Where other industries separate "commercial" and "art" cinema, Malayalam cinema merges them. These stars regularly oscillate between mass entertainers and Cannes-submitted art films in the same calendar year.
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While Bollywood often peddled in grandiose romances and Telugu cinema perfected mass heroism, Malayalam cinema, particularly from the 1980s onwards, found its pulse in the ordinary. This era, often called the 'Golden Age,' gave us directors like Padmarajan, Bharathan, and K. G. George. India's first state-owned OTT platform