itself is a remake of The Sons of Katie Elder). Although the film is a remake for having a similar plot line, it does not share any similarities, in terms of the technical side of the film, with Four Brothers.

Big B was completely a new experience for Malayalam film Industry in different senses.The film proved the impact of one line dialogues and cinematography was excellent. The film hardly made 80 days where the film was well accepted by youth. The colour tone and style of shots attracted the youths. Technically movie was brilliant.

The film completed fifty fifth day run in more than ten odd release centres, and well grossed over eight crores in the same day. Movie grossed more than 1.2 crores from 3 main cities of kerala in its 56^th day run. Trivandrum, Ajantha- 37, 95,150.Ernakulam, Saritha- 5398567. Calicut, Sree- 3456785. BigB crossed 65 days in 5 major centers including Trivandrum, Ernakulam, Alappey and Calicut.

The film was in hit charts due to mouth publicity and got good profit by grossing more than 12 crores in its total run. Movie ran well in B, C class theatres. The film was dubbed into Tamil as Manik Baasha, Hindi and Telugu as BigB. Movie collected well out side kerala and rights sold for 2 crores.