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For decades, Kerala’s ‘god’s own country’ tourism glossed over its deep caste hierarchies. But New Wave Malayalam cinema (post-2010) has ripped the bandage off. Films like Kammattipaadam (2016) expose land mafia and Dalit oppression. Parava (2017) shows how pigeon racing is an escape for Muslim youth in ghettoised colonies. Nayattu (2021) is a three-hour chase that is actually a brutal commentary on police brutality and caste politics. The culture of silence is being broken—one script at a time. You cannot separate Malayalam cinema from its sadhya (feast)
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