Anwar Rasheed

'Chota Mumbai' is the story about a gang of freewheeling youngsters, living in a colony near Fort Kochi, dubbed Chota Mumbai. The gang, lead by Vasco da Gama (Mohanlal), also include Padakkam Basheer (Jagathi Sreekumar), Chandrappan (Siddique), Tommichan (Indrajith), Sainu (Manikuttan) and Susheelan (Biju kuttan). (keralapals.com)

Bellary Raja (Mammootty), when disowned by his mother, so she could marry Rajarathnam Pillai (Saikumar), leaves town, but keeps in touch with Rajarathnam. Rajarathnam's real son, Rajaselvam (Manoj K. Jayan) & daughter Rani (Sindhu Menon) are greedy & always fighting amongst each other. Meanwhile, Rajarathnam gets framed, jailed & murdered. In his will, he makes Raja the caretaker of all his holdings for the next 25 years. Raja sets about to carry out Rajarathnam's will & to reunite his family.

Appu & Achchu (Mammootty) are the twin sons of Ravunni (Janardanan), a ballet artist. While Appu is noisy & talkative, Achchu is forced to silence as he was born dumb. These differences resulted in hostility brewing between them & their father had to let them grow up apart. Appu grew up in Pollachi, whilst Achchu grew up with his father in Palghat & is now the main artist in his father's ballet troupe. The two brothers are still enemies, but their friends & family wishes to see them united.

Faizal (Dulquer Salmaan), the only son of a rich businessman, Abdul Razak (Siddique), studies a chef's course in Switzerland against Razak's wishes. As the relation between father & son breaks, Faizal goes in search of his grandfather, Karim (Thilakan), who ran a restaurant, "Ustad Hotel', in Kozhikode. A strong bond develops between Karim & Faizal, & Faizal staves off a takeover of the hotel by the owner (Jinu Joseph) of a rich 5 star hotel nearby.

5 Sundarikal, a romantic anthology film, contains 5 short stories on love about five types of women - mother, daughter, lover, wife and actress. The featurette 'Sethulakshmi' is an adaptation of M. Mukundan's short story 'Photo' while 'Kullante Bharya' is based on a Chinese story, 'The Tall Woman and Her Short Husband' by Feng Jicai. (Wikipedia)

Viju Prasad (Fahadh Faasil), a small-time motivational trainer based out of Kanyakumari, hits the jackpot when a multi-national corporation called Tripac selects him to becomes a religious figurehead and gives him a new persona - Pastor Joshua Carlton.