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- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsSreenivasanJayaramThilakanA satire on contemporary Kerala politics where brothers turn local leaders of rival parties, leading to distress for their aged and once-proud parents.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsMammoottyAshokanNedumudi VenuThe movie narrates the story of three friends' visit to a brothel to celebrate Vishu.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsMammoottyMadhaviDevanThe film offers an alternative version of the fight between two legendary Chekavars from Chanthu's perspective.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMammoottyThilakanMukeshA school teacher living in a village belongs to a family with a history of lunatic males, and soon he falls prey despite being normal due to society misinterpreting his actions.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalAugustineJanardananSadayam follows the final days of a condemned prisoner, for murdering two little girls.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsSaleemaDevanVineethWhen feudal lords try to exploit the tribal people, a group of naxals put up resistance. The feudal lords decide to suppress the resistance. Who will emerge triumphant in the fight for justice?
- DirectorBharathanStarsMohanlalSalim GhouseSumalathaBalan and Raju's friendly relationship turns into rivalry when Raju murders his wife and robs his hard-earned money. Balan decides to take revenge on Raju.
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsMammoottyM.R. GopakumarTanvi AzmiThommy is a loyal servant of Bhaskar Patel. But Patel is a ruthless tyrant. Thommy struggles between his moral sense and his professional sense. He is finally redeemed without compromising his duty as Patel's servant.
- DirectorRamu KariatStarsSathyanSheelaMadhuKaruthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsNedumudi VenuBharat GopySubhashiniPavithran, a thief who was trying to sell stolen items meets a crooked merchant in the town. But an incident occurs afterward changing his entire life.
- DirectorAjayanStarsJalajaManoj K. JayanT.P. MadhavanPerumthachan, a legendary carpenter, follows the stringent social norms of his time. However, when Kannan, his son, grows up to rebel against those very norms, Perumthachan must deal with him.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalThilakanKaviyoor PonnammaThe life of a young man turns upside down when he intervenes in a dispute in order to rescue his father (a cop) from a ruthless local outlaw.
- DirectorI.V. SasiStarsTom AlterLalithasreeMadhuThe film focuses on bullock cart driver Khader (Mammootty), a retired Corporal and World War I veteran, and Unni Krishnan (Suresh Gopi), a hardline nationalist revolutionary from a family of Hindu landlords. Both men join the brigade of Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji (T. G. Ravi), one of the prominent leaders of the 1921 Uprising. The plot gradually introduces a variety of characters, representing the Malabar society of the 1920s. The film also touches various social dilemmas which led to the 1921 Uprising, the atrocities committed by the British army during the events and the eventual collapse of the rebel unity and organisation.
- DirectorSantosh SivanStarsPrithviraj SukumaranKavya MadhavanManoj K. JayanFollowing his mother's death, the protagonist returns from the US to his ancestral home to fulfill his mother's last wish. Upon arrival he understands that the world of black magic and sorcery he heard as stories were not far from real.
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsMammoottyThilakanKaramana Janardanan NairIts a story of Basheer, an author who experiences his prison life. In it he finds friendship, loneliness, fear and finally love, but that remains questionable.
- DirectorAmal NeeradStarsFahadh FaasilJayasuryaLalSet in the pre-independent India, Aloshi returns from the war to his estranged family and childhood love, only to find his elder brothers taking the side of a ruthless business man to overthrow their father.
- DirectorVineeth SreenivasanStarsSabitha AnandAmritha AnilDeepak ParambolRohini Pranab, a cardiac surgeon and a social worker, sets out to find the girls kidnapped from her NGO. She is joined by Naveen, who is looking for his kidnapped sister. The duo goes deeper into the human trafficking mafia in Karnataka.
- DirectorT. RajeevnathStarsMohanlalSuresh GopiNedumudi VenuSidharthan and his wife, Renjini, are at odds with each other over his conformist manners. During an argument, she falls from the balcony and slips into a coma which leads him to lose his sanity.
