Thudarum combo Tharun Moorthy and Mohanlal confirm new collaboration

It’s official, the hit combination of filmmaker Tharun Moorthy and superstar Mohanlal will reunite shortly. Renjith Rejaputhra, the producer of Thudarum , which is among the highest grossing Malayalam films of 2025, announced that he will back their next collaboration. Speaking at the success meet of Thudarum, Renjith announced that the new film will take off after Tharun’s current commitments, Torpedo and the Operation Java sequel, Operation Cambodia.

Big day for Mohanlal fans

The announcement comes hours after fans were hyped about a possible Mohanlal cameo in Pranav Mohanlal’s October 31 release, Dies Irae, after the superstar changed his social media display photo to a red-toned one, like the rest of the team. It also masked the disappointment of the Vrusshabha announcement not happening.

Also read: Dies Irae release trailer sparks Mohanlal cameo rumour in Pranav Mohanlal’s film 

Thudarum, starring Mohanlal along with Shobana, Prakash Varma, Binu Pappu, Farhan Faasil, Thomas Mathew, among others, was based on a story by KR Sunil, who then developed the screenplay along with Tharun. The film is credited as the third highest grossing Malayalam film of 2025, behind Lokah Chapter 1 and Mohanlal’s L2: Empuraan.

Also read: Thudarum movie review: Tharun Moorthy’s crafty, gripping thriller lets Mohanlal revel in his ‘complete actor’ avatar

In the film, the superstar played Shanmugham, who also goes by the name Benz, a taxi driver in a small-town in Ranni. Benz was a former stunt double in cinema, a field that he left behind following the tragic on set death of a close friend. His quiet and happy life is disrupted when the Circle Inspector of the local police station gets him to drive him and a couple of other policemen around, in what turns out to be body dump. What happens when Benz figures out the identity of the corpse that he’d inadvertently helped dispose of forms the crux of the tale.

Also read: Is Tharun Moorthy scaling up film with Fahadh Faasil, Torpedo, after success of Thudarum? 

FAQs

Q. Which is Tharun Moorthy's first film?

A. Tharun Moorthy debuted with the crime thriller Operation Java, detailing an investigation undertaken by a cyber cell police station in Kochi.

Q. Which Tharun Moorthy film has won a National Film award?

A. Tharun's sophomore project was the Best Malayalam film at the 70th National Film Awards.