In the 1970s and 1980s, Malayalam cinema split into two distinct yet mutually influential streams: commercial superstars and parallel (art-house) pioneers. The Auteurs of Realism
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A Social History of Malayalam cinema from its origins to 1990. - IJHSSI In the 1970s and 1980s, Malayalam cinema split