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	6	1	Seetha Rama Kalyanam	Harinath, Gitanjali	N. Trivikrama Rao	Gali Penchala Narasimha Rao	Dubbed version of Telugu movie Seetharama Kalyanam
	28	2	Christmas Rathri	T. K. Balachandran, Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair	P. Subramaniam	Br Lakshmanan
A P R	14	3	Ummini Thanka	Sukumari, Kedamangalam Sadanandan	G Viswanath	V. Dakshinamoorthy
A U G	24	4	Kandam Bacha Kotte	Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, Prem Nawas	T. R. Sundaram	Baburaj	Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film
		5	Unniyarcha	Prem Nazir, Sathyan	Kunchacko	K. Raghavan
		6	Arappavan	Sathyan, KPAC Sulochana	K. Shankar	GK VenkiteshPS Divakar
N O V	3	7	Sabarimala Ayyappan	Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair	Shri Ramulu Naidu	SM Subbaiah Naidu	Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film
	15	8	Bhaktha Kuchela	C. S. R. Anjaneyulu, Kanta Rao	P. Subramaniam	Brother Lakshmanan
	18	9	Krishna Kuchela	Prem Nazir, Sathyan	Kunchacko	K. Raghavan
D E C	22	10	Njanasundari	Prem Nazir, L Vijayalakshmi	KS Sethumadhavan	V. Dakshinamoorthy
		11	Mudiyanaya Puthran	Sathyan, Adoor Bhasi	Ramu Kariat	Baburaj	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film