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: