Kerala Police to seek help of film stars to curb glorification of violence in Malayalam cinema
The Hindu
Kerala Police collaborate with AMMA to combat violent films influencing youth, amid rising murders and societal concerns.
The Kerala Police plan to enlist the help of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) to steer the entertainment industry away from wanton murder and mutilation films, which arguably desensitise youth to the horror of physical violence.
The move comes when investigators are still searching for believable psychological clues into the motivations of the 23-year-old youth charged with the “methodical and pre-meditated” murder of five members of his family in the Thiruvananthapuram district on February 26 and also the suspects in the recent killing of a Class 10 student at Thamarassery in Kozhikode.
The police initiative also assumes some social significance in the wake of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) decision to block the TV release of the Malayalam film Marco after the regulatory body deemed it viscerally violent for online broadcast to living rooms.
Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Manoj Abraham, who is in charge of the initiative, told The Hindu that Kerala has recorded a “significant spurt” in murders in 2025.
He says adolescent rivalries, possibly fuelled by filmy ideas of violent hypermasculinity and gang loyalty, accounted for 17 of the 70 murders reported in Kerala in 2025.
Officials noted that many of the killings displayed a high level of brutality. Furthermore, as many as 30 of the recent murders occurred within families.
The police noted that violent video games that normalise murder and mayhem also inured youth to actual acts of violence.
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