List of Malayalam films of 2016 explained

The tables list the Malayalam films released in theaters in the year 2016. Premiere shows and film festival screenings are not considered as releases for this list.

Released films

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Ref
J A N U A R Y	2	Marupuram	Bijoy P. I.	V. K. Baiju, Varun J. Thilak	Suspense	[1]
		Style	Binu S.		Romance	[2] [3]
	8	Maalgudi Days	Vinod, Vivek, Vishak		Thriller	[4] [5]
		Aalroopangal	C. V. Premkumar	Nandhu, Maya Viswanath	Drama	[6] [7]
		Yanam Mahayanam	Kannan Sooraj	Renjan, Anand Roshen, Divyan	Drama	[8] [9]
	15	Pavada	G. Marthandan		Comedy Drama	[10]
		Monsoon Mangoes	Abi Varghese		Thriller	[11]
	22	Kadhantharam	K. J. Bose		Social Drama	[12]
		2 Penkuttikal	Jeo Baby		Family	[13]
		Aakasangalkkappuram	Dhanoj Nayak	Bharanikkavu Radhakrishnan, Aadharsh	Science, Motivational	[14]
		Amoeba	Manoj Kana		Social Drama	[15] [16]
	29	Jalam	M. Padmakumar		Social Drama	[17] [18]
		Pachakkallam	Prasanth Mambully		Romantic Thriller	[19]
F E B R U A R Y	4	Action Hero Biju			Social Drama, Comedy	[20] [21]
	5	Sukhamayirikkatte	Rejee Prabhakaran		Drama	[22]
		Maheshinte Prathikaaram			Comedy, Drama	[23]
	12	Puthiya Niyamam	A. K. Sajan		Suspense	[24]
		Kattumakkan	Shalil Kalloor		Drama	[25]
	19	Hello Namasthe	Jayan K. Nair		Comedy	[26]
		AakashVaani	Khayes Milan		Drama	[27]
		Out of Range	Johnson V. Devassy	Askar Ali, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Sumith Samudra, Ajayaghosh, Swathy, Nila Raj, Anjali Aneesh Upasana	Drama	[28]
	26	Vettah			Suspense Thriller
		Sahapadi 1975	John Ditto P. R.		Thriller	[29]
M A R C H	4	Chennai Koottam	Lohith Madhav	Sreejith Vijay, Sinil Sainuddin	Comedy	[30]
		Kolamass	Sanoop Anil		Thriller	[31]
		Smart Boys	M. R. Anoop Raj		Action	[32]
		Appuram Bengal Ippuram Thiruvithamkoor	Sennan Pallassery		Comedy	[33]
		Noolpaalam	Sinto Sunny	Mala Aravindan, T. G. Ravi, M. R. Gopakumar	Drama	[34]
	18	Darvinte Parinamam	Jijo Antony		Comedy	[35]
		Mohavalayam		Joy Mathew, Mythili, Renji Panicker	Thriller	[36]
		Moonam Naal Njyayarazhcha		Salim Kumar, Babu Antony, Jyothi Krishna	Social Drama	[37]
		Ithu Thaanda Police	Manoj Palodan	Asif Ali, Abhirami, Janani Iyer	Drama	[38]
	25	Sambar	Navas Kallara	Shivaji Guruvayoor, Venu Madhav	Drama	[39]
	26	Kali			Romance, Thriller
A P R I L	1	Maanasaandarapetta Yezdi	Arun Omana Sadanandan		Comedy	[40]
	2	King Liar		Dileep, Madonna Sebastian, Lal, Rithu Manthra	Comedy	[41]
	8	Jacobinte Swargarajyam			Family, Drama	[42] [43]
		Yathra Chodikkathe			Drama	[44]
		mayamalika			clasic	[45]
	22	Leela		Biju Menon, Parvathy Nambiar	Drama	[46] [47]
	29	Shikhamani	Vinod Guruvayoor		Thriller	[48] [49]
		Edavappathy		Sidharth Lama, Manisha Koirala, Uthara Unni	Drama	[50]
		Arani	Raa Prasad	Pradeep Mekkara, Madhu Master, Nandu Krishnan	Drama	[51]
M A Y	5	James & Alice	Sujith Vasudev		Romance, Thriller, Drama	[52]
	12	Valleem Thetti Pulleem Thetti	Rishi Sivakumar		Comedy, Romance	[53]
	13	Mudhugauv	Vipin Das		Comedy, Romance	[54] [55]
		Dhanayaathra	Gireesh Kunnummal	Shweta Menon, Riyaz Khan	Drama	[56]
	20	Happy Wedding		Siju Wilson, Soubin Shahir, Sharaf U Dheen, Anu Sithara	Comedy
		Aadupuliyattam			Horror, Thriller	[57] [58]
		Kammatipaadam			Action	[59] [60]
		Hallelooya	Sudhi Aanna		Drama	[61]
	27	School Bus		Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya, Aparna Gopinath	Drama	[62]
