The seeds of cinema in Kerala were sown long before the first cameras arrived. Traditional art forms like (temple shadow puppetry) familiarized local audiences with the concept of projected images accompanied by music and storytelling.
The industry has undergone a seismic shift. The 1980s and 90s (the Golden Age) gave us tragic heroes ( Bharatham , Sadayam ) rooted in classical music and moral dilemmas. The 2000s saw a dip into slapstick remakes. But the 2010s birthed the Filmmakers like Lijo Jose Pellissery ( Ee.Ma.Yau. ) and Mahesh Narayanan ( Malik ) deconstructed the visual language, using drone shots over packed funeral processions and hyper-sound design for cooking—redeeming the mundane and the morbid as high art. www.MalluMv.Bond - Aavesham -2024- Malayalam TR...