It has since screened at all major Indian film festivals including IFFK, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune.

[6][7][8][9] Kanyaka Talkies received the International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for Best Malayalam Film at the 18th International Film Festival of Kerala for its succinct and poignant dealing of the politics of Cinema, human desire and religion.

HKIFF described Kanyaka Talkies as 'a new and exciting embodiment of independent South Asian cinema'.

Yakoob owns a small town theatre Kanyaka Talkies that mostly plays soft porn films.

Strangely enough, the priest starts hearing bizarre, disturbing noises from the building, and its disreputable past begins to intrigue him.