What does the public perception and sensationalisation of Mammootty’s ageless appearance tell us about masculinity in today’s Kerala? Geethu Thomas writes about male actors’ negotiation of age in Kerala’s film industry.
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What does the public perception and sensationalisation of Mammootty’s ageless appearance tell us about masculinity in today’s Kerala? Geethu Thomas writes about male actors’ negotiation of age in Kerala’s film industry.
Read moreB. Abhijith traces how recent Malayalam cinema reconfigures the family beyond generational hierarchies, turning it into a site of negotiation within a changing social world. Through films like Kumbalangi Nights, Falimy, and Pranaya Vilasam, he shows how shifting parenthood, individuality, and digital self-expression shape new middle-class affective collectives.
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Greeshma C. P explores the evolution of the “photographer-hero” in Malayalam cinema, tracing how the camera symbolically shapes modern Malayali masculinity; from morally upright observers to tragic figures, these characters reveal the tensions between modernity, patriarchy, and cinematic identity.
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Saranya Narayanan examines how Don Palathara’s Family (2023) unmasks the unsettling truth lurking behind social respectability, and uses the predator-prey metaphor to expose the true danger—human, not animal—that hides in plain sight.
Read moreTracing how sound cultures and sonic media technologies—from gramophones to audio cassettes—shaped Kerala’s film culture in the twentieth century, Alex Abraham explores how informal infrastructures enabled new listening practices, expanded cinema beyond the theatre, and influenced the rise of genres like mimicry and comedy in Malayalam cinema.
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What is common between chunk, vibe, scene contra, and eda mone? Akhila Krishan dives deep into the world of new coinages and expressions in Malayalam, explaining how it is more than just a linguistic change.
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മലയാളിയുടെ വായനാ സംസ്കാരം വളർത്തിയെടുക്കുന്നതിൽ സവിശേഷമായ പങ്ക് വഹിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളവയാണ് “പൈങ്കിളി സാഹിത്യം”. മുഖ്യധാരാ ചർച്ചകളിൽ അവഗണിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഒരു വിഭാഗമായി അവ തുടരുന്നു. കേരളത്തിലെ പൈങ്കിളി നോവലുകളുടെ അറിയപ്പെടാത്ത സമ്പന്നമായ ലോകത്തേക്ക് കടന്നുചെല്ലുകയാണ് ഷിബു ബി എസ്.
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ഭ്രമയുഗം എന്ന സിനിമയിലെ അധികാരവും അടിച്ചമർത്തലും തമ്മിലുള്ള സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ ബന്ധവും അതിനെതിരായ പ്രതിരോധവും ഫൂക്കോയുടെ സിദ്ധാന്തങ്ങളുടെ വെളിച്ചത്തിൽ അരുൺ വിശകലനം ചെയ്യുന്നു.
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How is the Mappila ‘qualified’ in Malayalam Cinema? Ahnas Muhammed dives deep into the popular cinematic representations of the Malabar Muslim identities and explores how the changing representations have reshaped societal perceptions and cultural values.
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How and where do we situate the “archival” when it comes to film historiography? In this article, Mydhily takes us[…]
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