The late 1970s through the 1980s is widely regarded as the Golden Age of Malayalam cinema. This era saw the rise of the "Parallel Cinema" movement, spearheaded by visionary directors like Adoor Gopalakrishnan and G. Aravindan.
This willingness to critique the self is a unique cultural trait. Keralites take pride in self-deprecation. The cinema allows them to laugh at their own bureaucratic laziness ( Punjabi House ), their obsession with fair skin ( Thalayanamanthram ), and their hypocritical religiosity. The late 1970s through the 1980s is widely
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Some notable Malayalam filmmakers: