2015 was a good time for Malayalam entertainment industry as it had many blockbuster movies that created box office records in India and abroad. The movies were also popular for having some of the best songs of the year. The compositions by Gopi Sunder, Bijibal, Rajesh Murugesan and M Jayachandran are among the top Malayalam songs of the year.

Mukkathe Penne â€" Ennu Ninte Moideen

Prithviraj Sukumaran and Parvathy starrer "Ennu Ninte Moideen" made many box office records for narrating the real life love story of BP Moideen and Kanchanamala. Not just the touching story, even all the songs of the movie were well accepted by the Kerala audience, finding a top spot in the chart box. The song, "Mukkathe Penne", is being viewed by more than 5.8 million users on YouTube making it the top Malayalam song of the year. Mohammad Maqbool Mansoor has written the lyrics of the song for which music is composed by Gopi Sundar. Both Maqbool and Gopi have sung the beautiful song.

Music - Gopi Sundar

Singers - Mohammad Maqbool Mansoor | Gopi Sundar

Lyrics - Mohammad Maqbool Mansoor

Malare â€" Premam

The song "Malare" from Nivin Pauly's "Premam" is one of the hit songs of the year. The song from the Alphonse Puthren directorial has been penned by Shabareesh Varma and its music is composed by Rajesh Murugan. Vijay Yesudas have rendered his voice for the beautiful song, which became an instant hit ever since its audio was released online. The video song of "Malare", featuring Nivin and Sai Pallavi, released on the YouTube page of Anwar Rasheed has been viewed by more than 5.7 million users.

Music - Rajesh Murugesan

Singer - Vijay Yesudas

Lyrics - Shabareesh Varma

Aluva Puzhayude Theerath â€" Premam

The song "Aluva Puzhayude Theerath" sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan from the movie "Premam" has also become a favourite song of the audience. Shabareesh and Rajesh have penned the lyrics and composed the music respectively.

Music - Rajesh Murugesan

Singer - Vineeth Sreenivasan

Lyricist - Shabareesh Varma

Kannondu Chollanu â€" Ennu Ninte Moideen

The "Kannondu Chollanu" song from the movie "Ennu Ninte Moideen" that has been sung by Vijay Yesudas and Shreya Ghoshal is one of the most popular songs of the movie. It has been penned by Rafeeq Ahammed and composed by M Jayachandran.

Music - M Jayachandran

Singers - Vijay Yesudas | Shreya Ghoshal

Lyrics - Rafeeq Ahammed

Hemanthamen â€" Kohinoor

"Kohinoor" was the debut production venture of actor Asif Ali and the song "Hemanthamen", sung by Vijay Yesudas, was also an instant hit even before the release of the film. The song, featuring Asif and Aparna Vinod, has been penned by Harinarayanan BK and is composed by Rahul Raj.

Music - Rahul Raj

Singer - Vijay Yesudas

Lyrics - Harinarayanan B.K

Yenno Njanende â€" Amar Akbar Anthony

Singer Baby Sreya's "Yenno Njanende" song from the movie "Amar Akbar Anthony" has been tagged as one of the cutest songs of the year. The lyrics of the song has been penned by Baappu Vaavaad and it has been composed by the film's director Nadirshah.

Music - Nadirshah

Singer - Baby Sreya

Lyrics - Baappu Vaavaad

Ee Thanutha â€" Anarkali

Karthik and Swetha Mohan's song "Ee Thanutha Manchurangal" from the movie "Anarkali" is one of the top songs that became a hit in 2015. The song, featuring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Priyal Gor, has been penned by Rajeev Nair and Vidyasagar has handled the music.  

Music - Vidyasagar

Singers - Karthik | Swetha Mohan

Lyrics - Rajeev Nair

Ente Janalarikilinnu â€" Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam

Jaysurya's "Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam" received positive response from the audience for portraying the role of a person who stammers. The song, "Ente Janalarikilinnu", from the movie that is sung by P Jayachandran was also well accepted by the Kerala audience. While Bijibal has composed the music, the lyrics are written by Santhosh Varma.

Music - Bijibal

Singer - P Jayachandran

Lyrics - Santhosh Varma

Charlie songs

Dulquer Salmaan's "Charlie" is making tremendous business at the Kerala box office ever since it was released on 24 December. Even before its release, the audio songs of the movie went viral and the songs "Pularikalo", sung by Shakthisree Gopalan and Muhammed Maqbool Mansoor, Shreya Ghoshal's "Puthumazhayay" and "Sundari Penne" sung by Dulquer have become instant hits. While Rafeeq Ahammed has penned the lyrics for two songs, Santhosh Varma has written the lyrics of "Sundari Penne". Gopi Sunder has handled the music of "Charlie".

Sundari Penne

Music - Gopi Sundar

Singer â€" Dulquer Salmaan

Lyrics - Santhosh Varma

Pularikalo

Music â€" Gopi Sunder

Singers - Shakthisree Gopalan | Muhammed Maqbool Mansoor

Lyrics - Rafeeq Ahammed

Puthumazhayay  

Music â€" Gopi Sunder

Singers - Shreya Ghoshal

Lyrics - Rafeeq Ahammed

Meanwhile, Muzik247 has compiled a list of best Malayalam songs of the year released by popular Malayalam music label.

Listen to the compilation of best songs of Malayalam in 2015 below: