The popularity of Malayalam cinema in non-Malayalam speaking regions (and internationally) relies heavily on the quality of translation.
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Netflix focuses on global curation. Their English subtitles for Malayalam films are arguably the best in terms of localization (they translate "Chetta" to "brother" or keep it as "Chetta" with context). The popularity of Malayalam cinema in non-Malayalam speaking