Jallikattu (2019), India’s Oscar entry, uses a buffalo escaping a slaughterhouse to unleash the primal savagery latent in a peaceful Keralan village. The final shot of a human pyramid collapsing into mud is a stark metaphor for the destructive nature of Keralite masculinity and consumerism.
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The last decade has seen Malayalam cinema explode globally via OTT platforms (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sony LIV). Films like Minnal Murali (a superhero story set in a Kerala village) or Jana Gana Mana (a legal thriller about vigilante justice) have found audiences in the US, UK, and Gulf countries. Jallikattu (2019), India’s Oscar entry, uses a buffalo
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