Is it just Malayalam cinema, or have the times truly changed so much in the Indian film industry that a movie featuring literally no star in its main cast might end up making about three times as much as another starring two cinematic heavyweights? Show business is unpredictable, yes, and content has mostly been king in Malayalam cinema; yet, the aforementioned scenario was fairly unexpected. Since it is not often that we get to see a Mammootty-Mohanlal film, director Mahesh Narayanan’s Patriot, being outperformed by a coming-of-age comedy-drama, director Savin SA’s Vaazha 2, headlined by a bunch of social media content creators, it warrants the question: Was that just a one-off occurrence, or is this going to be the new norm where even double the star power can’t guarantee break-even at the box office? Vinayak, Hashir, Alan Bin Siraj, and Ajin Joy in Vaazha 2. (Credit: Instagram/@hashireeeee) Either way, there’s no doubt that Dominic Arun’s Kalyani Priyadarshan-led Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra emerging as the industry hit last year, and Vaazha 2 becoming the fifth-highest-grossing Malayalam …