Topic: Malayalam Movie

The movie’s portrayal of the police is neither heroic nor neutral. Instead, it subtly indicts the institution for its calculated efforts to break the will of a community whose only demand is to exist with dignity on the land promised to them.

Films like Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey (2022) and Sookshmadarshini (2024) have positioned themselves within this tradition, addressing domestic abuse, gender inequality and erasure of marginalized communities.

Here, even the so-called heroic moment doesn’t belong to the obvious protagonist. Instead, the film finds its emotional highs in letting unexpected players rise and evolve. In doing so, Alappuzha Gymkhana offers a celebration of collective spirit.

Maranamass teases the setup of a gripping, killer-centric narrative to shift focus and choose instead to revel in the eccentric world the killer inhabits, where the chaos is just as compelling as the crimes.

The makers of L2: Empuraan, starring Mohanlal, which has been subjected to a hate campaign by Hindutva groups over its depiction of the 2002 Gujarat Muslim genocide, have made 24 cuts to the film, which is already in theaters and has collected over ₹200 crore in just five days.

Prithviraj Sukumaran’s L2: Empuraan expands Lucifer (2019), fully realizing Stephen Nedumpally as Khureshi Ab’raam, and while it boldly takes a stand on saffron politics and amplifies scale and spectacle, it falters in narrative cohesion.