Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Angamaly Diaries (2017) and Jallikattu (2019) introduced chaotic, visceral visual styles exploring primal human nature, earning international film festival accolades. Jeethu Joseph’s Drishyam (2013) became a blueprint for Indian thriller cinema, officially remade in multiple languages, including Chinese.
Hailing from the southwestern coastal state of Kerala, Malayalam cinema—lovingly nicknamed Mollywood —has undergone a fascinating evolution. It has morphed from a mythological storytelling medium into perhaps the most sophisticated, grounded, and audacious film industry in the country. To understand its cinema is to understand Kerala itself: a land of red soil, communist atheists, ancient Syrian Christians, and the highest literacy rate in India. officially remade in multiple languages
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