Utilizing the "Premium Show" format to share choreographed routines.

“You hear that?” Nair said. “That is the sound of a Kathakali mudra. Slow. Deliberate. Every frame is a mudra . Every cut is a thalam (rhythm).”

Today, as new-age directors push the envelope with experimental narratives (think Churuli or Bhoothakaalam ), they remain tethered to the core of Kerala culture: the acceptance of the surreal within the mundane. A god can appear in a local bar; a ghost can haunt a middle-class flat; a political discussion can break out during a funeral.