- DirectorJohnpaul GeorgeStarsChethan JayalalTovino ThomasSreenivasanThe story of a 12 year old boy who sells guppy fish for a living in his colorful beach side colony. When an engineer is summoned to construct a bridge, the contrasting characters cause great tension and turmoil.
- DirectorDileesh PothanStarsFahadh FaasilAparna BalamuraliSoubin ShahirMahesh, a studio photographer and studio owner gets into a fight and loses. He ends up taking revenge which leads to certain realizations in his life.
- DirectorT.V. ChandranStarsJanardananSalu KoottanadLakshmi KrishnamurthySet in 1940s, the low-caste Ponthan Mada bonds with his colonial landlord Sheema Thampuran, who was expelled to British India from England during his youth for supporting the Irish Republican Army.
- DirectorSreenivasanStarsSreenivasanParvathiInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaA man with a serious case of inferiority complex is married to a beautiful girl. Soon, his love and care turns into suspicion.
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsBharat GopyK.P.A.C. LalithaThikkurissy Sukumaran NairSankarankutty, a village simpleton, lives a carefree life, indulges in childish pursuits, lives off the money given to him by his sister (working elsewhere as a servant), and eats quite voraciously. Then one day he gets married, but the wife is frustrated by his aimless lifestyle & irresponsible attitude (even after she gets pregnant). So she goes back to her parents. Meanwhile, his sister who is now living with her lover, can no longer provide for him, and a kind widow who used to care for him passes away. He has nowhere & nobody to fall back on, and from this point on, as he starts a job as assistant to a lorry driver, he starts looking at life in a whole new way and begins to mature as well.
- DirectorT.K. Rajeev KumarStarsMohanlalShobanaVinduja MenonA young man's relationship with his career, fiancee and brother is brought under stress by the birth of an unexpected sister.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsAshokanAzeezAdoor BhawaniThis is a National award winning and critically acclaimed film by P Padmarajan, based on his novel of the same name. The film explores the angst of a teenage mind remorseful of murder and the changes life brings in the aftermath.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsMohiniVineethManoj K. JayanA 17-year-old widow, Unnimaya, who was married to an old man, is ostracized by the community. She falls in love with Madhavan, a Kathakali artist, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
- DirectorM.T. Vasudevan NairStarsP.J. AnthonyKaviyoor PonnammaKottarakkara Sridharan NairAn ancient temple is neglected to ruins and is tended only by the Velichappadu 'village oracle'. When the priest goes on leave, a young man takes up his job and forms a relationship with Velichappadu's daughter.
- DirectorRanjithStarsMammoottyMythiliShweta MenonA woman is found dead in mysterious circumstances. Several discrepancies arise in the findings, which eventually leads to the closure of the case. Years later, Haridas decides to reopen the case.
- DirectorVenu IscStarsMammoottyAparna GopinathSaiju KurupAnjali, a freelance journalist meets C.K. Raghavan, an interesting inmate who's outstaying his sentence in jail for a crime he says he didn't commit. His vastly different views peak her interest and she documents his life and happenings.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalRekhaMuraliRajeev, an orphan eccentric millionaire, has his own strange taste towards everything. With less knowledge about family relationships, he struggles hard to achieve his aim to become a father without marrying.
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsShobanaMammoottyAdoor BhasiUnnikrishnan (Mammootty), an ex-convict, tells his tragic love story to his fellow passengers in a school bus. An orphan and a forest officer by profession, he falls in love with a local girl, Thulasi, during his stay at a forest area. They decided to get married and he sets off to inform his marriage to his best friend. On his way back the police arrest him as a suspected criminal, who has some visible similarities to Unnikrishnan. There he accidentally kills a policeman and is sentenced to life imprisonment. During his early days in prison, he writes a letter to Thulasi asking her to forget him. When his prison term was about to complete, he wrote a letter to her to light a lamp if she still waits for him. After long years of torment in the prison he goes to meet Thulasi. Does she still wait for him? That's the question of his fellow passengers too.
