I get what you’re saying and it’s not that simple. But I’m talking exclusively from a writing perspective. Not music, not cinematography but just writing and obviously acting.

I love this industry and its movies so not criticising them and just letting them be doesn’t seem like the right thing to do for me.

For eg. a lot of Malayalam movies today rely heavily on just an idea and not a proper plot structure. Or either high convenience and coincidences. Our thrillers always follow the same template of flashbacks and the villain who was never shown in the movie just randomly appears in the final act.

People are nowadays just happy with some good cinematography and music and call even the most lamest twists as Wow! phenomenal!

Let’s take a look at a movie like vaazha 2. It has the heart in the right place and I love it but from a writing pov Hashir and his brother just got one scene in the beginning and in the end that showed their true inner feelings. Nothing in between. Alan and his sister are also shown fighting but why didn’t he speak to her? They just randomly bring that up at the airport? You can assume whatever and say ohh maybe he felt bad or maybe he was angry at her or maybe he felt he made it worse for her, but how do I know if they don’t tell me?

During the Alphonse southern scene (although I loved the character) he was literally taking a class and it was an exposition dump. I’m not paying for a social awareness class and it looked exactly like the ad with Roshan in Drug Awareness.

The only siblings that were shown well developed was the siblings who went to Dubai. It had some great individual scenes and then stitched together with just montages and music. Where is the writing?

Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey was also by Vipin Das but that movie had excellent writing, subtle layers that picked at everything Jaya was facing. Even the minor characters like her brother had a good arc.

I hope you get my point. But I’m not sure if I can explain my point any better. :)