Malayalam drama short films

15 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Drama

A cat named Mottu tells his own story of companionship, heartbreak and finding himself. A gentle Malayalam film that MMC viewers watch all the way through.

21 min · Malayalam · Drama

An independent Malayalam film directed by Sonu and Dinoop, and one of the cafe's quietest discoveries: under 5,000 YouTube views, but an unusually high 5.6% like rate. Twenty minutes to find out why.

10 min · Malayalam · Drama

A child, a cat and a fish share a small story about hope and survival. Nine and a half Malayalam minutes with a 5.5% like rate on YouTube.

20 min · Malayalam · Drama

A Malayalam family drama about a woman's life hemmed in by domestic expectations, which has sparked a lot of discussion among its viewers. Twenty minutes, with a 5.1% like rate on YouTube.

31 min · Malayalam · Drama

A dark-skinned young woman faces everyday prejudice about her looks and finds her own worth. Indiark Entertainments' Malayalam drama with Lakshmika Sajeevan, one of the cafe's best-liked films.

24 min · Malayalam · Drama

A Malayalam drama with Sonu TP: a telecaller who has never cared about the people on the line is handed an unexpected responsibility. MMC viewers have watched it to the end.

12 min · Malayalam · Drama

Pooja's online persona raises questions about identity and loneliness. A twelve-minute Malayalam drama for the social-media age.

28 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

Dileep is there to photograph an engagement, but meeting Shalini changes the picture. Settle in with this sweet Malayalam romance starring Aswin Jose and Mamitha Baiju.

31 min · Malayalam · Drama

Anish Mohan's dialogue-free Malayalam anthology, inspired by Kamal Haasan's silent classic Pushpaka Vimanam: a blocked writer finds his stories in a strange vision. Its makers list a FEFKA festival selection.

20 min · Malayalam · Drama

Vivek Joseph Varughese's Malayalam drama about a housewife who is loved but not respected, and the day she claims for herself. Billed as award-winning by its makers, with English subtitles; MMC viewers have watched it to the end.

36 min · Malayalam · Drama

Make a little room for a man and his dog. Try this Malayalam short for a story of companionship and family feeling.

20 min · Malayalam · Fantasy · Drama

A young man escapes his routine and stumbles into a mystical village that changes how he sees life. A nineteen-minute Malayalam fantasy with a 3.5% like rate on YouTube.

28 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

Sanjay Damodhar Renjith's Malayalam romance: Abey is sure he's dying, until lively Twinkle crashes into his grey world. For someone ready for death, learning to live might be the real danger.

24 min · Malayalam · Drama

A Malayalam family drama that brings the experience of postpartum depression into the open. Twenty-four honest minutes.

35 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

Settle in with this Malayalam romance from Nahas Hidhayath, starring Unni Lalu and Nayana Elza, with Joel Johns's song 'Hello Hello' setting the mood.

14 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

A Kutti Stories Malayalam drama about a young woman whose relationship choices run into family expectations and dependence.

20 min · Malayalam · Drama · Thriller

A Malayalam drama-thriller about empathy and vengeance between a father, his son and the man who came between them. Twenty minutes, with English subtitles.

22 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

From the makers of Jeevana, a Malayalam romance starring Unni Lalu and Aparna Janardhanan. Twenty-one bittersweet minutes.

18 min · Malayalam · Drama

Kay K writes and directs this Malayalam drama about memory and human connection. Eighteen reflective minutes.

22 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

Settle in with Manu and Reenu, an aspiring actor and a dance student, as everyday moments become the heart of their romance.

27 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Romance · Drama

A Malayalam rom-com about the question every young couple in Kerala hears sooner or later: when's the wedding? Twenty-six warm, funny minutes.

12 min · Malayalam · Thriller · Drama

A barber's late-night customer brings an old wound back into his life. Twelve tense Malayalam minutes.

30 min · Malayalam · Drama

On a rainy evening, Chandra decides to tell her husband Das something intimate she has kept to herself. The disclosure upends everything the couple believed about each other, leaving both of them to ask whether their life together can go on as before.

44 min · Malayalam · Drama

A forty-three-minute Malayalam drama about Marty and Albin, two young men who find friendship in difficult circumstances. Best kept for an evening.

35 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

Shyamlal's thirty-four-minute Malayalam romance follows a just-married couple through one misty midnight of love, anger and old wounds. Starring Sourav Syam and Ashika Asokan.

21 min · Malayalam · Drama · Fantasy

Two children's lives become tangled up with time, fate and mysterious events in this twenty-one-minute Malayalam fantasy-drama.

14 min · Malayalam · Drama

Settle in with a young bride who refuses to accept the household rules the other women have long made peace with, and watch her questions begin to change them too.

32 min · Malayalam · Drama

A thirty-one-minute Malayalam family drama: a dysfunctional family's holiday drags a hidden truth into the open and tests a mother's capacity to accept it.

22 min · Malayalam · Drama

Shaiji Joseph's Malayalam drama about parents of modest means raising an autistic daughter, starring Nandhana Rajesh. Twenty-one honest minutes.

17 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

Some first meetings change the shape of a day. Try this Malayalam romance for an unexpected connection between two strangers.

29 min · Malayalam · Drama

Friendship feels different when money enters the room. A pick for thinking about the class divides that can sit quietly between friends.

17 min · Malayalam · Drama · Thriller

A stranger offers Ashley a new perspective, then becomes a source of uncertainty. Choose Fugue for a Malayalam psychological story that turns the search for connection into suspense.

25 min · Malayalam · Drama · Comedy

A Malayalam drama about children and their teacher that mixes humour, tension and real emotion. Twenty-five minutes.

41 min · Malayalam · Thriller · Drama

A home nurse caring for an elderly woman in a remote house starts to doubt his own sanity. A forty-one-minute Malayalam thriller.

26 min · Malayalam · Comedy · Drama · Thriller

One day in a small village exposes the secrets hidden under its everyday bustle. A twenty-five-minute Malayalam comedy-thriller.

17 min · Malayalam · Drama · Romance

A misunderstanding brings two people in their thirties together for a conversation about loneliness, health and companionship. A seventeen-minute Malayalam romance.

17 min · Malayalam · Romance · Drama

A brief encounter leaves memories that last far longer than the meeting itself. A sixteen-minute Malayalam romance.

15 min · Malayalam · Drama

A Malayalam drama about children confronting caste and colour discrimination in a rural community. Fifteen minutes.

20 min · Malayalam · Drama · Romance

A Malayalam drama about friendship and the uncertainty of young love. Twenty gentle minutes.

28 min · Malayalam · Drama

Settle in with “Mallika Vilasam”, a feel-good Malayalam story about a protective man whose suspicion of a young writer, drawing close to the woman he calls mother, may give way to something like family.