Directors Adoor Gopalakrishnan and G. Aravindan rejected Bollywood-style formulas. Adoor’s Swayamvaram (1972) and Elippathayam (1981) introduced a minimalist, deeply psychological style. These films dissected the decay of feudalism and the anxieties of the post-independence middle class. The Golden Age of the 1980s and 1990s
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