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From Jallikattu, Kumbalangi Nights to Uyare, Virus, ten recent Malayalam films to watch on OTT platforms
FirstpostThanks to OTT platforms, regional cinema has found a more pan-Indian audience. This year, Lucifer, a stylishly tweaked political action thriller directed by Prithviraj, starring Mohanlal and Manju Warrier, remains one of the highest grossing Malayalam films of all time, and has been dubbed in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi, and released on Amazon Prime Video India. Under 95 minutes, the film based on S Hareesh’s short story Maoist keeps you on the edge with its scintillating wild hunt between man and the beast, and how the boundaries eventually get blurred in the process, making one empathise with the beast. Kumbalangi Nights Framed in the backdrop of an island village, Kumbalangi in Central Kerala, the film, directed by Madhu C Narayanan and written by Syam Pushkaran, is about a family of four dysfunctional brothers who eventually find the rhythm, security, and love between themselves with the help of men and women they befriend. Ee Ma Yau A satire on death, Lijo’s most critically acclaimed work is set in a fisherman’s village in South Kerala, where the death of Vavachan Maestri sets the tone of the film.
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