He paused, wiping the drum skin with a soft cloth. "Malayalam cinema has finally stopped imitating Bombay and Madras. It has come home. It has learned that the greatest drama is not in a villain’s lair, but in a kitchen, where two sisters-in-law wage a cold war over a uruli (bronze vessel) of avial . It has learned that the greatest action sequence is a father silently walking out of a sabarimala pilgrimage because his son failed his exams."
Kerala is a unique concoction of three major religions—Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity—living in uneasy but functional harmony. Malayalam cinema is the only film industry in India that has consistently dared to critique all three without being banned. mallu mmsviralcomzip