Malayalam Cinema

Bhoothakaalam shows how horror doesn't always thrive in the secluded, but also amid social realities of the day

Do horrors end with a change of address or moving to a new location and a new rented home? Social attitudes do not change overnight. They are a product of long sustained and deep social conditioning.

First Take | From Hridayam to Jan.E.Man to Bachelor, young actors are taking over South cinema

In Malayalam cinema, we have the wonderful Tovino Thomas flying high in Minnal Murali alongside the Mammootys, Mohanlals, Fahadh Faasils, and Dulquer Salmaans.

Freedom Fight movie review: The Great Indian Kitchen’s director presents a solid anthology with a glaring blemish

Fortunately for Freedom Fight, the richness of the other shorts overshadows Pra.Thoo.Mu. My pick of the collection are Asanghadithar and Old Age Home.

Revathi discusses Bhoothakalam, renaissance of Malayalam cinema, and industry's ageism debate

Revathi on the New Age of Malayalam Cinema | "The new generation of directors and their sincere films helped to restore Malayalam cinema to its roots"

Malayalam actress assault case: Survivor speaks out after accused Dileep's magazine cover; all you need to know

With stars like Mohanlal and Mammootty sharing the survivor's statement, does that mean the Malayalam film industry has finally attained a moral conscience? Or this has got to do with the knowledge that the Hema Committee report might never see the light of the day?

First Take | Pushpa: The Rise to Kurup, why do we make films about criminals and sociopaths?

I feel sorry for those who get entertained by the endless surge of villainy and the tiresome torrent of tyranny that is unleashed by the volley of unscrupulous villains with sundry mafia-like agendas.

Best Malayalam Films 2021: Ode to a woman rebel, a male superhero and unrelenting experimentation

Between The Great Indian Kitchen and Minnal Murali flowed a stream of quality Malayalam releases so unrelenting, that I have struggled to restrict my Best Malayalam Films 2021 compilation to just 10.

How Malayalam cinema mapped gender bias and toxic masculinity in 2021, from The Great Indian Kitchen to Joji

As the year comes to an end, we explore how Malayalam cinema has tackled quite a lot of issues in their narratives — primarily circling around patriarchy, casual sexism, the stigma around second marriages, abortion, and gender-equal spaces in marriages.

Minnal Murali movie review: Tovino Thomas is a charming, true-blue desi, out-and-out naadan superhero

Basil Joseph's film may be a tribute to the Hollywood superhero genre and made on a larger budget than is the norm with Malayalam cinema, but it is also everything that the Malayalam New New Wave of the past decade is loved for across India.

Jan-E-Man movie review: An immaculate blend of laughter, tears, sense and sensitivity

The outcome of Chidambaram's confident direction and a sharp script is an intelligent and entertaining film.