List of Malayalam films of 1961 Malayalam cinema Before 1960 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 19641965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 19741975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1983 19841985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1993 19941995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000s 2000 2001 2002 2003 20042005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2010 2011 2012 2013 20142015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020s 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 vte The following is a list of Malayalam films released in 1961. Opening Sl.no. Film Cast Director Music director Notes JAN 28 1 Christmas Rathri T. K. Balachandran, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair P. Subramaniam Br. Lakshmanan APR 14 2 Ummini Thanka Sukumari, Kedamangalam Sadanandan G. Viswanath V. Dakshinamoorthy AUG 24 3 Kandam Bacha Kotte Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Prem Nawas T. R. Sundaram Baburaj Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film 4 Unniyarcha Prem Nazir, Sathyan Kunchacko K. Raghavan 5 Arappavan Sathyan, KPAC Sulochana K. Shankar G. K. Venkatesh, P. S. Divakar NOV 3 6 Sabarimala Ayyappan Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair Shri Ramulu Naidu S. M. Subbaiah Naidu Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film 15 7 Bhaktha Kuchela C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Kanta Rao P. Subramaniam Brother Lakshmanan 18 8 Krishna Kuchela Prem Nazir, Sathyan Kunchacko K. Raghavan DEC 22 9 Jnaanasundari Prem Nazir, L. Vijayalakshmi K. S. Sethumadhavan V. 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