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    SWEPT BY THE MALAYALAM NEW WAVE

    Jun 27, 2020 3 minutes
    —Jai Arjun Singh

    Most serious film buffs know something special has been happening in Malayalam cinema in recent years. The wave has been driven by the auteurist visions of directors and producers like Lijo Jose Pellissery and Aashiq Abu, and stories that provide charming, ground-level views of a milieu without sacrificing big-picture commentary. Here are some favourites from the past five years.

    Ottaal (2014, Netflix)

    This visually stunning, heart-breaking work is an adaptation of the Chekhov short story , about an unhappy little boy writing a

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