BIJU'S LATEST HAD A WIDE RELEASE INSPITE OF STRONG PULIMURUGAN

Biju Menon has been active in Malayalam film industry since 1991 and has acted in over 100 films. He had mostly appeared in supporting and antagonist roles throughout his career, but there has been a recent shift towards lead roles. Vellimoonga, Salt Mango Tree, Leela and Marubhoomiyila Aana are some examples of movies that had Biju Menon as the protagonist.
 

His latest film 'Swarna Kaduva' was supposed to release on Oct 28th, but the dream run of Pulimurugan persuaded the makers to push it's release to Nov 4th. Even though Pulimurugan is still running houseful shows throughout the state, Swarna Kaduva managed to get a wide release in 104 screens having 455 shows per day. This shows the faith the makers have in Biju Menon, the 'Family Hero'.
 

Biju Menon's popularity has been on the high since he took his chance on comedy in the movie 'Ordinary' that released in 2012. Even though he had done many roles with shades of humour earlier, it was after Ordinary, he started getting accepted by the young and the old as a bankable actor. Then followed a number of movies with Biju in the supporting roles.
 

Finally, it was the Super Hit film 'Vellimoonga' that reintroduced this wonderful actor as a solo hero. The film was made with a budget of 2.8 crores and collected almost 25 crores. Biju Menon's performance was loved by all and it sealed the deal for him. The name 'Biju Menon' is now considered enough to turn an average film into a good one. Actor Asif Ali who has acted alongside Biju Menon in successful films like Anuraga Karikkin Vellam, Vellimoonga and Ordinary openly points out that Biju Menon has a keen eye when it comes to spotting good scripts and Asif's confidence in a movie doubles when Biju Menon also says yes to it. Coming years will definitely see wonderful and different performances from this actor with great caliber.