A key tension remains: the industry is dominated by upper-caste, male filmmakers, yet its most acclaimed works critique that very hegemony. This paradox—Kerala’s self-image as progressive versus its lived orthodoxies—is precisely what makes its cinema so rich.
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This period was marked by films that addressed societal anxieties, feudal breakdowns, and the "masculine-dominant discourses" of the time. The Modern "New Wave" and Global Identity