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{{Malayalam films}}

The following is a list of [[Malayalam film]]s released in the year 1981.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#000;"
! colspan='2' | Opening !! Sl. No. !!Film !! Cast !! Director !! Music Director !! Notes
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''J A N'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 9
|valign="center" | <center>1</center>
| ''[[Ariyappedatha Rahasyam]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayan]] || P. Venu || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 23
|valign="center" | <center>2</center>
| ''[[Arayannam]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], Sathar || [[P. Gopikumar]] || [[Pukazhenthi]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>3</center>
| ''[[Thadavara]]'' || [[Jayan]], [[K. P. Ummer]] || [[P. Chandrakumar]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 30
|valign="center" | <center>4</center>
| ''[[Greeshma Jwala]]'' || [[Ratheesh]], [[Sukumaran]] || [[P. G. Vishwambharan]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>5</center>
| ''[[Orikkal Koodi]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sukumaran]] || [[I. V. Sasi]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''F E B'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 6
|valign="center" | <center>6</center>
| ''[[Thaalam Manasinte Thaalam]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]] || A. T. Abu || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>7</center>
| ''[[Kaloopasana]]'' || [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Venu Nagavally]] || Ahuan Sebastian || [[K. Raghavan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 13
|valign="center" | <center>8</center>
| ''[[Kolilakkam]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayan]] || [[P. N. Sundaram]] || [[M. S. Viswanathan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 21
|valign="center" | <center>9</center>
| ''[[Aakkramanam]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayan]] || [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 26
|valign="center" | <center>10</center>
| ''[[Sanchari]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayan]] || Boban Kunchacko || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''M A R'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 3
|valign="center" | <center>11</center>
| ''[[Theekkali]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 12
|valign="center" | <center>12</center>
| ''[[Pinneyum Pookkunna Kaadu]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Ratheesh]] || Srini || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>13</center>
| ''[[Nidra (1981 film)|Nidra]]'' || Lalu Alax [[Vijay Menon (director)|Vijay Menon]], [[Shanthi Krishna]] || [[Bharathan]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>14</center>
| ''[[Kathayariyathe]]'' || [[Srividya]], [[Sukumaran]] || [[Mohan (director)|Mohan]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>15</center>
| ''[[Asthamikkatha Pakalukal]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jose (actor)|Jose]] || [[A. Sheriff]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 20
|valign="center" | <center>16</center>
| ''[[Arikkari Ammu]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>17</center>
| ''[[Abhinayam]]'' || T. Jayasree, [[Jayan]], [[Vidhubala]] || [[Baby (director)|Baby]] || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>18</center>
| ''[[Danda Gopuram]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Srividya]] || [[P. Chandrakumar]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''A P R'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 2
|valign="center" | <center>19</center>
| ''[[Oppol]]'' || [[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]], [[Balan K. Nair]] || [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] || [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 9
|valign="center" | <center>20</center>
| ''[[Ira Thedunna Manushyar]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Jayabharathi]] || K. Sukumaran Nair || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>21</center>
| ''[[Sphodanam]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[M. G. Soman]], [[Mammootty]] || [[P. G. Viswambharan]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>22</center>
| ''[[Choothaattam]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || K. Sukumaran Nair || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 10
|valign="center" | <center>23</center>
| ''[[Thushaaram]]'' || [[Ratheesh]], [[Seema (actress)|Seema]] || [[I. V. Sasi]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>24</center>
| ''[[Kaattu Kallan]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sukumaran]] || [[P. Chandrakumar]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 24
|valign="center" | <center>25</center>
| ''[[Swarangal Swapnagal]]'' ||[[Soman]], [[Jayabharathi]], [[Srividya]] || A. N. Thampi || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''M A Y'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 1
|valign="center" | <center>26</center>
| ''[[Kodumudikal]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>27</center>
| ''[[Maniyan Pilla Adhava Maniyan Pilla]]'' || [[Maniyanpilla Raju]], [[Venu Nagavally]] || [[Balachandra Menon]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 8
|valign="center" | <center>28</center>
| ''[[Agnisaram]]'' || [[Jayan]], [[Jose Prakash]] || [[A. B. Raj]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 9
|valign="center" | <center>29</center>
| ''[[Ellaam Ninakku Vendi]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Srividya]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 29
|valign="center" | <center>30</center>
| ''[[Valarthumrugangal]]'' || [[Ratheesh]], [[Sukumaran]] || [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]] || [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''J U N'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 5
