From 2010 onward, a new generation of filmmakers has turned the lens on contemporary Kerala’s contradictions :
In the 2010s, director Lijo Jose Pellissery emerged as the chaotic prophet of Kerala’s political subconscious. (2019) was an Oscar entry that used a runaway buffalo to expose the primal savagery lurking beneath the civilized veneer of a Kerala village. It was a loud allegory for greed and mob mentality. Ee.Ma.Yau (2018) deconstructed death, faith, and poverty in the Latin Catholic community of Chellanam, showing how a funeral becomes a socio-economic competition. www.MalluMv.Bond -Malayalee From India -2024- M...