Simultaneously, the "Middle Stream" emerged—commercial yet realistic. Director Padmarajan gave us films like Namukku Paarkkaan Munthirithoppukal (1986), which explored the taboo of widows remarrying in Christian farming communities. Bharathan explored incest and psychosis in Thaazhvaaram . These films didn’t shy away from the dark underbelly of the clean, green image of Kerala.
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