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Because in Kerala, the line between cinema and Jeevitham (life) is very, very thin. And that is exactly how the Malayali likes it.
Keralites are notorious for their love of political and philosophical arguments. Consequently, Malayalam cinema is dialogue-heavy in the best possible way. Scenes often consist of two men sitting on a charpoy (cot), drinking chai, and debating the meaning of life, the failure of the PDS system, or the poetry of Kunchan Nambiar. A film like Sandhesam (1991) is essentially a 150-minute ideological debate between a Gulf-returnee capitalist and a rural communist. This verbosity is a direct reflection of Kerala’s public sphere, where every street corner has a political club and every tea stall a parliament. mallu sajini hot extra quality
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