In Kerala, film criticism is a spectator sport. On a Sunday morning in Kozhikode, you will find auto drivers arguing about the lighting in a Lijo Jose Pellissery film. In Thrissur, the pooram festival is incomplete without discussing the previous night’s movie.
. Below is a blog post highlighting how this industry serves as a mirror to its society. Mollywood: A Mirror to the Malayali Soul
: From grappling with class inequality in the post-independence years to contemporary critiques of patriarchal norms, the cinema acts as a platform for social reform.
In Kerala, film criticism is a spectator sport. On a Sunday morning in Kozhikode, you will find auto drivers arguing about the lighting in a Lijo Jose Pellissery film. In Thrissur, the pooram festival is incomplete without discussing the previous night’s movie.
. Below is a blog post highlighting how this industry serves as a mirror to its society. Mollywood: A Mirror to the Malayali Soul
: From grappling with class inequality in the post-independence years to contemporary critiques of patriarchal norms, the cinema acts as a platform for social reform.