This tradition continues today, arguably stronger than ever. The rise of ‘Mollywood 2.0’ (post-2010) with films like Mayaanadhi (2017), Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (2017), and The Great Indian Kitchen (2021) has perfected the art of the "slice-of-life." There is a cultural obsession with authenticity. A Malayali audience, sharp and politically aware, rejects falseness immediately. This is why a film like Joji (2021), an adaptation of Macbeth set in a Keralite rubber plantation, works so brilliantly. The ambition, the feudal family structure, the silent complicity of the women, and the wet, rotting leaves of the plantation are intrinsically Keralite.