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{{Malayalam films}}

The following is a list of [[Malayalam film]]s released in the year 1973.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#000;"
! colspan='2' | Opening !! Sl. No. !!Film !! Cast !! Director !! Music director !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''J A N'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 19
|valign="center" | {{center|1}}
| ''[[Panitheeratha Veedu]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Nanditha Bose]] || [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''F E B'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 9
|valign="center" | {{center|2}}
| ''[[Enippadikal (film)|Eanippadikal]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || [[Thoppil Bhasi]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 16
|valign="center" | {{center|3}}
| ''[[Periyar (1973 film)|Periyar]]'' || [[Thilakan]], [[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]] || [[P. J. Antony]] || K. V. Job, P. K. Sivadas ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 22
|valign="center" | {{center|4}}
| ''[[Ragging (film)|Ragging]]'' || [[P. J. Antony]], [[Vincent (actor)|Vincent]]||[[N. N. Pisharady]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 23
|valign="center" | {{center|5}}
| ''[[Panchavadi]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Adoor Bhasi]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''M A R'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 2
|valign="center" | {{center|6}}
| ''[[Bhadradeepam]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]] || [[M. S. Baburaj]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|7}}
| ''[[Thiruvabharanam (film)|Thiruvabharanam]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[R. K. Shekhar]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 9
|valign="center" | {{center|8}}
| ''[[Masappady Mathupillai]]'' || [[Jayabharathi]], [[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]] || A. N. Thampi || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 14
|valign="center" | {{center|9}}
| ''[[Gayathri (1973 film)|Gayathri]]'' || [[Jayabharathi]], [[Soman]] || [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 16
|valign="center" | {{center|10}}
| ''[[Udayam (1973 film)|Udayam]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || [[P. Bhaskaran]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|11}}
| ''[[Kalachakram (1973 film)|Kaalachakram]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || K. Narayanan || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 30
|valign="center" | {{center|12}}
| ''[[Ponnapuram Kotta]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Vijayasree]] || [[Kunchacko]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''A P R'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 12
|valign="center" | {{center|13}}
| ''[[Kaliyugam (1973 film)|Kaliyugam]]'' || [[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 13
|valign="center" | {{center|14}}
| ''[[Kavitha (1973 film)|Kavitha]]'' || [[Ummer]], [[Vijaya Nirmala]] || Andrew Rynes,
Oliver Kohn, Michael Jackson
| [[K. Raghavan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 27
|valign="center" | {{center|15}}
| ''[[Chenda (film)|Chenda]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Srividya]] || [[A. Vincent]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|16}}
| ''[[Veendum Prabhatham]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || [[P. Bhaskaran]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''M A Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 11
|valign="center" | {{center|17}}
| ''[[Aaradhika]]'' || [[Jayabharathi]], [[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]] || B. K. Pottekkad || [[M. S. Baburaj]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|18}}
| ''[[Manushyaputhran]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[Baby (director)|Baby]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''J U N'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 1
|valign="center" | {{center|19}}
| ''[[Raakuyil]]'' || [[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] || [[P. Vijayan]] || [[Pukazhenthi]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 15
|valign="center" | {{center|20}}
| ''[[Thaniniram]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 22
|valign="center" | {{center|21}}
| ''[[Police Ariyaruthe]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[K. P. Ummer]] || M. S. Senthil Kumar || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 29
|valign="center" | {{center|22}}
| ''[[Ladies Hostel]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]] || [[M. S. Baburaj]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''J U L'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 6
|valign="center" | {{center|23}}
| ''[[Darsanam]]'' || [[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]], [[Roja Ramani]] || [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 12
|valign="center" | {{center|24}}
| ''[[Achani]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Nanditha Bose]] || [[A. Vincent]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 20
|valign="center" | {{center|25}}
| ''[[Soundaryapooja]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || B. K. Pottekkad || [[M. S. Baburaj]] ||
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''A U G'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 3
|valign="center" | {{center|26}}
| ''[[Swapnam]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Nanditha Bose]], [[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]] || Babu Nanthankodu || [[Salil Chowdhary]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|27}}
| ''[[Mazhakaaru]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Kanakadurga]] || [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|28}}
| ''[[Urvashi Bharathi]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 17
|valign="center" | {{center|29}}
| ''[[Kattuvithachavan]]'' || [[Ummer]], [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]], [[Prema (Malayalam actress)|Prema]] || Rev Suvi || PeterReuben ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|30}}
| ''[[Thenaruvi]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Adoor Bhasi]] || [[Kunchacko]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''S E P'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 1
