This article discusses two Romeo and Juliet adaptations from Kerala, Annayum Rasoolum (dir. Rajeev Ravi, 2013) Eeda B. Ajithkumar, 2018). Both films situate the lovers in a regional milieu which challenges notions of progress, as representations political religious contest suggest. Taking Ratheesh Radhakrishnan’s claim that Malayalam film prioritises Keraliyatha or ‘Kerala-ness’, I suggest song...