- DirectorGovindan AravindanStarsMohan DasBharat GopySmita PatilMuniyandi (Sreenivasan), a laborer in the farm, believes and respects Shivakami (Smita Patil). Muniyandi brings Shivakami to the farm after marrying her. She soon befriends Shankaran (Gopi). But one day Muniyandi catches Shankaran red-handed with his wife Shivakami. Broken hearted, Muniyandi commits suicide. The extreme feeling of guilt forces Shankaran to leaves the place. He tries alcohol, spirituality and all other possible methods to escape from this mental torment, but fails. Finally he reaches the temple town of Chidambaram. There he finds Shivakami as a shoe keeper in the temple.
- DirectorA.K. LohithadasStarsMammoottySreelakshmiCherthala LalithaVidyadharan (Mammootty) is in jail and while working finds a link/hole to the outside world. But his vision is distorted through the eye magnifying lens he uses to view because of his fateful past.
- DirectorK.S. SethumadhavanStarsSathyanAdoor BhasiPrem NazirA poor man living in Kerela follows his heart and instincts to save a child from the gutter, brings her up with love, only to find later in life that inevetibly she becomes spoilt and arrogant. However, lessons of universal life are finally learned together.
- DirectorK.G. GeorgeStarsBharat GopyNedumudi VenuSrividyaA henpecked politician wants his name attached to a new bridge, even if that means destroying another, perfectly serviceable bridge.
- DirectorV.K. PavithranStarsMammoottySukumaranParvathiOne fine morning, not any different from every other day, a promising poet shoots herself. Leaving no trace of motive, her husband's best friend and journalist, Balu embarks on a journey to find the truth.
- DirectorKamalStarsJayaramParvathiJagathy SreekumarKunju Lakshmi is pampered by her brothers and so, is a little arrogant. When she falsely accuses Shivashankaran, a peon, of misbehaving with her, he decides to teach her a lesson.
- DirectorT.V. ChandranStarsDileepJyothirmayiVijayaraghavanRenuka trying to find the reason for Gopi's suicude by going through his past.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsSreenivasanJayaramUrvashiBhaskaran, a goldsmith is madly in love with Snehalatha, the daughter of astrologer, Panicker. When Bhaskaran asks for Snehalatha's hand in marriage, to his shock, she denies their love affair.
- DirectorA. VincentStarsKaduvakkulam AntonyAdoor BhasiNellikode BhaskaranA story of a woman with legendary ill-fortune.
- DirectorRanjithStarsMammoottyPriyamaniJesse Fox AllenPranchiyettan is a successful businessman who often has talks with an imaginary St. Francis of Assisi. The story deals with how he goes about changing his embarrassing image to making a name for himself using wealth and contacts.
- DirectorGovindan AravindanStarsMohanlalNeelanjana MitraNeena GuptaThe story is told through the eyes of Venu, a Malayali government officer sent on a mission to rehabilitate refugees from Calcutta to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- DirectorAmal NeeradStarsMammoottyManoj K. JayanBalaFour brothers hunt for the killer and the truth behind their loving foster mother who was murdered in cold blood, .
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsMohanlalSumalathaParvathiJayakrishnan falls in love with two girls, Radha and Clara, and fights his confusion about whom he should marry and spend his life with.
- DirectorHarikumarStarsMammoottyGautamiManoj K. JayanRavishankar, a journalist suffering from blood cancer, falls into depression and loses all hopes of living. However, his life changes for the better when he meets a doctor friend.
- DirectorJayarajStarsSuresh GopiNarendra PrasadGeethaThe ideological clash between a devout Brahmin priest and his atheist son wrecks their family.
- DirectorJeethu JosephStarsMohanlalMeenaAsha SharathA man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.
- DirectorJayarajStarsMammoottyRanjithaKamal GaurJohnnie shares a good relationship with his brother who studies in another city. When his brother visits him, he convinces Johnnie to start studying again.
- DirectorP. PadmarajanStarsJagathi N.K. AchariAjayan AdoorAjayanAn old man spends his life in solitude awaiting his grandson to come for vacation after 6 years. He thought he was the most happiest man in the world until he found out that fate has something unpredictable for him.