|valign="center" | {{center|31}}
| ''[[Kaadu (1973 Malayalam film)|Kaadu]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Vijayashree]] || [[P. Subramaniam]] || Vedpal Verma ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 7
|valign="center" | {{center|32}}
| ''[[Pavangal Pennungal]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Adoor Bhasi]] || [[Kunchacko]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 8
|valign="center" | {{center|33}}
| ''[[Nakhangal (1973 film)|Nakhangal]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[A. Vincent]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 9
|valign="center" | {{center|34}}
| ''[[Pachanottukal]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Vijayasree]] || [[A. B. Raj]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 21
|valign="center" | {{center|35}}
| ''[[Dharmayudham]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Srividya]] || [[A. Vincent]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 28
|valign="center" | {{center|36}}
| ''[[Prethangalude Thazhvara]]'' || [[Raghavan (actor)|Raghavan]], [[Vijayashree]] || [[P. Venu]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|37}}
| ''[[Chukku]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sheela]] || [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''O C T'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 5
|valign="center" | {{center|38}}
| ''[[Sasthram Jayichu Manushyan Thottu]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[A. B. Raj]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 12
|valign="center" | {{center|39}}
| ''[[Interview (1973 film)|Interview]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|40}}
| ''Driksakshi'' || [[Ummer]], [[Prema (Malayalam actress)|Prema]] || P. G. Vasudevan || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 19
|valign="center" | {{center|41}}
| ''[[Ajnathavasam]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Vijayasree]] || [[A. B. Raj]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|42}}
| ''[[Azhakulla Saleena]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 25
|valign="center" | {{center|43}}
| ''[[Thottavadi]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]] || [[L. P. R. Varma]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|44}}
| ''[[Manassu]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || Hameed Kakkassery || [[M. S. Baburaj]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|45}}
| ''[[Poymughangal]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || B. N. Prakash || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 26
|valign="center" | {{center|46}}
| ''[[Maram (film)|Maram]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[Yusuf Ali Kechery]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''N O V'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 9
|valign="center" | {{center|47}}
| ''[[Yamini (film)|Yamini]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|48}}
| ''[[Kaapalika]]'' || [[Sheela]], [[Ummer]], [[Adoor Bhasi]] || [[Crossbelt Mani]] || [[R. K. Shekhar]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 12
|valign="center" | {{center|49}}
| ''[[Abala (film)|Abala]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[Thoppil Bhasi]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 16
|valign="center" | {{center|50}}
| ''[[Divyadharsanam]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 23
|valign="center" | {{center|51}}
| ''[[Nirmaalyam]]'' || [[P. J. Antony]], [[Sukumaran]] || [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] || [[K. Raghavan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|52}}
| ''[[Ithu Manushyano]]'' || [[Sheela]], [[Ummer]] || [[Thomas Berly]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 30
|valign="center" | {{center|53}}
| ''[[Madhavikutty (film)|Madhavikutty]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[Thoppil Bhasi]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|54}}
| ''[[Thekkan Kattu]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''D E C'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 7
|valign="center" | {{center|55}}
| ''[[Chuzhi]]'' || [[Savitri (actress)|Savitri]], Salam || Triprayar Sukumaran || [[Baburaj|M. S. Baburaj]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|56}}
| ''[[Swargaputhri]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Vijayasree]] || [[P. Subramaniam]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 11
|valign="center" | {{center|57}}
| ''[[Chayam (1973 film)|Chayam]]'' || [[Sheela]], [[Sudheer (Malayalam actor)|Sudheer]] || [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 14
|valign="center" | {{center|58}}
| ''[[Aashachakram]]'' || [[Sathyan (Malayalam actor)|Sathyan]], [[Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair]] || Dr. Seetharamaswamy || [[B. A. Chidambaranath]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 21
|valign="center" | {{center|59}}
| ''[[Jesus (1973 film)|Jesus]]'' || [[Jesus of Nazareth|Jesus]], [[Gemini Ganesan]] || [[P. A. Thomas]] || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | {{center|60}}
| ''[[Padmavyooham (1973 film)|Padmavyooham]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Vijayasree]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 14
|valign="center" | {{center|62}}
| ''[[Football Champion]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sujatha (actress)|Sujatha]] || [[A. B. Raj]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
|
|}

==References==
{{No footnotes|date=February 2011}}
*{{cite web|title=Kerala Government Public Relations Department |url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/prd2/art/list.htm |access-date=24 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828202957/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/prd2/art/list.htm |archive-date=28 August 2005 |url-status=dead }}
*{{cite web | title=Cinema of Malayalam | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426081118/http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net/ | archive-date=26 April 2005 | url=http://www.cinemaofmalayalam.net | access-date=18 September 2019 }}
*{{cite web | title=Official Site of Association of Malayalam Movie Artists | url=http://malayalamcinema.com | access-date=24 February 2011 }}

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List of Malayalam films of 1973 - Revision history

JeffryAlfaro75 at 04:50, 7 March 2026