Malayalam cinema is currently in what critics call its "New Wave" or "Golden Age." But the truth is, the industry has always been good. It just stopped trying to imitate others and leaned fully into what it is: A reflection of a highly literate, argumentative, and emotionally complex society.
Films like Bangalore Days (2014) showed the migration of village youth to the metropolis, and how they recreate "Kerala" in their Bangalore flats (importing coconut oil, watching Mohanlal movies). Virus (2019) showed how the Nipah outbreak united the global Keralite community in panic and resilience. mallu sexy scene indian girl