Fractured leg, broken heart: The inspiring story of how Nivin Pauly risked everything for his first audition | Malayalam News
5 min readKochiMar 24, 2026 06:06 PM IST After a remarkable stretch of success in the 2010s, when he delivered one impressive work after another, Nivin Pauly currently has what can only be described as one of the most rollercoaster-like careers in Malayalam cinema. Less than a month after his fans and the media zealously declared that “Nivin is back” with the blockbuster success of director Akhil Sathyan’s Sarvam Maya (2025) following a prolonged dry spell, the actor delivered another bomb, director Arun Varma’s Baby Girl (2026), leaving all perplexed. Now, as he gears up for the release of his latest film, director B Unnikrishnan’s Prathichaya, his admirers are hoping against hope that the political drama will continue the success streak launched by Sarvam Maya, rendering Baby Girl just a forgettable blip in his trajectory. And if Prathichaya is at least serviceable, the Nivin effect probably won’t take long to grip the box office, as his core fanbase remains unshaken even after multiple disappointments. Don’t Miss | Sreenivasan once took swipe at Mohanlal for doing …








