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‘Let us tie a “legal” knot’: Marriage, Family, and Transgender Identity in Malayalam Films

30th November 2020 Issue 27

Anu Kuriakose critically looks at the traditional concepts of ‘marriage’ and ‘family,’ the recent marriages of transgender people in the[…]

Last Nail in the Coffin: Single-Screen Cinemas of Kerala and the COVID-19 Pandemic

30th November 2020 Issue 27

Sreesanth K. examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the single-screen theatres in Kerala, already struggling to survive technological[…]

Image of Saji from the film when he calls to his brother to take him to the doctor. Text reads "Don't hesitate to call, Saji" in Malayalam, and the helpline number for mental health

മാനസികാരോഗ്യവും സമീപകാല മലയാള സിനിമയും: ചില സംവാദങ്ങൾ

30th September 2020 Issue 25

പുരുഷസ്വത്വവും , മാനസികാരോഗ്യവും, സാമൂഹിക വ്യവസ്ഥയും തമ്മിലുള്ള സൂക്ഷ്മബന്ധത്തെ സമീപകാലത്തു പുറത്തുവന്ന ‘ട്രാൻസ്’ (2020), ‘കുമ്പളങ്ങി നൈറ്റ്സ് (2019) എന്നീ സിനിമകൾ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കി വിശകലനം ചെയ്യുകയാണ് ആനന്ദും[…]

Companions and Co-actors: The Role of the Non-human in Malayalam Cinema

31st May 2020 Issue 21

Lakshmi Pradeep analyses the human-non-human relationships in the 2017 film, Parava, to talk about an emerging genre of Malayalam cinema:[…]

How Christian Familism Prevails: Reflections on ‘Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha’

31st March 2020 Issue 19

Nidhin Donald explores the themes of Christian familism and individual agency, secular institutions, and reason in the 2019 film Kettiyolaanu Ente Malakha

An Affective Cinema? Refiguring P. K. Rosy in the Contemporary Archive

31st January 2020 Issue 17

Manju Edachira writes about the re-emergence of P.K. Rosy–Kerala’s first heroine–in the modern public sphere using two theoretical interventions: “cinema[…]

Is ‘Another Family’ Possible? Why Kumbalangi Nights Breaks New Grounds in Malayalam Cinema

31st August 2019 Issue 12

Kumbalangi nights garnered critical claim and praise for its perceptive portrayal of the lives of four half brothers. Lipin Ram delves deeply into the question of family at the centre of the movie.

Malayalam Cinema’s Other: Soft-porn and the Stardom of Shakeela

31st July 2019 Issue 11

What gave rise to the ‘Shakeela wave’ and the subsequent national appeal of the Malayalam soft-porn genre? Darshana Sreedhar Mini makes a case for foregrounding this ‘parallel history’ of Malayalam cinema.