|valign="center" | <center>31</center>
| ''[[Veliyattam]]'' || [[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]], [[M. G. Soman]] || [[P. T. Rajan]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 12
|valign="center" | <center>32</center>
| ''[[Thakilu Kottampuram]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]] || [[Balu Kiriyath]] || Darsan Raman, P. Susheeladevi ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 19
|valign="center" | <center>33</center>
| ''[[Kilungaatha Changalakal]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sumalatha]] || C. N. Venkita Swamy || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 26
|valign="center" | <center>34</center>
| ''[[Kallan Pavithran]]'' || [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Adoor Bhasi]] || [[P. Padmarajan]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="10" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''J U L'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 3
|valign="center" | <center>35</center>
| ''[[Paathira Sooryan]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || K. P. Pillai || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>36</center>
| ''[[Sneham Oru Pravaaham]]'' || [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], [[Sukumaran]] || Dr. Shajahan || K. J. Joy ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>37</center>
| ''[[Venal (film)|Venal]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] || [[Lenin Rajendran]] || [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 10
|valign="center" | <center>38</center>
| ''[[Parankimala (1981 film)|Parankimala]]'' || [[Sukumari]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] || [[Bharathan]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>39</center>
| ''[[Inaye Thedi]]'' || [[Kalasala Babu]], [[Sankaradi]] || Antony Eastman || [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 17
|valign="center" | <center>40</center>
| ''[[Vayal]]'' || [[Soman]], [[Shuba]] || Antony Eastman || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 24
|valign="center" | <center>41</center>
| ''[[Agni Yudham]]'' || [[Jayabharathi]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] || N. P. Suresh || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 29
|valign="center" | <center>42</center>
| ''[[Saahasam (1981 film)|Saahasam]]'' || [[M. G. Soman]], [[Sumalatha]] || [[K. G. Rajasekharan]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 31
|valign="center" | <center>43</center>
| ''[[Sankharsham]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sukumaran]], [[Ratheesh]] || [[P. G. Vishwambharan]] || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>44</center>
| ''[[Kaahalam]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Raveendran]], [[Nanditha Bose]] || [[Joshiy]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''A U G'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 7
|valign="center" | <center>45</center>
| ''[[Munnettam]]'' || [[Mammootty]], [[Ratheesh]] || [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>46</center>
| ''[[Avatharam (1981 film)|Avatharam]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Seema (actress)|Seema]] || [[P. Chandrakumar]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 14
|valign="center" | <center>47</center>
| ''[[Garjanai (1981 film)|Garjanam]]'' || [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]], [[Rajnikanth]] || [[C. V. Rajendran]] || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>48</center>
| ''[[Dhanya (film)|Dhanya]]'' || [[Srividya]], [[Mohanlal]] || [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]] || [[Jerry Amaldev]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>49</center>
| ''[[Sreeman Sreemathi]]'' || [[Srividya]], [[Vijayan (actor)|Vijayan]] || [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]] || [[G. Devarajan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 21
|valign="center" | <center>50</center>
| ''[[Attimari]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || K. J. Joy ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>51</center>
| ''[[Prema Geethangal]]'' || [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]], [[Shanavas]] || [[Balachandra Menon]] || [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>52</center>
| ''[[Thrasam]]'' || [[Aravindan]], [[Balan K. Nair]] || Padiyan || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 28
|valign="center" | <center>53</center>
| ''[[Kolangal (1981 film)|Kolangal]]'' || [[Thilakan]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] || [[K. G. George]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''S E P'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 4
|valign="center" | <center>54</center>
| ''[[Raktham]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]] || [[Joshiy]] || [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 5
|valign="center" | <center>55</center>
| ''[[Chaatta]]'' || [[KPAC Lalitha]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] || [[Bharathan]] || ||
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 10
|valign="center" | <center>56</center>
| ''[[Vida Parayum Munpe]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] || [[Mohan (director)|Mohan]] || [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>57</center>
| ''[[Sambhavam]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Srividya]] || [[P Chandrakumar]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>58</center>
| ''[[Enne Snehikkoo Enne Maathram]]'' || [[Srividya]], [[Ratheesh]] || [[P. G. Vishwambharan]] || [[K. V. Mahadevan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>59</center>
| ''[[Vazhikal Yaathrakkar]]'' || [[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]], [[Sukumaran]] || [[A. B. Raj]] || Ben Surendar ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>60</center>
| ''[[Parvathy (film)|Parvathy]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Latha (actress)|Latha]] || [[Bharathan]] || [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 25
