![]() Nair and Sashidharan are not alone in opting for unconventional routes to the public. Sanal Kumar Sashidharan has decided not to waste his time submitting his Unmadiyude Maranam (Death of Insane) to the Censor Board due to its politically explosive content, although that rules out a mainstream release for the film. Rahul Riji Nair's Ottamuri Velicham (The Light in the Room), for one, is an unnerving account of marital rape in the remote Kerala countryside, that was released directly on online platforms. But increasingly, there are good films not going down that road at all. This list of my favourite Malayalam films of 2018 covers theatrical releases from the last calendar year. Since I reviewed Sathyan Anthikad's Njan Prakashan just recently, I can't find a way to better express my feelings than in these words from that write-up: Sometimes I want to wrap Malayalam cinema in a big, warm bear hug and plant affectionate, grateful kisses on its cheeks. Mollywood is though, that even in what is arguably its worst year of the past decade, it has given us some of India's best cinematic works. It is a measure of how great this film industry a.k.a.
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