In the early 2010s, a "new generation movement" emerged, revitalizing the industry after a period of commercial stagnation.
More recently, the music scene has exploded with folk fusion. The use of tribal instruments, the Kerala Mridangam , and the raw voice of the late singer Kalabhavan Mani—a Dalit artist who became a star—brought the marginalized sounds into the mainstream. Unlike the auto-tuned pop of other industries, Malayalam film music often retains the crackle of the village mike and the echo of the Christian church's harmonium. The Margamkali songs of the St. Thomas Christians or the Mappila Pattukal of the Muslims find their way into commercial soundtracks without feeling exoticized, because they are the mainstream. download desi mallu sex mms 2021