It starts from the last Friday of March when the schools and colleges close for the vacations´ to the third Friday of May, before Monsoon sets in India normally hitting Kerala first on the Arabian coast.
During this time there is Easter, Vishu and May Day all public holidays. But the industry is in fear of summer of 2009, as there are two big blockbuster releases - Lok Sabha Elections and 2009 IPL season 2 from April 10 to May 29. Both these factors will eat into the box-office collections, already creating panic in the industry.
Release Schedule Summer 2009
1. March 27- Sagar alias Jackie. Cast- Mohanlal, Suman, Bhavana. Director- Amal Nirad. Genre- Action Adventure
2. April 2- To Hariharnagar. Cast- Mukesh, Siddique, Lakshmi Rai. Director - Lal. Genre- Comedy
3. April 12 (Easter Sunday) - Vandemataram. Cast- Mammootty, Arjun Sneha. Director- Aravindan. Genre- Action Adventure.
4. April 12 (Easter Sunday)- IG . Cast- Suresh Gopi, SaiKumar, Vijayraghavan. Director- B.Unnikrishnan. Genre- Action Thriller
5. April 14 (Vishu Day)- Moses. D Samuel. Cast- Dileep, Aswathy, Salim Kumar. Director- Fazil. Genre- Comedy & Sentiments.
6. April 24- Black and White Kudumbam Cast- Kalabhavan Mani, Jayasurya, Vinayaprasad. Director- Shaiju Anthikad. Genre- Family Drama.
7. May 1- Sathyan Anthikad´s Untitled film. Cast- Jayaram, Kaniha. Director- Sathyan Anthikad. Genre- Family Drama.
8. May 1- Pattanathil Bhootham Cast- Mammootty (Dual Role), Kavya Madhavan. Director- Johnny Antony. Genre- Mass Entertainer.
9. May 7- Passenger. Cast- Sreenivasan. Dileep. Mamta Mohandas. Director- Ranjit Shankar. Genre- Comedy Please note, this is not the complete list. Many other films are also scheduled for release this summer.
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