After a period of decline in the early 2000s dominated by macho, formulaic heroes, a "New Generation" movement emerged in the early 2010s.

Kerala’s dominant demographic—the educated, aspirational, but anxious middle class—is the industry’s muse. Films like Sandhesam (1991) satirized Gulf-returned NRIs, while Joji (2021) turned a Shakespearean tragedy into a tale of a Syrian Christian family’s greed. The cultural obsession with education as salvation and Gulf money as corruption is a constant theme.

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