Released in October 2021, the 1-minute-50-second teaser became the most-watched Malayalam teaser of the year. Specifically, the shot of Tovino Thomas catching a coconut mid-air and crushing it was turned into a million GIFs and reaction memes.
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Dulquer Salmaan’s Kurup featured the track “Kalippu” (sung by Fejo and Dabzee). The music video, styled like a 1980s disco drug den, became a party anthem. It held the #1 spot on YouTube Music Trends in India for 8 weeks. User-generated dance covers (especially of the hook step “Thalayil Thakida Thaka”) flooded Instagram Reels. The music video, styled like a 1980s disco
SonyLIV released Churuli unedited, containing over 500 instances of profanity. A 2-minute clip where a police officer asks for directions and is met with a barrage of gibberish-swearing became a meme template (“Malayalam censor board vs. Lijo Jose Pellissery”). It was the most shared clip in film groups, sparking debates on artistic freedom. Malayalam cinema’s sharp
While not a "song video," a clipped scene from the film showing the protagonist (Nimisha Sajayan) silently washing dishes while her family eats went viral on Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. It became a visual metaphor for unseen labour, reposted thousands of times with feminist commentary.
Malayalam cinema’s sharp, naturalistic dialogues became fodder for meme pages. Joji’s “Ivide ellam nirthiya sthalam anu” (Everything here is a dead end) and Nayattu’s police station banter were turned into reaction GIFs and WhatsApp statuses.
Unlike a normal year where 150+ films hit the screens, 2021 saw a staggered release pattern. The year began with theaters closed entirely. The first major releases arrived on streaming platforms, with a few theatrical windows opening between COVID waves (January-February and December). Below is the essential filmography broken down by quarter and genre.