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| | BollyWHAT?: The Beginner's Guide to Malayalam Cinema |
 | | FANS OF The Malayalam film industry, based in the southern Indian state of Kerala, got off to a slow start in 1928, when its first film, Vikathakumaran, bankrupted its producer. |
 | | The next film, Marthanda Varma, was an adaptation of a famous novel, and the release landed its makers in a legal battle over copyright issues. |
 | | Happily, things took off from there, and Malayalam films entered a golden age that peaked in the 1960s, when the industry was nationally renowned for its professionalism, sophisticated direction, and technical virtuosity. |
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