As Kerala modernizes (high mobile penetration, the decline of paddy farming, the rise of apartment culture), cinema is documenting the shift. The tharavadu is dying, replaced by vertical housing societies. The ancestral Kalaripayattu gym is replaced by a CrossFit box.
Perhaps the most revolutionary aspect of modern Malayalam cinema (post-2010, often called the 'New New Wave') is its systematic demolition of the mythological hero. There is no six-pack, no slow-motion walk, no gravity-defying stunt. Www.MalluMv.Bond - Aavesham -2024- Malayalam HQ...