For decades, if you weren’t from Kerala, your exposure to Malayalam cinema was likely limited to a single, unforgettable name: Adoor Gopalakrishnan . The art-house auteur was the poster child for "parallel cinema"—brilliant, but often viewed as homework rather than entertainment.
Why ‘Mollywood’ is redefining realism in the age of pan-Indian blockbusters. For decades, if you weren’t from Kerala, your
But something shifted in the last half-decade. Suddenly, film buffs in Delhi, Mumbai, and even Hollywood are whispering about a small film from Kochi called Minnal Murali , a political thriller titled Jana Gana Mana , or the visceral survival drama Kantara (a Kannada film often confused in the wave of South Indian cinema, but standing alongside Malayalam gems like Malik ). But something shifted in the last half-decade
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