Highest Grossing Malayalam Films (1980-2021)
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- DirectorP.N. SundaramVijayanandStarsMadhuK.R. VijayaJayanKolilakkam is a 1981 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. N. Sundaram and Produced C V Hariharan. The film stars Jayan, Sumalatha and Madhu in lead roles. Music of the film was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.Box Office: 1.45 Cr
- 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 ChristoBox Office: 1 Cr
- DirectorJoshiyStarsKothuku NanappanPhilominaM.G. SomanIndu leads a happy married life with her husband Ravi. However, their happiness is short lived when a series of unfortunate events happen in their life.Box Office: 1 Cr
- DirectorJijo PunnooseStarsM.P. RamnathKottarakkara Sridharan NairSoniaTwo boys and a girl befriend Kuttichathan by accident and release him from the grip of the magician. On the way Kuttichathan meets Ashish, a member of the police, who is after Karimbhootham. They understand that this Chathan is friendly to kids and is a very good friend. Therefore, the girl promises to keep Kuttichathan in a house for two reasons: one, her father drinks too much, so she wants Chathan, who is a very good magician, to make him himself, as her mother has died, there is no one to control him; second, Chathan, being a small boy, also drinks a lot. He could drink all that her father drinks, thereby changing her father's attitude. At the same time, the cruel magician wants the Kuttichathan to lay hands on a treasure.Box Office: 1.5 Cr
- 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.Box Office: 1.7 Cr
- DirectorThampi KannanthanamStarsMohanlalAmbikaRatheeshThe film follows underworld don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal) and his rivalry against the Kerala Home minister N. Krishnadas (Ratheesh).Box Office: 80 lakhs
- DirectorJoshiyStarsMammoottySumalathaSuresh GopiA journalist is illegally jailed for exposing two corrupt politicians, He exacts revenge through his new mysterious newspaper.Box Office: 2.5 Cr
- DirectorPriyadarshanStarsMohanlalNedumudi VenuRenjiniA woman hires a stranger to pose as her husband because she doesn't want her ailing father to know that her fiance broke their engagement.Box Office: 3.5 Cr
- DirectorT. HariharanStarsMammoottyMadhaviDevanThe film offers an alternative version of the fight between two legendary Chekavars from Chanthu's perspective.Box Office: 6.79 Cr
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalNedumudi VenuGautamiA qawwali singer passes as a Brahmin in order to infiltrate a palace and kill the king.Box Office Collection: 6.75 Cr
- 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.Box Office: 4.6 Cr
- DirectorShaji KailasStarsSuresh GopiVijayakumarGeethaUnnikrishnan gets in trouble and is later killed for beating up Pappan, a popular face in student politics. However, when his brother learns the truth about his death, he sets out to seek revenge.Box Office: 8 Cr
- DirectorShaji KailasStarsSuresh GopiSiddiqueNarendra PrasadSwami Amoorthananda is involved in narcotics and is responsible for the death of few innocent people. The CBI hires police officer Madhavan to investigate the cases against Amoorthananda.Box Office: 9 Cr
- DirectorShaji KailasStarsSuresh GopiShobanaRatheeshBharathchandran, a police commissioner committed to his duty, exposes the criminal links of a Delhi-based business tycoon, who has criminal activities running in the country with the help of certain politicians and police officers.Box Office: 9.7 Cr
- DirectorShaji KailasStarsMammoottyMuraliVani ViswanathOn learning that an elected representative in the parliament is corrupted and involved in many crimes, Joseph Alex, an IAS officer, decides to expose his misdeeds in front of the public.Box Office: 12 Cr
- DirectorShaji KailasStarsMohanlalManju WarrierNarendra PrasadJagannathan, a mafia don in Bombay moves to Kanimangalam village. He wins the love of the locals, but finds trouble with a feudal lord, Appan Thamburan, after he decided to resume a traditional festival banned by Appan.Worldwide Gross: 7.5 Cr
- DirectorSibi MalayilStarsMohanlalSuresh GopiJayaramRavishankar pretends to own the farmhouse of his friend Dennis when his relative, Col. Menon, pays a visit along with his granddaughters. Dennis and Ravishankar try to find Ravishankar's secret admirer among the girls.Box Office: 19 Cr
- DirectorJoshiyStarsSuresh GopiManju WarrierN.F. VargheseNandagopal, a newly joined associate editor with Keralareshmi, one of the leading dailies, is aggressive and daring. His closeness to belligerent Sekharan, who runs Jagratha creates conflicts within Nandagopal.Box Office: 7 Cr
- DirectorShaji KailasStarsMohanlalThilakanN.F. VargheseInduchoodan is wrongly implicated in a murder case. Later, his father is imprisoned for murdering his daughter and Induchoodan vows to prove his innocence.Box Office: 22 Cr
- DirectorRanjithStarsMohanlalNapoleanVasundhara DasThe story begins with the fall of Mangalasserry Neelakandan's (Mohanlal) son Karthikeyan (Mohanlal), as he ventures out to make money which ultimately makes him a liquor baron. The relationship between Neelakandan and Karthikeyan deteriorates, as the father does not approve of his son's money-making methods. Mundakkal Shekharan (Napoleon) comes into the picture again after spending a term in prison for killing one of Neelakandan's friends. He decides to finish the Mangalasserry family by confiscating the house which was kept as collateral for Bhanumathi's (Revathi) treatment. Bhanumathi passes away and Karthikeyan is now bent on taking revenge. Neelakandan loses his home and Karthikeyan ventures out in an attempt to reclaim his ancestral home. In the meantime, Karthikeyan abducts Shekharan's daughter Janaki (Vasundhara Das) in an attempt to blackmail him, during which they fall in love with each other. The remainder of the movie is about how Karthikeyan manages to get his ancestral home back while Shekharan's nephew Mundakkal Rajendran (Vijayaraghavan) makes attempts to kill Karthikeyan, but instead Neelakandan gets killed and Karthikeyan ventures out to kill Mundakkal Shekharan.Box Office: 15 Cr
- DirectorLal JoseStarsDileepKavya MadhavanIndrajith SukumaranAlthough forced into a criminal life from a young age, Madhavan is good at heart. However, as his enmity with Bhageerathan Pillai exacerbates, it forces the entrance of Sub-Inspector Eapen Pappachi.Box Office: 15 Cr
- DirectorJohny AntonyStarsDileepBhavanaAshish VidyarthiThe adventures of a private detective, Moosa, whose luck and wit help him to solve the cases.Box Office: 18.5 - 21.7 Cr
- DirectorK. MadhuStarsMammoottyMukeshJagathy SreekumarSethurama Iyer and the CBI re-open an old case upon hearing from a death-row criminal that he didn't commit one of the seven murders he was convicted of.Box Office: 10 Cr