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsJalajaKaramana Janardanan NairRajam K. NairThe protagonist is trapped within himself and is unable to comprehend the changes taking place around him.Elipathayam
- DirectorK.G. GeorgeStarsMammoottyRajeevThilakanJathavedan is invited to Elavamkodu Desam, a princely state in pre-independent India, to treat the king's wife. He comes to know that Unikkoman, the wicked king of Elavamkodu Desam, rose to power in coup and killing the noble king Udayavarman. How Jathavedan raises an army to bring the crown back to its true owner form the crux of the story.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalUrvashiNedumudi VenuThe tale of two classical musician brothers: while the elder squanders his life and talent away, the younger one fulfills their joint responsibilities towards their family.
- DirectorK.G. GeorgeStarsBharat GopyNedumudi VenuMammoottyAn infamous tabla player of a touring drama group goes missing. Later on, Sub-inspector Jacob Eeraly investigates the case.
- DirectorA. VincentStarsMadhuVijaya NirmalaPrem NazirAn enthusiastic and talented novelist (Madhu) comes to stay in a desolate mansion named Bhargavi Nilayam. The novelist and his servant Cheriya Pareekkanni (Adoor Bhasi) experience the presence of a strange entity here. They come to know from the local people that it is a haunted house.
- DirectorFazilStarsShobanaMohanlalSuresh GopiWhen a forbidden room in an old bungalow is unbolted, the spirit of a vengeful dancer is unleashed.
- DirectorDennis JosephStarsMammoottyGanesh KumarSilk SmithaBorn to an aristocratic father and low caste mother, Anandha Padmanabhan masters all three vedas.when he fall for a brahmin girl, it ends up in a tragedy,turning him a mystic to Seek revenge.
- DirectorBharathanStarsMammoottyNedumudi VenuInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaMarykutty(Saritha) is a victim of a failed marriage and she leads a lonely life with her child.However, her life takes a turn when a mildly autistic man, Louis(Mammootty) enters her life.
- DirectorRanjithStarsJayan CherthalaKoottickal JayachandranBineesh KodiyeriThe movie is based on the acclaimed novel K T N Kottur Ezhuthum Jeevithavum by T. P. Rajeevan, which is set in the backdrop of India's freedom struggle and depicts a magical history of a Kerala village.
- DirectorAnjali MenonStarsDulquer SalmaanNivin PaulyNazriya NazimA fun roller coaster ride about three young people, Aju, Divya and Kuttan who are cousins, reach Bangalore to dream, discover and explore.
- DirectorAdoor GopalakrishnanStarsOduvil UnnikrishnanSukumariMallikaKaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess.
- DirectorMadhupalStarsSaid AlharbiAsif AliAyyappa BaijuA 55-year old woman files a divorce petition against her 71-year old husband, after over 30 years of married life. Their son, and a female advocate searches for the reason and circumstances, changing their perception about some people.
- DirectorJayarajStarsMammoottySashi KumarGracy SinghThe movie is all about the relationships between two rare bred men from extremely different strata of society, but more in common than is apparent from the first look.
- DirectorK.S. SethumadhavanStarsBalan K. NairMaster ArvindMenaka6 year old Appu is jealous when his mother Malu, whom he knows as his elder sister, marries Govindan.
- DirectorJijo PunnooseStarsPrem NazirMadhuPoornima JayaramA prince comes back to his native land to take revenge on those who conspired against him. Inspired from the novel The Count of Monte Christo
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMammoottyBaiju SanthoshMaheshThe movie revolves around a bunch of inmates in a Juvenile home and the movie depicts several corruptions happening in such a facility.
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalJaya PradaJanardananVishal Krishnamoorthy, a renowned music composer and singer, reminisces about his initial struggles and an unknown spirit that inspires him to compose songs.
