Unlike Hindi cinema, where caste is often a taboo subject or reduced to stereotypes, Malayalam cinema has begun, in its new wave, to confront its own upper-caste bias. Directors like Lijo Jose Pellissery and Dileesh Pothan force the viewer to sit with the discomfort of casteist slurs and systemic oppression, holding a mirror to a culture that prides itself on "reform."
Early milestones like Nirmalyam (1973) broke taboos by depicting the degeneration of a Brahmin priest and the feudal exploitation in temple society. However, the real turning point came in the late 1980s and 90s with films like Ore Kadal and later, the arrival of the "new wave" or parallel cinema in the 2010s. mallu sexy scene indian girl free