Malayalee was always proud of the classic movies in 80s and 90s. If you listen to most malayalee conversations you can see the influence of movies in the dialogues they make.
The funny dialogues from Kilukkam still makes way into our conversations. "Thoovanathumbikal" is one of the favorite movies for many. Padmarajan and Bharathan still have a huge fan base. Remember, they are not alive and hence hadn't made any movies in recent times. Our very beloved comic actor Jagathy Sreekumar is undisputably one of the best character actors in India.
So, when did we go wrong? I think the detour from the sensible movies to nonsensical ones started of with MohanLal's superhuman movies. Till that time we were keen to see small budget family movies or comedy based youngsters' movie. I am not blaming Lal alone for the low quality movies. I would say if the mess was lighted up by Lal, Mammotty poured more Oil to it.
Why would I say actors are at fault for crap movies which are clearly a production by director. Because movies in India are creations of directors, but choices of actors.
Unlike hollywood where casting is done post-scripting, in India movies are made for actors. Fundamentally we have a reverse logic where a director gets an actor's date, then finds a producer and then writes a script based on actor's profile plus considering what a producer can afford.
And now where are we? We have seen Mayabazar, Love in Singapore, Hello and all the low quality ones. Now the superstardom is throwing more trash on our face.
But how are these movies surviving in a state with such a high self esteem. It's an age old trick - like making someone drunk and making him dance awkwardly.
Over the past 5 years or more our viewers were gradually poisoned with crap movies and we have to admit that we liked Thommanum Makkalum, Rajamanikyam etc. We enjoyed them because we suddenly saw a serious actor doing slapstick comedy. But we didn't anticipate that there are more to come. The youth in Kerala fell for it. It was like serving alcohol to teenagers. The youngsters grew up the next 5 years or more watching more of mayabazar and the likes.
End result - any crap movie becomes a super hit and we have fan followers as crazy as neighboring states.
New formula to success - 5 songs + 7 fights + 20 punch dialogues + tons of slapstick comedy
Yes, we are no different from rest! Good bye good movies!
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