Malayalam cinema

Malayalam cinema, or movies in Malayalam language, forms a significant component of the Cinema of India, both as a form of art and as mass medium. Though not as widely popular as Bollywood, during the past half century, Malayalam cinema has produced some of the best works in the field of Indian cinema.

Current Scenario (late 1990s - mid 2000s)

After the early 1990s the quality of Malayalam cinema declined. Partly due to the arrival of satellite digital television and film piracy and partly due to the changing ethos of the people.The movies in current period is largely nonsensical comedies primarily aiming at large scale entertainment without any artistic message. These movies include 'Meesamadhavan' (2002) by Lal Jose and 'Kunjikkoonan' directed by Sasi Shankar (2002). However notable exceptions to these were the motion pictures 'Chintavistayaya Shyamala' by Srinivasan (1998) and 'Vanaprastham' (1999) directed by Shaji N Karun.This is the period where two sequels came out Mohanlal's Ravanaprabhu the second part of Devasuram and Mammotty's Sethuramayyar CBI the third part of Oru CBI Dairykurippu. 2005 witnessed Mohanlal-Sreenivasan team's Udayananu Tharam a blockbuster and a trendsetter. It also released Kochi Rajavu starring Dileep. This period witnessed the migration of Malayalam film technicians to other language films. This include names like Priyadarshan, Santosh Sivan, Sabu Cyril, Ravi K. chandran, Sreekar Prasad etc.

Related Topics:
Digital television - Piracy - Meesamadhavan - Kunjikkoonan - 'Chintavistayaya Shyamala - Srinivasan - Vanaprastham - Shaji N Karun - Mohanlal - Ravanaprabhu - Devasuram - Mammotty - Sethuramayyar CBI - Oru CBI Dairykurippu - Udayananu Tharam - Priyadarshan - Santosh Sivan - Sabu Cyril - Ravi K. chandran - Sreekar Prasad

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