When was Balan: The Boy released?

Balan: The Boy was released on 19 June 2026.

What languages is Balan: The Boy available in?

Balan: The Boy is available in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada.

What is the censor rating of Balan: The Boy?

Balan: The Boy has a censor rating of UA16+.

Who directed Balan: The Boy?

Balan: The Boy is directed by Chidambaram.

Who stars in Balan: The Boy?

Balan: The Boy stars Farzana Palathingal, Adhisheshan K R, Jean Paul Lal, Zinan, Girish A. D..

Balan: The Boy

UA16+ | Malayalam +4 more

Bound by love, protected by lies, and separated by fate, a mother and son must confront the secrets of their past in a poignant search for truth and redemption.

DramaMysteryPhysiologicalThriller

Released 19 June 2026

About

Bound by love, protected by lies, and separated by fate, a mother and son must confront the secrets of their past in a poignant search for truth and redemption.

Cast & Crew

Farzana Palathingal

Adhisheshan K R

Jean Paul Lal

Zinan

Girish A. D.

Tovino Thomas

ChidambaramDirector

Venkat K. NarayanaProducer

Shailaja Desai FennProducer

Ratings & Reviews

3.0/5Times of India

3.0/5The Indian Express

3.0/5Rediff

3.0/5NDTV

Anna Mathews3.0/5 ★

Through Manjummel Boys, Chidambaram showed that he knows how to extract peak emotions and thrills from a situation. His new survival drama, about a young single mother and her child, particularly with...

Anandu Suresh3.0/5 ★

When British naturalist Charles Darwin popularised the phrase “survival of the fittest” (first used by English sociologist-philosopher Herbert Spencer) through the later editions of his popular scient...

Sreeju Sudhakaran3.0/5 ★

Chidambaram's previous two films, Jan.E.Man and Manjummel Boys, are beloved by Malayalam audiences, but both faced one major criticism. Despite being ensemble pieces, neither was particularly inclusiv...

Latha Srinivasan3.0/5 ★

When the story is about a mother and child, there is bound to be love, tenderness and a complicated bond that transcends every challenge in their lives. And director Chidambaram's latest film, Balan...