Maharaja Hostel (2026)

Maharaja Hostel is a Malayalam horror comedy written and directed by Charu Wakan, his debut feature, released in theatres in July 2026. A group of engineering students, among them Aravind (Akhil NRD), Mithun (Akhil Sha) and Varkey (Sharath), move into a hostel with an eccentric warden nicknamed MGR (Sajin Cherukayil). The film opens with a prologue set centuries earlier, in which a woman gives birth in a forest. After the friends visit that same forest, they begin to witness paranormal incidents, and the hostel turns out to be haunted. Sandeep, Ann Maria, Chithra Nair and Vinod Kovoor are also in the cast. Karumuru Raghuramu, Charvaka Brahmanapally, Ramya Vemulapati, Rahul Mopidevi and Sai Prakash Bhuvanagiri produce the film under Charuchitra Productions, Madhumitha Productions and Monsoon Tales. Aswin Ram composes the music, with lyrics by Jishnu M Nair and Haritha Haribabu. Ashkar Ali is the cinematographer and Nithish Mishra the editor.