Malayalam movies on Netflix

 Netflix is currently the leading company in the OTT (Over the Top) services in India and also around the world. Netflix has around 167 million paying subscribers worldwide. Netflix created a disruption in the Television industry and the cable company business, by creating and giving compelling original programming, and by letting people consume content in the ways they prefer and this OTT platform also analyzes its user data to serve subscribers better.

Since the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown, Netflix, the video streaming service saw an increase in its subscribers by more than 15 million new subscribers so far this year. Netflix also offers a month of subscription-free. It has a variety of content to choose from and watch starting from original series to Hollywood, Bollywood, and other languages show and movies. Here are some of the Malayalam movies to watch out for on Netflix.

1. Uyare (2019)

Image Courtesy :IMDb Manu Ashokan’s directorial debut 2019 Malayalam film is a drama written by Bobby and Sanjay and was produced by three sisters Shenuga, Shegna, and Sherga. The film starred Parvathy Thiruvothu, Tovino Thomas, and Asif Ali in lead roles. The story tells us about the life of Pallavi Raveendran (Parvathy), an aviation student who on;y because of her lover’s (Asif’s) possessiveness survives an acid attack that ruins her dream and career. Uyare was filmed between November 2018 and January 2019 and was released in India on 26 April 2019. It was a major box office success of the year in Malayalam and received widespread critical acclaim all around the world. It also got nominations at the 50th International Film Festival of India for the Best Debut Feature Film of a director. This movie broke the usual stereotypical Mollywood formula where the superstar is the hero fighting villains out. Here, we see a woman-centered real incident film where the heroine in the driver’s seat, the cockpit, and both Parvathy and Uyare marked a very successful landing.

2. Vikrithi (2019)

Image Courtesy :IMDb A 2019 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Emcy Joseph is Vikruthi. This movie is produced by Lakshmi Warrier, A. D. Sreekumar, and Ganesh Menon. The lead roles are led by Soubin Shahir and Suraj Venjarammoodu. This movie is also based on true events that occurred on a Kochi Metro train, where a picture of a sleeping hearing/speech-impaired man was mistaken as a drunkard by a fellow passenger who shares the content online. This movie depicts what the man and his family had to face and go through when he is recognized in public as the "Kochi Metro Drunkard". Vikruthi makes us cry, laugh, and above all invokes our empathy and warns us to check the content before sharing for a wrong share could ruin a man’s life. The film is a must-watch where misinformation spreads like wildfire. Watch out before we share anything and everything we get.

3. Angamaly Diaries (2017)

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Angamaly Diaries directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and written by Chemban Vinod Jose is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film. The movie first of its kind introduces and features around 86 debutant actors, with Antony Varghese, Anna Rajan, Ullas Jose Chemban,  Vineeth Vishwam, Sarath Kumar, Kichu Tellus, Bitto Davis, Sinoj Varghese, and  Tito Wilson who play the main roles.  Vijay Babu's Friday Film House’s debutant production movie in Angamaly Diaries.  The film which was released on 2017 3 March emerged as a major commercial success and also got wide critical acclaim.

The movie revolves around the life of Vincent Pepe (Antony Varghese) who wants to be a powerful leader of a righteous gang and rule the town of Angamaly but life takes on another deviation when it collides with a group of another gang. A 1000 artists featuring an uncut 11-minute long take climax is the main feature of this movie.

Angamaly Diaries takes the viewers on a  two and a half hours journey through the lives of people in the small town and the fun-filled life of youths in its seriousness.

4 Eeda (2018)

Image Courtesy :IMDb Eeda written, edited, and directed by B. Ajithkumar is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language romance film. The film set in the backdrops of political violence in Kannur, north Malabar is said to be a modern take on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Eede stars Shane Nigam and Nimisha Sajayan in the lead roles. Eeda has been produced by Sharmila Rajaa through Delta Studio, in collaboration with Collective Phase One. The movie brings out a sweet love story happening amidst the culture of political violence prevalent in the Kannur area and the so-called ideology of tit-for-tat killings. Eede also depicts a bit of sarcasm and a dash of humor. The director succeeds in holding the audience to the screens as well as showing them the political nature of Kannur.

5. Aalorukkam (2018)

Image Courtesy: The News Minute Debutant V C Abhilash’s Aalorukkam a social drama is a 2018 Malayalam–language movie. Aalorukkam stars Indrans in the lead role. The movie shows the struggle of an Ottan Thullal exponent Pappu Pisharody in search of his missing son, and his struggles to accept his son the way he is as his son is a transgender now. The film had won the National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues. Indrans who gave us a petrifying performance won him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor. The other cast includes apart from Indrans, Sajith V Nambiar, Sameera, Sreeshma Srikanth Menon, Deepak Jayaprakashan, Vijayan, Shaji A JohnVishnu Agasthya, Sajitha Saawariya, and Baby Threya. Aalorukkam is not everyone’s cup of tea. The protagonist goes through a deep internal conflict and the director succeeds in invoking scorn and sympathy alternately for the protagonist.

6. Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil (2018)

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Tinu Pappachan’s directional Malayalam-language action thriller is Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil. This movie was released in 2018 and written by Dileep Kurian. B. C. Joshi was its producer along with Lijo Jose Pellissery and Chemban Vinod Jose as co-producers. The film stars Vinayakan, Antony Varghese, and Chemban Vinod Jose in its lead. The movie centers around a prison break and the events related to it.

This movie has some similarities with the1994 American drama film The Shawshank Redemption. Maybe it was inspired by The Shawshank Redemption written and directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, and Bob Gunton. And just like The Shawshank Redemption, Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil also thrills us and keeps us glued to the screen.

So these are my six Malayalam movies to watch out for on Netflix India.