Starring Mammootty and directed by cinematographer-turned-director Amal Neerad, Big B is a highly stylised film telling the tale of Bilal (Mammootty), a former henchman of the underworld who migrated to Mumbai to work as a bodyguard for big businessmen and film stars.

The first Malayalam cinema, Vigathakumaran, was produced and directed by J C Daniel is released in 1928. It was a silent movie with a social theme. ‘Balan’ was the first movie with sound track. Balan featured the struggle of two orphaned children, Balan and his younger sister, oppressed and exploited by their evil stepmother until a kindly lawyer rescues them. Following the success of Balan, Janambika was released in 1940.