		Oru Murai Vanthu Parthaya		Unni Mukundan, Prayaga Martin, Sanusha	Drama	[63]
J U N E	3	Angane Thanne Nethave Anchettennam Pinnale	Anil Poojappura	Narain, Meera Nandan	Political Satire	[64]
		Ghost Villa	Mahesh Kesav		Horror	[65]
		Poyi Maranju Parayaathe	Martin Joseph	Kalabhavan Mani, Vimala Raman, Maqbool Salmaan	Social Drama	[66]
	10	Tintumon Enna Kodeeswaran	Santhosh Pandit	Santhosh Pandit	Comedy
	17	Ozhivudivasathe Kali	Sanal Kumar Sasidharan	Nistar Ahamed, Abhija Sivakala, Arun Nayar	Drama
		Anyarku Praveshanamilla	V. S. Jayakrishna	Tini Tom, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Aditi Rai	Comedy	[67]
		Lens	Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan	Jayaprakash Radhakrishnan, Anand Sami, Aswathy Lal	Drama	[68]
	24	Aneezya	Arjun Binu	Sreeya Ramesh, Jagadish, Bijukuttan, Suraj Venjaramoodu	Drama	[69]
		Varna Vasanthangal	Padmakrishnan K Thrikkariyoor	Anjali Remesh, Siddharth Prakash, Babu Raj	Drama	[70]
		Calling Bell	Kollam Ajith	Kollam Ajith, Shalu Kuryan, Devan, Kalabhavan Shajon	Drama	[71]
		Kandethal	M. Sukumarji	Geetha Poduval, Sunil Raghavan, Sandeep Sreedhar	Drama	[72]
J U L Y	6	Karingunnam Sixes	Deepu Karunakaran	Manju Warrier, Anoop Menon	Sports Drama	[73]
		Shajahanum Pareekuttiyum	Boban Samuel	Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya, Amala Paul	Romance, Thriller	[74]
	7	Kasaba	Nitin Renji Panicker	Mammootty, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Neha Saxena	Action	[75]
		Anuraga Karikkin Vellam	Khalid Rahman	Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Rajisha Vijayan, Asha Sarath	Drama	[76] [77]
	22	Pa..Va	Suraj Tom	Anoop Menon, Murali Gopy, Renji Panicker	Drama	[78]
	29	White	Uday Ananthan	Mammootty, Huma Qureshi	Romance	[79]
		Kismath	Shanavas K. Bavakkutty	Shane Nigam, Shruthy Menon, Vinay Forrt	Romance	[80] [81]
		Real Fighter	Jesson Joseph	Riju Noushad Khan, Biju Sabinam, Sajeesh Attingal	Action	[82]
A U G U S T	5	Guppy	John Paul George		Drama
		Annmariya Kalippilaanu	Midhun Manuel Thomas		Comedy, Drama
	12	Pretham	Ranjith Sankar	Jayasurya, Govind Padmasoorya, Aju Varghese	Horror	[83]
		Inspector Dawood Ibrahim	Sajid Yahiya	Jayasurya, Sshivada	Action	[84]
		Marubhoomiyile Aana	V. K. Prakash	Biju Menon, Krishnashankar, Samskruti Shenoy	Comedy	[85] [86]
	18	Pinneyum	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Dileep, Kavya Madhavan, Nedumudi Venu	Drama	[87]
	19	Dooram	Manu Kannamthanam	Maqbool Salmaan, Shine Tom Chacko, Archana Kavi	Drama
	26	Lbw : Love, Breakup and War	B. N. Shajeer Sha	Deepu Chriz, Shabeer B. N., Musthafa, S. P. Sreekumar, Pramod Das, Ekhtha Sidharth, Neethu Lal, Vandhana	Romantic Comedy Drama	[88]
		Appooppanthadi	Manusankar	Meghanathan	Drama	[89]
		Shyam	Sebastian Maliyekkal	Rahul Madhav, Bhagath Manuel, Aparna Bajpai	Drama	[90]
		Pop Corn	Aneesh Upasana	Shine Tom Chacko, Srinda Ashab, Soubin Shahir	Comedy	[91] [92]
		Dum	Anuram	Lal, Shine Tom Chacko, Shritha Sivadas	Action	[93]
		Madmasa	Jayan Raj	Pranav, Agni Theerth, Abhinanth	Drama	[94]
		168 Hours	K. G. Vijayakumar	Manu Mohit, Anju Nair	Horror	[95]
		Chinna Dada	Raju Champakkara	Riyaz Khan	Thriller	[96]
S E P T E M B E R	3	Vikalpam	Radhakrishnan Pallath	Krishnendu, Kishore, Ashwin, Abhilash	Drama	[97]
		Vanyam	Sohan Seenulal	Aparna Nair	Crime, Thriller	[98]
		Zoom	Anish Varma	Bhagath Manuel	Thriller	[99]
