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On one hand, you have the visual spectacle. Films like Ozhivudivasathe Kali (2015) and Kummatti explore the dark underbelly of festive rituals. Lijo Jose Pellissery’s Ee.Ma.Yau (2018) is a masterclass in this dynamic. The entire plot revolves around the funeral rites of a poor man named Vavachan. The film uses the elaborate, ritualistic Velichappadu (oracle) not as a religious prop, but as a character—drunk on power and toddy, dancing between the divine and the absurd.
