30 ICONIC THEME MUSIC IN MALAYALAM FILMS

Theme music or signature tune is an integral part of most films, and being part of the background score, helps to establish its mood similar to that of a leitmotif. They provide each film its own identity, and in certain cases they go on to became synonymous to the respective film owing to its popularity. Following is a list of some of the most iconic theme music used in Malayalam Films, most of which will certainly give you some serious nostalgia.

10 MALAYALAM MOVIES IN WHICH RAIN PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE

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No matter what, there is no separating rain from a Malayali. It is such an integral part of the soul and body of Kerala that everyone here tend to relate it to memories from all possible aspects of life, be it love, passion, nostalgia, melancholy, happiness, ecstasy, and the list just goes on. Rain is one of the most widely used elements in Malayalam films, and our rich cinematic history has a lot of such films to boast about. Songs like “Pranayamani thooval viriyum…” from Azhagiya Ravanan and “Neelakuyile chollu…” from Adwaitham brings back all that raging glands to action. It has made dramatic entries in scenes of great magnitude like the ones in Devasuram, Kireedam and Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu. There are also some films where it plays a much more important and extensive role in setting the mood and as a narrative tool. Following is a list of such films that effectively uses rain in all its glory.

12 MALAYALAM MOVIES THAT WILL CERTAINLY MAKE YOU UNEASY

Now having already covered the most unsettling viewing experiences in Malayalam cinema in LIST OF THE MOST DISTURBING MALAYALAM FILMS, this list might not seem like an ordeal after all, but there are numerous movies in our canon that irks our distress tolerance, however varying in degrees though, owing to its subject matter that may entirely not sit inside our comfort zones, and that can make for a handsomely eggy list all by themselves- more like a part-2 to the 'Disturbing List'. Although less potent in its viciousness when compared to those movies in the “Disturbing List”, most of them discuss unkind fate and unappetizing situations you don’t want to deal with or discuss in real life. Following is a list of such films in Malayalam that will invariably make you uneasy, be it emotionally, intellectually or physically- some right in the end, while some throughout the run.