India Synopsis
ബോയിംഗ് ബോയിംഗ്
The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 3 other India films in 1985.
The 98th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
17 audience reviews — more than 41% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 29th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #827 of 1,983 India films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Comedy productions specifically: #232 of 648 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Evershine |
| Runtime | 2h 30m |
| Release Date | September 1, 1985 |
| IMDb | tt0255013 |