		Mohanjodaro Aarappa?	Anoop Daiva	Abhimanyu, Jobi Pala, Selvaraj, Kalyani Nair	Comedy	[100]
	8	Oozham	Jeethu Joseph	Prithviraj Sukumaran, Divya Pillai, Neeraj Madhav	Thriller	[101]
		Oppam	Priyadarshan	Mohanlal, Vimala Raman, Anusree, Samuthirakani	Thriller	[102]
	9	Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho	Sidhartha Siva	Kunchacko Boban, Anusree	Comedy, Drama	[103]
	10	Welcome to Central Jail	Sundar Das	Dileep, Vedhika, Siddique, Renji Panicker	Comedy	[104]
	14	Oru Muthassi Gadha	Jude Anthany Joseph	Rajini Chandy, Bhagyalakshmi, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Aparna Balamurali	Comedy	[105] [106]
	23	Ottakolam	Jayan K. Saaj	Santhosh Keezhattoor, Biju Babu, Hima Shankar Sheematty	Drama	[107]
	30	Olappeeppi	Krish Kaimal	Biju Menon, Paris Lakshmi, Sreejith Ravi	Drama	[108]
		Koppayile Kodunkattu	Sojan Joseph	Sidharth Bharathan, Parvathy Nair, Shine Tom Chacko	Drama	[109]
		Adam	Zamar	Zamar	Thriller	[110]
O C T O B E R	7	Pulimurugan	Vysakh	Mohanlal, Kamalini Mukherjee, Jagapati Babu, Lal, Vinu Mohan, Bala, Suraj Venjaramoodu	Action	[111]
		Thoppil Joppan	Johny Antony	Mammootty, Mamta Mohandas, Andrea Jeremiah	Comedy	[112]
	8	Kavi Uddheshichathu..?	Liju Thomas	Biju Menon, Asif Ali, Narain	Comedy	[113]
	16	Oru Bilathi Pranayam	Canatious Athipozhiyil	Jerin Joy, Leteshia Kuncheria	Comedy Romance Action Thriller	[114]
	21	Aanandam	Ganesh Raj	Thomas Mathew, Anu Antony, Arun Kurian, Siddhi Mahajankatti, Roshan Mathew, Anarkali Marikar, Vishak Nair	Campus drama	[115]
		Daffedar	John Esthappan	Tini Tom, Malavika	Drama	[116]
	28	Athijeevanam	S V Sajeevan	Sudheesh, Anju Aravind, Babu Annoor	Drama	[117]
		The Lovers	Shyju Ruby	Kalyani Nair, Spadikam George, Lishoy, Godfrey	Romance	[118]
N O V E M B E R	4	Kolumittayi	Arun Viswam, Abhijith Asokan		Children drama	[119]
		Swarna Kaduva	Jose Thomas	Biju Menon, Innocent, Iniya	Comedy, Drama	[120]
		Girls		Archana Suseelan, Nadhiya, Ineya, Neena Kurup	Horror	[121]
	11	Pallikkoodam	Gireesh P C	Anjali Aneesh, Sudheer Karamana	Drama	[122]
		Mundrothuruth	Manu	Indrans, Vava Kottarakkara	Drama	[123] [124]
		Elektra	Shyamaprasad	Nayanthara, Manisha Koirala, Prakash Raj	Psychological Thriller	[125]
	18	Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan	Nadirshah	Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Prayaga Martin, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Siddique, Salim Kumar	Comedy, Thriller	[126]
	25	10 Kalpanakal	Don Max	Anoop Menon, Meera Jasmine, Prashant Narayanan	Thriller	[127]
		Sivapuram	Unni Pranav	Bala, Dhanya Mary Varghese, Indrans, Kalasala Babu, Saiju Kurup	Drama	[128]
D E C E M B E R	2	Ore Mukham			Campus thriller	[129]
		Kuttikalundu Sookshikkuka	Kalavoor Ravikumar	Anoop Menon, Anumol, Bhavana, Sanoop Santhosh	Family drama	[130]
		Buddhanum Chaplinum Chirikkunnu	R. Sarath	Indrans, Praveena, Nedumudi Venu, P. Balachandran	Family drama	[131]
		Campus Diary	Jeevan Das	Sudev Nair, Gauthami Nair, V. S. Achuthanandan, Anu Sithara	Campus drama	[132]
	9	Kappiri Thuruthu	Saheer Ali		Period drama	[133]
		Marupadi	V M Vinu	Rahman, Bhama, Anu Sithara	Family	[134]
		Romanov	M. G. Sajeevan	Harikrishnan, Navami Khayik, Tini Tom	Romance	[135]
		Paulettante Veedu	Dileep Narayanan	Sai Kumar, Amal Unnithan	Family	[136]
		Neelima Nalla Kuttiyanu V/s Chiranjeevi IPS	Santhosh Pandit	Santhosh Pandit	Comedy	[137]

