India, July 9 -- Malayalam cinema has been able to stand out from the rest of the film industries for long, with its more rooted stories and realistic portrayals on screen. Of course, the mass films are also very much part of the Malayalam filmdom. But even amid a slew of fanboy movies and masala entertainers, we get films such as Basil Joseph-starrer Ponman and director Shahi Kabir's Ronth which stay rooted to ground reality. And the most recent addition to the list is Narivetta, starring Tovino Thomas.

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Narivetta, the 2025 Malayalam film helmed by Anuraj Manohar, chronicles the tense events amid a tribal protest. Tovino Thomas plays the lead role...