15 MALAYALAM MOVIE CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE

Art imitating life and fact inspiring fiction is no new drill. In fact the earliest artistic creations have to have originated from life. So obviously they’ve been doing this for longer than you think. Biopics and movies based on true events even form a sizable genre, although the allusions to real life are way too direct there, and shall be discussed in a different list altogether. But then there are cases where real people inspire fictitious characters that may not always be exact replicas, and may occasionally even be used with artistic license to tell a different story. Following is a list of such movie characters from the Malayalam cinema based on real people.

10 UNDERAPPRECIATED MALAYALAM FILMS you must watch

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Like in the case of every other creative area, diversity in human taste has proved over time to be a very tricky thing with films and their successes. Now you could take any definition of success- its popularity or critical acceptance. Since one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, it shouldn’t be surprising when films applauded by critics, are booed by the masses, and the ones they snub end up breaking commercial records. Yet it somehow seem to always make sense as to why some thrive and some others bomb, except for a handful of films whose destinies seem far too bizarre, especially those ones that fail to get the attention they deserve- from public, or critics, or both, for no apparent reason- blame it on bad timing or lack of promotion or that very enigmatic reason like the one behind sudden unexpected death syndrome. There are also films that were successful at the time of release but were quickly forgotten in comparison to their far inferior counterparts that live on in pop culture. Following is a list of some of the most overlooked, underrated and forgotten films in the history of Malayalam cinema that deserve a far more superior place in our film canon.

50 more ICONIC MOVIE QUOTES from Malayalam Films

Following is a list of some of the most notable one-liners, statements, quips, insults, puns, misquotes and punchlines in Malayalam Cinema- conceived by our illustrious canon of screenwriters and brought to life by our brilliant line-up of actors- that are especially distinguished for its durable impact, comedic brilliance and unlimited quotability, and lives on in popular culture through its constant use and reuse over the course of time.

10 MALAYALAM MOVIES WITH KIDS AS CENTRAL CHARACTERS worth your time

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Except a handful of them, films about children somehow don’t seem to get the kind of attention they deserve in Malayalam, be it in terms of production or reception. Maybe we grownups don’t care enough to look at things through a child’s perspective anymore, conveniently forgetting how we were all there once. Or maybe, we’ve always been looking at it the wrong way. However the results of some of the few attempts in Malayalam Cinema at capturing the innocence and unpredictability of childhood cannot be ignored, especially some recent ones that seem especially promising. Following is a list of such Malayalam films featuring kids as central characters, although not always narrated through their perspective.