The new wave (circa 2011–present) has taken this further. Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016) deconstructs the violent “honor culture” of rural Kerala, asking whether a man’s worth is truly measured by his ability to punch another. Joji (2021), an adaptation of Macbeth , transplants the tragedy into a dysfunctional, rubber-plantation-owning Syrian Christian family, exposing the rot of patriarchy and greed beneath the veneer of piety.