List of Malayalam films of 2020 explained

This is a list of Malayalam films that released in 2020.^[1]

Released films

The list of released films.

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
J A N U A R Y	2	Dhamaka	Omar Lulu	Arun A Kumar, Nikki Galrani, Urvashi, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Salim Kumar, Sabumon Abdusamad	Good Line Productions	^[2]
	3	Thallumpidi	Prajin Prathap	Devi Ajith, Prajin Prathap, Muhammed Raffi, Kulappulli Leela, Bijil Babu Ramakrishnan	P Cinemas	^[3]
		Maarjaara Oru Kalluvacha Nuna	Raakesh Baala	Hareesh Peradi, Tini Tom, Abhirami, Sudheer Karamana, Jason Chacko, Renu Soundar, Vihaan	Mullappally Productions	^[4]
		Kuttiyappanum Daivadhootharum	Gokul Hariharan	Lal Jose, V. Suresh Thampanoor, Arun Gopan	Feel Good Entertainments	^[5]
		Sameer	Rasheed Parakkal	Mammukoya, Anand Roshan, Anagha Sajeev, Chinju Sunny	Good Day Movies	^[6]
		Velathaan	Karumadi Rajendran	Shibu Jayaraj	K.J.L. Films	^[7]
	10	Anjaam Pathiraa	Midhun Manuel Thomas	Kunchacko Boban, Sreenath Bhasi, Ramya Nambeeshan, Sharafudheen, Jinu Joseph, Unnimaya Prasad	Ashiq Usman Productions& Manual Movie Makers	^[8]
		Kalamandalam Hyderali	Kiran G. Nath	Renji Panicker, Ashokan, Jayan Cherthala, Kalabhavan Rahman, Paris Laxmi	Chithranjali Studio & Vedhas Creations	^[9]
	11	Aalkoottathil Oruvan	Sainu Chavakkandan	Hari Menon, Aiswarya Anil Kumar, Kichu Tellus, Bitto Davis, Tony, Spadikam George, Saju Navodaya	High Seas International	^[10]
	16	Big Brother	Siddique	Mohanlal, Arbaaz Khan, Anoop Menon, Sarjano Khalid, Siddique, Vishnu, Tini Tom, Irshad, Mirnaa Menon, Honey Rose	S Talkies, Shaman International & Vaishaka Cynyma	^[11]
	17	Uriyadi	M J Varghese	Sreenivasan, Siddique	56 Cinemas, Friends Film Factory	^[12]
		Al Mallu	Boban Samuel	Namitha Pramod, Miya George	Mehfil Productions	^[13]
		24 Days	Sreekanth E.G.	Adith U.S., KK Menon, Ranjith Gopal, Binoy Sudhan, Risham Khan, Rajeev Ashok, Simi Sunny	Adith	^[14]
	23	Shylock	Ajai Vasudev	Mammootty, Meena, Rajkiran, Arthana Binu, Hareesh Kanaran, Siddique Baiju Santhosh	Goodwill Entertainments	^[15]
	24	The Kung fu Master	Abrid Shine	Neeta Pillai, Jiji Scaria, Sanoop Dinesh	FullOn Studio Frames
		Silencer	Priyanandan	Lal, Meera Vasudev, Irshad	Benzy Productions	^[16]
		Kottayam	Binu Bhaskar	Sangeeth Sivan, Aneesh G. Menon, Annapoorna	Nitevox	^[17]
		Cochin Shadhi at Chennai 03	Manjith Divakar	Neha Saxena, Sonia Agarwal, Charmila, R. K. Suresh, Akshatha Sreedhar	Arya Aadhi International Movies
		Thakkol Pazhuthu	Hafiz Ismail	Santhosh Keezhattur, Bose Venkat	Anandam PicturesD D Movies
	31	Anweshanam	Prashobh Vijayan	Jayasurya, Vijay Babu, Lal, Shruthi Ramachandran, Leona Lishoy	AVA Productions & E4 Entertainment	^[18]
		Mariyam Vannu Vilakkoothi	Jenith Kachappilly	Siju Wilson, Krishna Shankar, Shabareesh Varma	ARK Media & Ragam Movies	^[19]
		Gauthamante Radham	Anand Menon	Neeraj Madhav, Renji Panicker, Basil Joseph, Biju Sopanam	Kichappus Entertainments	^[20]
		Oru Vadakkan Pennu	Irshad Hameed	Vijay Babu, Nadiya Kalhara, Sreejith Ravi, Sona Nair, Anjali Nair	Jams Film House	^[21]
		Kattu Kadal Athirukal	Samad Mankada	Anu Mohan, Leona Lishoy, Anil Murali	Cocoon Productions	^[22]
		Vahni	Adwaith Shine	Neena Kurup, Kulappulli Leela, Priya Shine, Ashitha Aravind	Nechuraan Films	^[23] ^[24]