- DirectorCochin HanifaStarsMammoottyGeethaSiddiqueRaghavan, a farmer, devotes his life to ensure that his brother Vijayakumaran gets educated. But with time and under the influence of his rich wife, Vijayakumaran ends up destroying all relationships.
- DirectorP. BhaskaranStarsPrem NazirSharadaThikkurissy Sukumaran NairVelayudhan, a mentally retarded person, lives along with his family. He shares everything with Lakshmi, his cousin. He struggles as Lakshmi leaves him and marries an old widower.
- DirectorBharathanStarsNedumudi VenuSharadaParvathiA sad teacher couple do not have any children until their family friend's daughter comes to live with them. She was in love with a person and her father turned her out of her house. The couple now accept her as their own daughter.
- DirectorBharathanStarsMuraliManoj K. JayanUrvashiGopalan and Unni are brothers who lead a happy life. Gopalan's life takes a turn when he doubts Thankamani, his wife, for having an illicit relationship with Unni.
- DirectorJohn AbrahamStarsAdoor BhasiPoornima JayaramAbraham JosephCheriyachan, a landlord, feels threatened by industrialisation and leftist activities. But when he witnesses police atrocities on poor peasants, a feeling of guilt engulfs him and he feels responsible for the guilt of his entire class. He is last seen up a coconut tree trying to keep away from the police. The film is about a peasant's movement against the feudal system.
- DirectorJoshiyStarsMammoottySumalathaSuresh GopiA journalist is illegally jailed for exposing two corrupt politicians, He exacts revenge through his new mysterious newspaper.
- DirectorBalachandra MenonStarsBalachandra MenonRajesh RajanSaikumarA debate story of a father and Son and their family , Ismail ( Bharat Balachandra Menon ) is a hardworking , sincere and straight forward station master , he likes to lead a simple life , but his son Najeeb ( Rajesh Rajan ) 18 but yet not matured of his age dreams of making money and want to lead a business life . He once happens to request 10,000Rs for opening a telephone booth . His father asks him to have his studies completed and then he would offer . But Najeeb becomes irritated on his father's advise and leaves home to join Politics with local Political Leader Sai kumar . In Politics Najeeb could meet his aims and becomes popular in the country . Once Finally Political Leader and his leftanant Najeeb decides to remove railway trail for creating railway lockout in the complete country to make their political party group popular . Secretly Najeeb informs his mother Raziya ( Renuka ) to inform his dad for not going to station for duty . Unfaithfully not listening to his son's words , Ismail goes for duty and comes to know through people that some people are involved in removing the train rails including his son . Ismail hearing this runs through the rails trying to stop the train , but fails and dies.
- DirectorLal JoseStarsPrithviraj SukumaranPrathap PothenNarainA story on how a brilliant and dedicated senior doctor molds an irresponsible amateur doctor into one much like him, and how a forbidden relationship comes in between.
- DirectorP.G. ViswambharanStarsAnjuKanakalathaK.P.A.C. LalithaBe When kanambu kuttappan diagnosed with a communicable disease, started a mysterious business with varattu vaasu to overcome the financial crisis, which ended up on a nail biting thriller.
- DirectorSathyan AnthikadStarsMohanlalRevathiMuraliMurali returns to his home in Kerala after working in Dubai for seven years. He decides to do social service for the people in his hometown, but fails due to the local politicians.
- DirectorKamalStarsJayaramInnocent Vareed ThekkethalaJagathy SreekumarKochappi and Krishnan- Thief duos who was driven from Chittarikkara village return as rich with hidden intention to spoil the harmony.
- DirectorVenu NagavalliStarsMammoottyUrvashiNarendra PrasadDuring a time when rapid social and economic changes are occurring, a group of villagers resort to a revolution against the systematic exploitation meted out to them by money lenders and politicians.
- DirectorKamalStarsMeera JasmineKavya MadhavanDileepA man accidentally kills his friend while fighting with a man who absconded with his money and is sentenced to death. His only way out is to obtain a letter of pardon from his friend's wife.
