The untitled fifth collaboration between actor Kunchacko Boban and producer Ashiq Usman has been officially confirmed, with the project announced on November 2, 2026, coinciding with the actor’s 50th birthday. The film marks the 22nd production venture of Ashiq Usman Productions and will be directed by George Jacob, making his feature directorial debut. The screenplay is written by Vivek Achu and actress Aparna Das, adding an intriguing creative dimension to the project.
Filming is scheduled to commence immediately following the release of Ashiq Usman Productions’ Christmas 2026 project, Althaf Tharuve, directed by Tharun Moorthy and starring Mohanlal. The official title and additional cast members of the Kunchacko Boban film have not yet been made public, but the announcement alone has generated significant excitement among fans who have followed the actor-producer duo’s successful track record over the years.
Before this upcoming fifth film, Kunchacko Boban and Ashiq Usman teamed up for four Malayalam movies, each showcasing a different facet of the actor’s range. Their first collaboration was Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum (2016), a romantic comedy directed by Boban Samuel, where Kunchacko Boban played Pranav, one of two men claiming to be the boyfriend of a woman suffering from short-term memory loss. This was followed by Varnyathil Aashanka (2017), a heist comedy directed by Sidharth Bharathan, in which Kunchacko Boban shed his traditional romantic hero image to play Gowtta Shiva, a local, rough-around-the-edges thief planning a jewellery heist during a city-wide strike.
Their third collaboration, Allu Ramendran (2019), was a comedy thriller directed by Bilahari, featuring Kunchacko Boban as a police driver whose vehicle mysteriously punctures every single day, prompting a manic quest to catch the anonymous culprit laying down iron nails. The fourth and biggest blockbuster of their partnership was Anjaam Pathiraa (2020), a psychological slasher thriller directed by Midhun Manuel Thomas, in which Kunchacko Boban starred as Dr. Anwar Hussain, a consulting criminologist helping the police hunt down a ruthless serial killer targeting police officers.
With four successful films behind them and a fifth on the horizon, the Kunchacko Boban–Ashiq Usman combination has proven to be one of the most reliable actor-producer partnerships in contemporary Malayalam cinema. The announcement of their latest venture on the actor’s milestone birthday adds a celebratory note to the project, and fans are eagerly awaiting further details about the title, cast, and storyline. Given the duo’s track record of delivering commercially successful and critically appreciated films across genres, this fifth collaboration is already positioned as one of the most anticipated Malayalam projects in the pipeline.