F E B R U A R Y	7	Ayyappanum Koshiyum	Sachy	Prithviraj Sukumaran, Biju Menon, Ranjith, Anna Rajan, Gowri Nandha	Gold Coin Motion Pictures	^[25]
		Varane Avashyamund	Anoop Sathyan	Dulquer Salmaan, Suresh Gopi, Shobana, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Urvashi	Wayferer films and M Star entertainments	^[26]
		Pachamanga	Jayesh Mainagapally	Pratap K. Pothen, Sona Heiden	Full Mark Cinema & Team Cinema	^[27]
	14	Balcony	Krishnajith S. Vijayan	Bhama Arun, Vishnu Raghu	Edamula Films	^[28]
		Uriyattu	K.Bhuvanachandran	Ashish Vidyarthi, Sunil Sukhada, Sreejith Ravi, Malavika Mohanan, Jayan Cherthala	Play N Picture Creations	^[29]
	20	Trance	Anwar Rasheed	Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Nazim, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Soubin Shahir, Vinayakan, Dileesh Pothan, Chemban Vinod Jose, Joju George, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Sreenath Bhasi	Anwar Rasheed Entertainments	^[30]
	21	Paapam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte	Shambhu Purushothaman	Vinay Forrt, Srindha, Santhy Balachandran, Anumol, Arun Kurien	Spire Productions	^[31]
	28	Forensic	Akhil Paul, Anas Khan	Tovino Thomas, Mamta Mohandas, Reba Monica	Juvis Production	^[32]
		Veyilmarangal	Bijukumar Damodaran	Indrans, Prakash Bare, Saritha Kukku	Soma Creations	^[33]
		Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam	Shyju Anthiikkad	Deepak Parambol, Prayaga Martin, Lal, Anju Aravind, Shine Tom Chacko	Bioscope Talkies
		Isha	Jose Thomas	Kishor Satya, Abhishek Vinod, Margaret Antony	Visual Dreams	^[34]
		Kaalan Venu	Wilson Kavilpad	Edwin Sabu, Baby Xavier	Olattpuram Films	^[35] ^[36]
		Love FM	Sreedev Kappur	Sarath Appani, Titto Wilson, Malavika Menon, Janaki Krishna, Anju Sasi	Benzy Productions
		Joshua	Peter Sunder Dhas	Master Abel Peter, Priyanka Nair, Hemanth Menon, Anand, Dinesh Panicker	The Alive Media	^[37]
M A R C H	6	Kappela	Muhammad Musthafa	Roshan Mathew, Sreenath Bhasi, Anna Ben, Sudhi Koppa	Kadhaas Untold
		2 States	Jacky S Kumar	Manu Pillai, AJITH KUMAR, Sharanya R Nair, Mukesh, Vijayaraghavan	Renaissance Pictures
		Kozhipporu	Jinoy Janardhanan	Veena Nandakumar, Indrans, Jinoy Janardhanan	PIC Movies
		Varkey	Adarsh Venugopalan	Samad Sulaiman, Drishya Dinesh, Salim Kumar, Sreejith Ravi		^[38]
J U N E	20	Alt Ctrl Del	Gireesh Nair	Priya Pradeep, Shaniya Mishra, Sonith Chandran, Sanoj NC, Gopu Keshav	Cockroach Media, MX Player	^[39]
	28	Fourth River				^[40]
J U L Y	3	Sufiyum Sujatayum	Naranipuzha Shanavas		Friday Film House, Prime Video	^[41]
		Pixelia	Ratheesh Ravindran	Sanal Aman, Vijay Menon, Gowri Savithri, Afeeda KT, Vedh Vishnu	DocArt Productions	Released on MX player^[42] and later on Neestream on 7 August 2021^[43]
	6	Musical Chair	Vipin Atley	Vipin Atley, Allen Rajan Mathew	Spyrogyra Productions	^[44]
	27	Elam	Vinod Krishna			^[45] ^[46]
A U G U S T	8	Konnappookkalum Mampazhavum	Abhilash S	Jaidan Philip, Sreedarsh, Sanjay Suni, Anagha	Village Talkies	^[47] ^[48] ^[49] ^[50]
	24	Idam	Jaya Jose Raj	Seema Biswas, Hareesh Peradi, Anil Nedumangad, Abija Shivakala, Leela Panikker	Bodhi Academy	Released on Mubi.com^[51] and on various OTT platforms in 2021^[52] ^[53]
	28	Velutha Rathrikal	Razi Muhammed	Smitha Anbu, Saritha Kukku, Disney James	Blue Light Films	Released on Mubi.com and on Cave India OTT on 5 May 2021^[54] ^[55] ^[56]
