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However, not everyone is pleased with the video. Some critics have raised concerns about the explicit content and the potential impact on younger audiences. There have also been debates about the objectification of actresses and the need for more respectful and nuanced portrayals of women in the film industry.

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Similarly, Kumbalangi Nights (2019) flipped the script. Here, the famous "Kumbalangi" fishing village on the outskirts of Kochi was shown in all its grimy, beautiful reality. The floating corpse of a jackfruit tree in the backwater, the wooden stilt houses, and the brackish smell of the sea are not just visuals; they are the architecture of the film’s theme: toxic masculinity versus fragile peace.