‘Pravinkoodu Shappu’ box office collection day 3: Basil Joseph’s film collects more than Rs 2 crores

It’s been only three days and the Basil Joseph starrer mystery film ‘Pravinkoodu Shappu’ has seen a drop in its box office collections.

According to the Sacnilk website, ‘Pravinkoodu Shappu’ has managed to collect Rs 2.6 crores worldwide and the India Net collections for the film stand at Rs 2.99 crore. The India Gross collections for this mystery film stand at Rs 2.6 crore.

The Malayalam Net box office collections for the film in 3 days stand at Rs 2.99 crores. Looking at the box office collections, ‘Pravinkoodu Shappu’ opened with a decent Rs 1.5 crores at the Kerala box office, and on the second day the film dropped to just Rs 75 lakhs. On the 3rd day, ‘Pravinkoodu Shappu’ witnessed another drop as it collected Rs 74 lakhs (as per the early estimates) only.

Although the expectations were quite high for this Sreeraj Sreenivasan’s directorial, the audiences are giving mixed opinions about the movie.

ETimes exclusive review for ‘Pravinkoodu Shappu’ reads, “Basil Joseph plays the psychologically perceptive - or is he? - SI Santhosh CJ, who is in charge of a murder investigation. At the interval point, Santosh is sure he has the culprit, so we are left wondering what the second half is going to be about. But the middle and end climax of the movie, we might still be left wondering what it was all about. Why didn’t the police apprehend the suspect? Why are the possible suspects trying to recreate the crime? Why is SI Santhosh sometimes shown as having signs of brilliance, sometimes a creep and sometimes clueless? The actors start out strong, but just like writer-director Sreeraj Sreenivasan, seems to lose grip in the too-long second half. It’s a shame, because the stylistic filmmaking, enhanced by Shyju Khalid’s cinematography - particularly in a on a chase sequence with a school bus of Kannan’s scooter - Shafeeq Mohammed Ali’s cuts, Vishnu Vijay’s music and Vishnu Govind’s sound, and the quirky characters - reminiscent of KG George’s cult classic Yavanika, could have make it a standout crime drama. Now, it feels more like a why-dunnit.”