CINEMATRIX is an essential textbook for students of literature, culture and film studies seeking to develop a rigorous critical vocabulary for engaging with malayalam cinema. Through seven carefully film spanning classical to contemporary works, this text explores diverse analytical perspectives and interpretive frameworks that illuminate how cinema constructs meaning, represents culture and reflects the world. Each film is examined through a distinct critical lens, enabling readers to appreciate both the aesthetic depth of individual works and the broader patterns that shape malayalam cinema as a whole. Ideal for undergraduate students, educators and cinema enthusiats, CINEMATRIX demonstrates that film analysis is not passive consumption but active, intellectually rewarding engagement with one of our most vital art forms.