{"id":907174,"date":"2026-09-27T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907174\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T08:26:09","slug":"tovino-thomas-swallows-the-harvest-moon-malayalam-stars-playful-video-lights-up-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/907174\/","title":{"rendered":"Tovino Thomas \u2018Swallows\u2019 the Harvest Moon: Malayalam Star\u2019s Playful Video Lights Up Social Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tovino \u2018swallows\u2019 the Harvest Moon<\/p>\n<p>Tovino gave the trend his own humorous twist, sharing a video in which he appears to swallow the Harvest Moon.<\/p>\n<p>The video begins with the moon in the frame before Tovino\u2019s playful act takes over. His expression at the end, after seemingly swallowing the moon, adds to the humour of the clip.<\/p>\n<p>The unusual take quickly caught the attention of his followers and fans, adding a light-hearted moment to the flood of Harvest Moon posts on social media.<\/p>\n<p>From Malayalam films to pan-India fame<\/p>\n<p>Tovino rose to prominence in the Malayalam film industry with films including ABCD (2013), 7th Day (2014) and Ennu Ninte Moideen (2015).<\/p>\n<p>He gained wider, pan-India recognition with the superhero film Minnal Murali, which was released on Netflix in 2021 during the pandemic. The same year, he launched his own production house, Tovino Thomas Productions.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Tovino starred in Pallichattambi and Athiradi. He also appeared in extended cameos in Balan: The Boy and Khalifa: The Ruler. He last produced Maranamass in 2025, with Basil Joseph in the lead.<\/p>\n<p>Tovino\u2019s Lokah connection<\/p>\n<p>Tovino also played an extended cameo in Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra in dual roles as Michael, a chathan or goblin, and his evil brother Maathan.<\/p>\n<p>The actor is set to headline Lokah 2, which is expected to explore the folklore surrounding the chathan. Following the release of the first film, the makers also released a video featuring Tovino and actor-producer Dulquer Salmaan\u2019s odiyan, or shapeshifter, Charlie, announcing the sequel.<\/p>\n<p>However, the makers have yet to provide an official update on Lokah 2. The first film has reportedly grossed more than \u20b9300 crore worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0With inputs from Agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tovino \u2018swallows\u2019 the Harvest Moon Tovino gave the trend his own humorous twist, sharing a video in which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,57832,348679,362,344],"class_list":["post-907174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-full-moon","tag-kerala-cinema","tag-malayalam-cinema","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}