Kerala and Tamil Nadu sit next to each other in the southern tip of India. Yet, why is Malayalam cinema so remarkably different from Tamil cinema, and from all other Indian movie industries? From their lived experience of being Malayalee boys who have experienced slices of other Indian cultures, Nitin and Tony hack away at this question. The discussion leads them to geography, geology, language, migration, economics, politics, caste, patriarchy... But before they get there, they first need to decode the very best of Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan, in how they perform in the most pivotal scene in Drishyam.

Like the discussion? Agree with some of our thoughts? Or do you find most of what we have to say completely baseless proclamations? Let us know in the comments!

This podcast references this wonderful decode of the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7YmcuV7afA