- DirectorJeethu JosephStarsPrithviraj SukumaranSreejith RaviVijayaraghavanSam Alex, a drunkard ex-cop, is forced to investigate a series of murders which are committed in the same pattern. His search leads to a serial killer, and something more than what he expected.
- DirectorGeorge KithuStarsMuraliSuresh GopiGeethaBapputty, a convict, is released after serving his prison sentence. Though he tries to start life anew, he soon gets caught up in his sister's family affairs.
- DirectorShajoon KariyalStarsMohanlalPadmapriyaBiju MenonThe film opens with a mother and son coming to Hardwar to perform last rites of her elder son who had run away from home and is believed to have died. But the mother sees her long lost son on the banks of River Ganga and takes him back to the family. He is Bharath Pisharody a brilliant Sanskrit professor who is respected and loved by everyone including his cousin and lover Meera. But on his day of marriage he runs away leaving behind a heart-broken Meera and her father. Now Pisharody is different man and his family and friends believes that he is on drugs. But actually, the man is mentally disturbed as he suffers from deep depression. Soon his brother discover papers relating to his treatment for mental illness from his locked suitcase. Now everyone starts seeing him in a different way, which leads to the final twist. How Meera helps him come out of this difficult situation in life forms the rest of the gripping tale.
- DirectorBlessyStarsDileepMeera JasmineIndrajith SukumaranKrishna priya (Meera Jasmine) get married to Harikumar (Indrajith sukumaran) and move to Culcutta with him.From there she understand that she was cheaten by his husband
- DirectorKamalStarsIdavela BabuSantha DeviManoj K. JayanA Muslim couple fall in love in spite of all the objections by their family. They try to ensure that their love stands the tests of time and society.
- DirectorLalSiddiqueStarsN.N. PillaiMukeshPhilominaSince Anjooran hates women, his sons remain unmarried. However, everything changes when his youngest son, Ramabhadran, falls in love with Malu, whose grandmother is their family's biggest enemy.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsMammoottyMohanlalR. SarathkumarKerala Varma Pazhassi Raja is a 2009 Malayalam historical drama film based on the life of Pazhassi Raja, a Hindu king who fought against the British in the 18th century.
- DirectorAnwar RasheedStarsDulquer SalmaanThilakanSiddiqueFaisi wants to go to UK to become a professional chef but circumstances force him to assist his grandfather in a small restaurant in Kozhikode city, changing his outlook on life forever.
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsVineethManoj K. JayanRambhaKuttan Thamburan, who is epileptic, plans to get married to Thankamani, unaware of the fact that she is in love with his best friend, Haridas.
- DirectorSalim AhmedStarsMammoottySreenivasanJewel MaryNarrates both the hardships and happiness that Gulf life has provided to Malayalees. The period from 1960 to the present form the context of the story.
- DirectorJames AlbertStarsSana AltafFahadh FaasilJoy MathewFelix lost his parents at a young age. Salomi, daughter of a white man from Portugese arrives with her father at Mariyam Mukku falls in love with Felix.
- DirectorLijo Jose PellisseryStarsAntony VargheseReshma RajanBinny Rinky BenjaminVincent Pepe who wanted to be a powerful leader of a righteous gang that ruled the city, like his seniors. And then there's the rival clan with the malicious gangsters of Angamaly a locale on which the film is based.
- DirectorJenuse MohamedJanuse MohammedStarsDulquer SalmaanNithya MenenSekhar MenonA man, who just got dumped, falls in love with another girl who he bullied in his childhood.
- DirectorJeethu JosephStarsDileepHareesh PeradiJyothi KrishnaThe life of a simple village boy, his first broken childhood relationship and his ridiculous adventures in New Zealand after getting marriage.
- DirectorJibu JacobStarsBiju MenonNikki GalraniAju VargheseA happy-go-lucky politician is smitten by a girl half his age and tries his luck winning her hand.
- DirectorJoshiyStarsMammoottySuresh GopiSumalathaWhen a series of murders of prominent people remain a mystery, Hariharan is assigned to capture the culprit. His investigations lead to a spiritual guru who is highly revered in society.