Dubbed films

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Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast
Film		Language
4 March	Wow What a Love	Sujit Guha	Mon Je Kore Uru Uru	Bengali	Hiran Chatterjee, Koel Mallick	[138]
11 March	Mr. Perfect	K. Dasarath	Mr. Perfect	Telugu	Prabhas, Kajal Aggarwal
27 May	Yodhavu	Boyapati Srinu	Sarrainodu		Allu Arjun, Rakul Preet Singh	[139]
5 August	Vismayam"	Chandra Shekar Yelati	Manamantha		Mohanlal, Chandra Mohan, Vennela Kishore
26 August	Porali	A. Karunakaran	Darling		Prabhas, Kajal Aggarwal
1 September	Janatha Garage	Koratala Siva	Janatha Garage		Mohanlal, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Jr.	[140]

Notable deaths

Celebrities who died during the year! Month ! Date ! Name ! Age! Profession ! Notable films

January	4	Sudhakaran[141]	72	Actor	Samoohyapaadam • Ain • Sadayam •
	8	M O Joseph[142]	87	Producer	Ponni • Vaazhve Maayam • Aranazhika Neram •
	11	VR Gopalakrishnan[143]	60	Director, Screenwriter	Vandanam • Kakkathollayiram • Cheppu •
	25	Kalpana[144]	50	Actress	Charlie • Bangalore Days • Thanichalla Njan • Spirit • Kabooliwala • Pokkuveyil • CID Unnikrishnan • ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi
	30	Kollam G. K. Pillai[145]	85	Actor	Masappadi Mathupilla • My Dear Kuttichathan
	30	T. N. Gopakumar[146]	58	Director, Actor	Jeevan Masai
February	3	Mani Shornur[147]	71	Screenplay/Story	Kottaram Veettile Appoottan • Rajadhani • Devaraagam
	6	Shan Johnson[148]	29	Singer/ Musician	My Name is John • Praise the Lord • Thira
	13	O. N. V. Kurup[149]	84	Poet, Lyricist	Vaishali • Pazhassi Raja • Pranayam • Meghamalhar • Gulmohar • Panchagni • Aakashadoothu • Midhunam • Oru Sayanathinte Swapnam
	14	Anandakkuttan[150]	62	Cinematographer	Bharatham • His Highness Abdullah • Punjabi House • Kamaladalam • Aniathipravu • Paavakkoothu •Sadayam • Chronic Bachelor
	15	Rajamani[151]	60	Music Director, Actor	Nulli Novikkathe • Ekalavyan • Hide n' Seek • Narasimham (Background Music) • Aaraam Thampuran (Background Music) • Gulmohar (Actor)
	27	Rajesh Pillai[152]	42	Director	Traffic (2011) • Hridayathil Sookshikkan • Mili • Traffic (2014) • Vettah
March	1	Mohanroop[153]	53	Director, Screenplay	Nulli Novikkathe • Vetta • Excuse Me Ethu Collegila
	4	Nandan Kavil[154]	46	Director	Mazhanool Kanavu • Avan (2010 film) • Eranaadinte Porali
	6	Kalabhavan Mani[155]	45	Actor, Singer	Vasantiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum • Sallapam • Chotta Mumbai • Adaminte Makan Abu • My Dear Kuttichathan • Karumadikuttan • My Dear Karadi • Ben Johnson • Nasrani • Lokanathan IAS • Chacko Randaaman • Careebeyans • Vettam • Aandavan • Priyappetta Nattukare • The Filmstaar • Indrajith • Payum Puli • Kabadi Kabadi • Rakshasa Rajavu • Akashathile Paravakal • Shikkar • Valkannadi • Black Stallion • Rakshakan • Summer in Bethlehem • Maanikyan •
	8	Saji Paravoor[156]	48	Director	Janakan
	24	V. D. Rajappan[157]	66	Actor, Singer	Meleparambil Aanveedu • Mutharamkunnu P.O. • Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu • Kuyiline Thedi
	25	Jishnu Raghavan[158]	35	Actor	Nammal • Ustad Hotel • Nerariyan CBI • Ordinary • Banking Hours 10 to 4 • Rebecca Uthup Kizhakkemala • Annum Innum Ennum • Chakkara Muthu
	30	Babu Bharadwaj[159]	68	Lyricist, Producer	Anyar • Iniyum Marichittillatha Nammal
