The history of Malayalam cinema dates back to the 1920s when the first silent film, Balan , was released in 1928. Directed by T. R. Sundaram, the film marked the beginning of a new era in Malayalam cinema. The early days of Malayalam cinema were marked by the dominance of social and mythological films, which reflected the cultural and social values of the time. The 1950s and 1960s saw the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers who experimented with different genres and themes.
Director Lijo Jose Pellissery ( Jallikattu , Ee.Ma.Yau ) changed the game. In Ee.Ma.Yau (2018), a story about a poor man trying to give his father a proper Christian burial, there is no background score for most of the runtime. You only hear the wind, the crows, and the sound of a coconut being scraped. That silence is the culture. In Kerala, death is loud with rituals, but silent with grief. mallu aunty romance video target top