For decades, Malayalam cinema was accused of ignoring caste, despite Kerala having a brutal history of caste oppression. The New Wave finally broke that taboo.
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| Film | Year | Core cultural theme | |------|------|---------------------| | Chemmeen | 1965 | Fishing caste, sea myth | | Elippathayam | 1981 | Feudal decline | | Manichitrathazhu | 1993 | Tharavadu (ancestral home) & mental health | | Vanaprastham | 1999 | Kathakali and lower-caste artist | | Ore Kadal | 2007 | Naxalite intellectual guilt | | Maheshinte Prathikaaram | 2016 | Small-town masculinity and photography | | Ee.Ma.Yau | 2018 | Death, poverty, Catholic church | | The Great Indian Kitchen | 2021 | Caste-gender oppression in domestic space | | Aattam | 2023 | Theatre group, consent, and patriarchy | For decades, Malayalam cinema was accused of ignoring