List of Malayalam films of 1961

The following is a list of Malayalam films released in 1961.

Opening		Sl. no.	Film	Cast	Director	Music director	Notes
J A N
	28	1	Christmas Rathri	T. K. Balachandran, Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair	P. Subramaniam	Br. Lakshmanan
A P R	14	2	Ummini Thanka	Sukumari, Kedamangalam Sadanandan	G. Viswanath	V. Dakshinamoorthy
A U G	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
N O V	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
D E C	22	9	Jnaanasundari	Prem Nazir, L. Vijayalakshmi	K. S. Sethumadhavan	V. Dakshinamoorthy
		10	Mudiyanaya Puthran	Sathyan, Adoor Bhasi	Ramu Kariat	Baburaj	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film