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Kerala is one of the few places in the world where a democratically elected communist government regularly returns to power. This red legacy permeates its cinema. Unlike the Hindi film industry, which often shies away from direct political labeling, Malayalam cinema features characters reading Deshabhimani (the Communist party newspaper) and debating land reforms in packed cinema halls.

Malayalam cinema is currently in a golden age precisely because it has stopped trying to be "pan-Indian." It has leaned into its gritty, confusing, fragrant, and argumentative self. It shows Keralites fighting over caste at a wedding and hugging at a flood relief camp on the same reel. It shows a priest blessing a football team and an atheist winning a village argument. Www.MalluMv.Guru -A.R.M Malayalam -2024- HQ HDR...