|valign="center" | <center>61</center>
| ''[[Dhruvasangamam]]'' || [[Mohanlal]], [[Manavalan Joseph]] || [[J. Sasikumar]] || [[Raveendran]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 28
|valign="center" | <center>62</center>
| ''[[Guha (film)|Guha]]'' || [[Jagathy Sreekumar]], Mini || M. R. Jose || [[Shankar–Ganesh]] ||
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center; background:#ffa07a; textcolor:#000;"|'''O C T'''
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 2
|valign="center" | <center>63</center>
| ''[[Dwandha Yudham]]'' || [[Adoor Bhasi]], [[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] || C. V. Hariharan || [[Jerry Amaldev]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>64</center>
| ''[[Manassinte Theerthayathra]]'' || [[Shubha (actress)|Shubha]], [[Sukumaran]] || Thamban || [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>65</center>
| ''[[Cancerum Laingeekia Rogangalum]]'' || || P. R. S. Pillai || ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 7
|valign="center" | <center>66</center>
| ''[[Thaaraavu]]'' || [[Srividya]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] || [[Balachandra Menon]] || [[Raveendran]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 8
|valign="center" | <center>67</center>
| ''[[Adima Changala]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]] || [[A. B. Raj]] || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 16
|valign="center" | <center>68</center>
| ''[[Archana Teacher]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Sukumari]] || [[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center; background:#ffdacc; textcolor:#000;"| 30
|valign="center" | <center>69</center>
| ''[[Ilaneer]]'' || [[Nedumudi Venu]], [[Sreenivasan]] || Sithara Venu || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>70</center>
| ''[[Poocha Sanyasi]]'' || [[Sukumari]], [[Rajkumar Sethupathi|Rajkumar]] || [[Hariharan (director)|Hariharan]] || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>71</center>
| ''[[Thrishna]]'' || [[Mammootty]], [[Rajalakshmi]] || [[I. V. Sasi]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>72</center>
| ''[[Swarnappakshikal]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Nedumudi Venu]] || P. R. Nair || [[Raveendran]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>73</center>
| ''[[Kadathu]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Shankar Panicker|Shankar]] || [[P. G. Vishwambharan]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>74</center>
| ''[[Oridathoru Phayalvaan]]'' || Rashid, [[Nedumudi Venu]] || [[P. Padmarajan]] || [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] ||
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center; background:#dcc7df; textcolor:#000;"|'''N O V'''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 12
|valign="center" | <center>75</center>
| ''[[Aarathi (film)|Aarathi]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Mala Aravindan]] || [[P. Chandrakumar]] || [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 17
|valign="center" | <center>76</center>
| ''[[Urukku Mushtikal]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Sheela]] || K. P. Jayan || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>77</center>
| ''[[Thenum Vayambum]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Mohanlal]] || Ashok Kumar || [[Raveendran]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 20
|valign="center" | <center>78</center>
| ''[[Karimpoocha]]'' || [[Ratheesh]], [[Seema (actress)|Seema]] || [[Baby (director)|Baby]] || K. J. Joy ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>79</center>
| ''[[Njan Ninne Marakkilla]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Ambika (actress)|Ambika]] || Vijay || Guna Singh ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#ede3ef; textcolor:#000;"| 27
|valign="center" | <center>80</center>
| ''[[Hamsa Geetham]]'' || [[Seema (actress)|Seema]], [[Ratheesh]] || [[I. V. Sasi]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>81</center>
| ''[[Itha Oru Dhikkari]]'' || [[Prem Nazir]], [[Jayabharathi]] || N. P. Suresh || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center; background:#d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;"|'''D E C'''
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 4
|valign="center" | <center>82</center>
| ''[[Visham]]'' || [[Srividya]], [[Ratheesh]] || [[P. T. Rajan]] || [[Raghu Kumar]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>83</center>
| ''[[Aambal Poovu]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Jose]] || [[Hari Kumar (director)|Harikumar]] || [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 11
|valign="center" | <center>84</center>
| ''[[Oothikachiya Ponnu]]'' || [[Poornima Jayaram]], [[Shankar Panikkar|Shankar]] || P. K. Joseph || [[M. K. Arjunan]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>85</center>
| ''[[Nizhal Yudham]]'' || [[Sukumaran]], [[Ravikumar (actor)|Ravikumar]] || [[Baby (director)|Baby]] || K. J. Joy ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 25
|valign="center" | <center>86</center>
| ''[[Ammakkorumma]]'' || [[Ratheesh]], [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] || [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] || [[Shyam (composer)|Shyam]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>87</center>
| ''[[Thaaravu]]'' || [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]], [[Srividya]] || [[Jeassy]] || [[K. J. Yesudas]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#edefff; textcolor:#000;"| 31
|valign="center" | <center>88</center>
| ''[[Ahimsa (1981 film)|Ahimsa]]'' || [[Ratheesh]], [[Mammootty]] || [[I. V. Sasi]] || [[A. T. Ummer]] ||
|-
|valign="center" | <center>89</center>
| [[Aparna (1981 film)|Aparna]] || [[Prathap Pothen]], [[Balakrishna Pillai]] || C. P. Padmakumar || ||
|-
| || || || ''[[Elippathayam]]''|| || || ||
|-
| || || || ''[[Randu Mukhangal]]''|| || || ||
|}

