The Great Father: Check out audience reactions, live reports from release day

Ending a long wait and riding high on expectations, Mammootty starrer 'The Great Father' hit the screens all over the world today.

 

Directed by debutant Haneef Adeni, 'The Great Father' had created massive hype among Mollywood fans with Mammootty's stylish avatar as protagonist David Ninan.

 
Tamil star Arya plays the film's primary antagonist Andrews Eapen, while child actress Anikha appears in the role of David's daughter Sara.

 

The Great Father has been bankrolled by August Cinema, a production house owned by actors Prithviraj and Arya, cinematographer Santosh Sivan and entrepreneur Shaji Nadesan.

 

Earlier, The Great Father had set the record for the most-watched Malayalam teaser, with over 12 lakh views on YouTube. The film's motion poster also received tremendous response, garnering more likes than the 'Baahubali 2' motion poster.

 

Check out some of the reactions from those who watched the film's first show here:

 

2nd half is mass!!!@mammukka superb!!
But predictable one!
Overall good film !
Not everyone's cup of tea
Lots of cliche scenes!
2.75/5

— BOXOFFICE (@moovipedia) March 30, 2017

 

#TheGreatFather A brilliant second half, what a stylish movie. #mammukka is very stylish. Action sequences! Suspense works out very well

— Malayalam box office (@malyalammovieBO) March 30, 2017

 

#TheGreatFather : It's done Awsm Movie.An Interesting and entertaining one.A big salute to Haneef Adeni & @AugustCinemaInd . A treat 4 al.l

— ABhiram Anil (@abhiramanil369) March 30, 2017

 

And that's it. Positive reviews for #TheGreatFather. All eye is on the box office now. Can it break the first day record of #pulimurugan.

— Cinema Planet (@cinemaplanet1) 30 March 2017

 

സെന്റിയില്‍ നല്ലോണം സ്കോര്‍ ചെയ്യാന്‍ പറ്റുന്ന സീന്‍സ് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു!!
എല്ലാം കൈയ്യീന്ന് പോയി#TheGreatFather

— аshwiи (@ashwin_ndm) 30 March 2017