April	25	Ajay Krishnan[160]	28	Producer	Avarude Raavukal
	17	R Govinda Pillai (Kochaniyan)[161]	72	Actor	Karyam Nissaram • Prasnam Gurutharam • Samooham • Pakshe
May	2	Manoj Krishnan[162]	45	Singer	Sudha Madhalam • Thirakalkkappuram • Sopanam
	2	Mannar Radhakrishan[163]	69	Actor	Spadikam • Thalavattam • Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu
	29	Mathew Mattam[164]	65	Writer	Karimbu • May Dinam
June	26	Kavalam Narayana Panicker[165]	88	Lyricist, Musician, Singer	Thambu • Kummaatti • Ottaal • Amen
July	27	Vakkom Mohan	56	Dubbing Artist, Actor	Around 500 films
August	8	Jyothi Lakshmi	63	Actress	Murappennu • Kunjali Marakkar • Alibabayum 41 Kallanmaarum • Thadavara
	11	Sagar Shiyas[166]	50	Actor	Manjadikuru • Bangalore Days • Amar Akbar Anthony
	10	Sasi Shanker	58	Director	Naaraayam • Guru Sishyan • Kunjikoonan
	15	T. A. Razzaq	58	Writer	Vishnulokam • Sneham • Saaphalyam • Naadody
October	7	Sreelatha Menon	51	Actress	Perumthachan
November	12	Rekha Mohan[167]	45	Actress	Udhyanapalakan • Oru Yathramozhi • Nee Varuvolam
	22		86	Singer
December	5	Jayalalithaa	68	Actress	Jesus
	20	Jagannatha Varma	77	Actor	New Delhi • Oru CBI Diary Kurippu • Pathram• Dolls

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11. Web site: Monsoon Mangoes MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-01-13.
12. Web site: Kadhanatharamin MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-01-13.
13. Web site: Randu Penkuttikal MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-01-13.
14. Web site: Aakasangalkkappuram (2016) (Malayalam). NowRunning. 2016-01-29. 28 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160128191624/http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/18402/malayalam/aakasangalkkappuram/. dead.
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29. Web site: Sahapadi 1975 in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-02-20.
30. Web site: Chennai Koottam in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-04.
31. Web site: Kolamas in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-04.
32. Web site: Smart Boys in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-04.
33. Web site: ABIT in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-04.
34. Web site: Noolpaalam in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-02-18.
35. Web site: Darvinte Parinaamam in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-04.
36. Web site: Mohavalayam in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-17.
37. Web site: Moonnaam Naal Njaayaraazhcha in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-17.
38. Web site: Ithu Thaanda Police in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-17.
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41. Web site: King Liar in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-03-31.
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44. Web site: Yaathra Chodikkaathe in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-04-09.
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50. Web site: Edavappathi in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-04-29.
51. Web site: Arani in MSI. MSI Movies. 2016-04-29.
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