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Arun had watched all three. He looked pale. “I don’t know who I am anymore. Yesterday morning, I was crying over Mammootty forgetting his wife. By afternoon, I was laughing at Fahadh Faasil setting a car on fire. By night, I was crying again because a cook in Dubai performed a dialogue better than most actors.”

As they paid the bill, Arun’s phone buzzed. A news alert: “Next week: Two new Malayalam OTT releases announced. One starring Tovino Thomas as a blind chef. Another a period drama about the first Malayalam dictionary.”

The story revolved around an aging Kathakali artist, Madhavan (played by the legendary Mammootty in a role that trade papers were calling "his most vulnerable in a decade"), who is diagnosed with rapid-onset Alzheimer’s. The film wasn't a tear-jerker; it was a haunting, slow-burn exploration of identity. Madhavan forgets his wife but remembers every single mudra (hand gesture) from his youth. He forgets his son’s name but can recite entire verses from the Ramayana in archaic Malayalam. ott malayalam releases this week

Meera had already watched the screener. “It’s not a movie,” she said, her voice low. “It’s an exorcism. There’s a ten-minute single shot where Madhavan applies his own chutti (makeup) while humming a forgotten raga. No dialogue. Just the sound of the brush and his breath. By the end, you feel like you’ve aged twenty years.”

The first major release of the week was Ormakalude Tharattu (The Lullaby of Memories), dropping on on Tuesday (a strategic mid-week release to avoid the weekend clutter). Directed by the critically acclaimed but commercially shy Lijo Paul, the film had been a festival darling at IFFK but had never seen a theatrical release. Arun had watched all three

But that was only the appetizer.

By Sunday morning, the narrative had shifted. Critics were no longer comparing Ormakalude Tharattu and Pattabhishekam . Instead, they were writing think-pieces about Gulf 2.0 being the most important Malayalam film of the year. Yesterday morning, I was crying over Mammootty forgetting

Just as everyone thought the week was done, quietly dropped a third release on Saturday morning. No announcement. No trailer. Just a thumbnail that appeared: Gulf 2.0 – a documentary by debutante director Aamina Salim.