For years, Malayalam cinema has been celebrated for its raw realism, nuanced family dramas, and gripping thrillers. But for every Kumbalangi Nights or Drishyam , fans have been quietly begging for one thing: More spaceships.

Early set photos (leaked from a VFX studio in Trivandrum) show practical sets built to rotate, simulating variable gravity. Rumors suggest Fahadh Faasil is playing a schizophrenic engineer who speaks only in reversed Malayalam poetry. It’s weird. It’s ambitious. It’s Lijo. 2. 102°F Director: Anurag Kashyap (Collaboration with Aashiq Abu) Expected Release: October 2026

This film is being shot entirely on a new virtual production stage (the first of its kind in Kerala) to depict the "quantum foam." Early test screenings describe it as Interstellar meets Vanaprastham . Expect heavy tears and hard science. The Big Question: Will it work? Malayalam cinema has always punched above its weight class. With a budget that is still a fraction of a Marvel movie, these directors are relying on clever storytelling, practical effects, and the sheer acting chops of stars like Mammootty (rumored for a cameo in Gaganam ) and new-age talents.

If you thought Jallikattu was chaotic, imagine that primal energy in zero gravity. Lijo Jose Pellissery is reportedly teaming up with cinematographer Madhu Neelakandan for a genre-bending survival thriller set aboard a deep-space mining vessel.

This is the dark horse. 102°F is being described as a "climate-noir sci-fi," set in Kochi in the year 2089. The city is partially submerged, and the rich live in floating bio-domes while the poor survive on toxic, dry land.

He only uses this technology to find a version of his late wife who is still alive. But each time he "jumps," he loses a sense—first smell, then hearing, then sight.