	31	Maniyarayile Ashokan	Shamzu Zayba		Wayfarer Films,Netflix
		Kilometers and Kilometers	Jeo Baby	Tovino Thomas, India Jarvis	NHQ Cochin	Onam premiere release on Asianet
S E P T E M B E R	1	C U Soon	Mahesh Narayanan	Fahadh Faasil, Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran, Saiju Kurup
O C T O B E R	9	Transition (2020 film)	Krishnanunni Mangalath	Akhil Prasannakumar, Megha Priya Sunil, Reghu Chullimanoor, Krishna Kanth, Sreekumar Nair	Two Jobless People, Luna Creations	Released through Mainstream TV
	9	Virgin	Arun Sagara	Sethu Madhavan Thampi, Maneesha Mohan	Heaven Movies	Released through Prime Theatre OTT^[57]
	15	Halal Love Story	Zakariya Mohammed	Indrajith Sukumaran, Joju George, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Sharaf U Dheen, Grace Antony, Soubin Shahir	Papaya Films OPM Cinemas Ourhood Movies	^[58]
		Love	Khalid Rahman	Shine Tom Chacko, Rajisha Vijayan, Johny Antony, Sudhi Koppa	Ashiq Usman Productions	Initially released in UAE^[59] and later released in India on 29 January 2021^[60]
N O V E M B E R	1	Oru Arabian Pranayakadha	Vishnu Gopi	Vijil Shivan, Deepthi Prakash, Shafas Basheer, Dileep Kumar	Saina Play, Viral Grid	^[61] ^[62]
D E C E M B E R	28	Prathividhi	Sravan Sumith	Shaijal Safath, Dhanil Krishna, Rahoof P K	Neestream, Four S Creations	First Film of Neestream OTT

Notes and References

1. Web site: Malayalam Movie Releases in Theatres. Bookmyshow.com.
2. Web site: Dhamaka. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
3. Web site: Thallumpidi. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
4. Web site: Maarjaara Oru Kalluvacha Nuna. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
5. Web site: Kuttiyappanum Daivadhootharum. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
6. Web site: Sameer. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
7. Web site: Velathaan. Book My Show. 2 February 2020.
8. Web site: Anjaam Pathiraa. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
9. Web site: Kalamandalam Hyderali. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
10. Web site: Aalkoottathil Oruvan. Book My Show. 17 January 2020.
11. Web site: Big Brother. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
12. Web site: Uriyadi. Book My Show. 16 January 2020.
13. Web site: Al Mallu. Book My Show. 16 January 2020.
14. Web site: 24 Days. Book My Show. 14 January 2020.
15. Web site: Shylock. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
16. Web site: Silencer (2020) Silencer Movie Silencer Malayalam Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos. FilmiBeat. en. 2020-01-25.
17. Web site: Kottayam. Book My Show. 16 January 2020.
18. Web site: Anweshanam. IMDb. 11 January 2020.
19. Web site: Mariyam Vannu Vilakkoothi. IMDb. 11 January 2020.
20. Web site: Gauthamante Radham. Book My Show. 29 January 2020.
21. Web site: Oru Vadakkan Pennu. IMDb. 31 January 2020. 1 February 2020.
22. Web site: Kattu Kadal Athirukal. Book My Show. 1 February 2020.
23. Web site: നാളെ വൈകുന്നേരം 5 മണിക്ക് ഞാൻ കേന്ദ്ര കഥാപാത്രം ചെയ്ത മകൻ അദ്വൈത് ഷൈൻ സംവിധാനം ചെയ്ത എം ജെ രാധാകൃഷ്ണൻ ഛായാഗ്രഹണം ചെയ്ത വഹ്നി എന്ന സിനിമ (നെച്ചുരാൻ ഫിലിംസ്) തിരുവനന്തപുരം ("നിള"),തൃശൂർ ("ശ്രീ"), പറവൂർ ("കൈരളി") എന്നീ തീയേറ്ററുകളിൽ പ്രദർശനമുണ്ട്. . 2020-01-30. Facebook.com. 28 September 2021.
