Onam Box-Office Clash: Here are four big Malayalam movie releases.

With Onam hardly a week away, the big release is awaiting to appear in the silver screen. Nayanthara and Nivin Pauly’s Love Action Drama will be the first major film to release ahead of Onam – on Thursday, September 5, and will be released outside Kerala on September 6.  This is Nayan's comeback film after 2016 hit Puthiya Niyamam co-starring Mammootty. 

The following day, there will be two more big releases – the much talked about Mohanlal starrer Ittymaani: Made in China; and Brother’s Day with Prithviraj and four women leading the show: Aishwarya Lekshmi, Madonna Sebastian, Miya George, and Prayaga Martin. Rajisha Vijayan’s Finals, in which she plays the role of a cyclist, is also slated for release on Friday. 

Actor Kalabhavan Shajohn, too, is turning director with Brother’s Day. And from the trailer, it looks like the film is a thriller with a lot of action and comedy and possible romance. 

Ittymaani is the funny story of the son of a martial arts trainer who keeps landing in trouble. Quite a bit of it is shot in China and pictures of Mohanlal in martial arts costumes (apart from the ‘chatta and mundu’ costume for the Margamkali traditional folk dance) had come out earlier. It is again directed by debutants, although not actors, Jibi and Joju. Radikaa Sarathkumar, Honey Rose and Madhuri Braganza are the female actors in the movie. 

Rajisha, who was much appreciated for her role in June, will be seen as a struggling cyclist in Finals, which is labeled a sports family drama. Suraj Venjaramood is playing a prominent role in the film.