==Dubbed films==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; font-size:95%;"
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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Director(s)
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Original film
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Cast
! scope="col" rowspan="2" class="unsortable"| {{tooltip|Ref.|References}}
|-
! scope="col" | Film
! scope="col" | Language
|-
| ''Chattambi Krishnan''
| [[Vijaya Nirmala]]
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| ''I Love You''
| Nandan
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| ''Sapthapathy''
| [[K. Viswanath]]
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| ''[[Panneer Pushpangal]]''
| Bharathy Vasu
| ''Panneer Pushpangal''
| Tamil
| Suresh, Shantikrishna
|
|- valign="top"
| ''[[Oru Thalai Ragam]]''
| [[T. Rajender]]
| ''Oru Thalai Ragam''
| Tamil
|
|
|- valign="top"
| ''Oridathoru Mandravathi''

| Mani Murugan
|  
|  
|  
|- valign="top"
| ''Jeevikkan Padikkanam''
| [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
| ''[[Sommokadidhi Sokokadidhi]]''
| Telugu
| [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Jayasudha]], [[Rojaramani]]
|
|- valign="top"
| ''Siva Mahima''

|
|  
|  
|  
|- valign="top"
| ''Njan Njanalla''
| [[Shankar Nag]]
| ''[[Janma Janmada Anubandha]]''
|  
|  
|- valign="top"
| ''[[Nancy, France|Nancy]]''

| [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
|  
|  
|
|- valign="top"
| ''[[Bala Nagamma (1981 film)|Bala Nagamma]]''

| K. Sankar
|
|  
|  
|- valign="top"
| ''Vamshavriksham''

| Bappu
|  
|  
| Kamal Haasan, Madhavi
|}

==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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>Rodw at 19:51, 15 October 2021