24. Web site: Vahni (2020). Moviebuff.com. 28 September 2021 .
25. Web site: Ayyappanum Koshiyum. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
26. Web site: Varane avashyamund. IMDb. 16 January 2020.
27. Web site: Pachamanga. Book My Show. 7 February 2020.
28. Web site: Balcony (2020). Book My Show. 27 February 2021.
29. Web site: Uriyattu. Book My Show. 14 February 2020.
30. Web site: Trance. Book My Show. 11 January 2020.
31. Web site: Papam Cheyyathavar Kalleriyatte . IMDb. 21 February 2020.
32. Web site: Forensic. IMDb. 1 February 2020.
33. Web site: Veyilmarangal Movie (2020) Reviews, Cast & Release Date in. BookMyShow. BookMyShow. en. 2020-02-20.
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37. Web site: Joshua. bookmyshow.comlanguage=en. 2021-08-27.
38. Web site: Varkey (2020) Varkey Movie Varkey Malayalam Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos. FilmiBeat. en. 2020-03-07.
39. News: 20 June 2020 . ആൾട്ട് കൺട്രോൾ ഡിലീറ്റ് Alt Ctrl Del . m3db.com . 30 August 2021. ml.
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41. Web site: Sufiyum Sujatayum to being streaming on Amazon Prime Video from July 3. 22 June 2020.
42. Web site: Sanal Aman:Hey friends I am extremely delighted to share you that our film Pixelia is now streaming on MX Player!. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/sanalaman/2344622225671731961 . 2021-12-23 . subscription. 2020-07-03. Instagram.com. 2021-08-05.
43. Web site: With a stylistic blend of documentaries and real life portrays the story of a graphic novelist and a transgender. https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/CSGlhkOpDqM . 2021-12-23 . subscription. 2021-08-05. Instagram.com. 2021-08-05.
44. Web site: Independent film 'Musical Chair' is second direct Malayalam OTT release. 5 July 2020. The News Minute.
45. Web site: മരണമല്ല ഏറ്റവും വലിയ നഷ്ടം; വിചിത്ര ചിന്തകളുടെ 'ഈലം'. 2020-07-31. samayam.com. ml. 2021-08-12.
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47. Web site: 2020-08-07. 'Konnappookkalum Mambazhavum' is a film on school children, says director Abhilash S. 2021-09-28. The Hindu. en.
48. Web site: Konnappookkalum Mambazhavum കൊന്നപ്പൂക്കളും മാമ്പഴവും (2020). 2021-07-20.
49. Web site: 2020-08-08. Konnappookkalum Mambazhavum Review: Very Substandard!. 2021-07-23.
50. Web site: 2020-08-07. മലയാളത്തിൽ വീണ്ടും ഓൺലൈൻ റിലീസ്,കുട്ടികളുടെ കഥയുമായി കൊന്നപ്പൂക്കളും മാമ്പഴവും പ്രേക്ഷകരിലേക്ക്. 2021-09-28. Mathrubhumi. ml.
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54. News: Velutha Rathrikal : This Malayalam Film will make you rethink about bisexuality. 2021-08-31. countercurrents.org.
55. News: White Nights. 2021-08-31. facebook.com.
56. News: VELUTHA RATHRIKAL [WHITE NIGHTS]]. 2021-08-31. caveindia.com.
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58. News: Halal Love Story to release on Amazon Prime on October 15.
59. News: 2020-10-17. Love Movie Review: A thriller that transports you into the plot. Times of India. en. 2021-07-21.
60. News: 2021-01-19. Love to reach theatres on Jan 29. en-IN. Sify.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119083732/https://www.sify.com/movies/loveto-reach-theatres-on-jan-29-news-malayalam-vbtfcBhjebafj.html. dead. 19 January 2021. 2021-07-23.
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