List of Malayalam films of 1997

The following is a list of Malayalam films released in the year 1997.

Opening		Film	Cast	Director	Music Director	Notes
J A N
	17	Mannadiar Penninu Chenkotta Checkan	Mukesh, Kanaka	Babu Narayanan	Raveendran
	18	Itha Oru Snehagatha	Vikram, Laila, Captain Raju	Captain Raju	Deva
	23	Arjunan Pillayum Anchu Makkalum	Jagadheesh, Jagathy Sreekumar, Innocent, Charmila	Chandrasekharan	Mohan Sithara
	31	Aaraam Thampuran	Mohanlal, Manju Warrier	Shaji Kailas	Raveendran
F E B	3	The Car	Jayaram, Janardhanan, Sreelakshmi	Rajasenan	Sanjeev
	6	Kulam	Suresh Gopi, Bhanupriya	Lenin Rajendran	MG Radhakrishnan
	24	Five Star Hospital	George Vishnu, Jagadish, Thilakan
	25	Ullasapoongattu	Dileep, Mohini	Vinayan	Berny-Ignatius
A P R	4	Varnapakittu	Mohanlal, Meena	I. V. Sasi	Vidyasagar
	9	Bhoopathi	Suresh Gopi, Kanaka, Priyaraman	Joshiy	S. P. Venkatesh
	15	Manthra Mothiram	Dileep, Nedumudi Venu	Sasi Shanker	Johnson
	18	Bhoothakannadi	Mammootty, Sreelakshmi	Lohithadas	Johnson
M A Y	1	Kaliyoonjal	Mammootty, Shobana, Dileep, Shalini	Anil Babu	Ilaiyaraaja
	10	Gajaraja Manthram	Jagadhish, Prem Kumar, Charmila	Thaha	Berny-Ignatius
	17	Gangothri	Suresh Gopi, Roja, Thilakan	S. Anil	S. P. Venkatesh
	18	Irattakuttikalude Achan	Jayaram, Manju Warrier	Sathyan Anthikad	Johnson
	19	Katha Nayagan	Jayaram, Kalamandalam Kesavan, Divya Unni	Rajasenan	Mohan Sithara
	21	Lelam	Suresh Gopi, M. G. Soman, Nandhini	Joshiy	S. P. Venkatesh
J U N	7	Mayaponman	Dileep, Kalabhavan Mani, Mohini	Thulasidas	Berny-Ignatius
	9	Kilukil Pambaram	Jayaram, Vani Viswanath, Jagathy Sreekumar	Thulasidas	S. P. Venkatesh
J U L	8	Hitler Brothers	Prem Kumar. Jagathy Sreekumar	Sandhya Mohan	S. P. Venkatesh
	18	Karunyam	Jayaram, Murali, Divya Unni	A.K Lohithadas	Kaithapuram Damodaran Namboothiri
	25	Kalyanappittannu	Mukesh, Dileep, Priya Raman	K. K. Haridas	Ravindran
A U G	22	Kaliyattam	Suresh Gopi, Manju Warrier, Lal, Biju Menon	Jayaraaj	Kaithapram
S E P	1	Oral Mathram	Mammootty, Thilakan, Shruti	Sathyan Anthikkad	Johnson
	4	Chandralekha	Mohanlal, Pooja Batra, Sukanya	Priyadarshan	Berny Ignatius
	9	Churam	Manoj K. Jayan, Divya Unni	Bharathan	Johnson
	13	Oru Yathramozhi	Mohanlal, Sivaji Ganeshan, Ranjitha	Prathap Pothan	Ilaiyaraaja
	17	Janathipathyam	Suresh Gopi, Urvashi, Vani Vishwanath	K. Madhu
O C T	1	Junior Mandrake	Jagadish, Jagathy Sreekumar, Rajan P Dev	Ali Akbar	Berny Ignatius
	14	Superman	Jayaram, Shobana	Rafi and Mecartin	S. P. Venkatesh
	15	Adukkala Rahasyam Angaadi Paattu	Vijayaraghavan, Geetha	Nissar
	19	Guru	Mohanlal, Sithara, Suresh Gopi	Rajiv Anchal	Ilaiyaraaja
D E C	20	Anubhoothi	Suresh Gopi, Khushbu, Vani Vishwanath	I. V. Sasi	Shyam
	24	Kalyana Kacheri	Mukesh, Shobhana, Jagathi Sreekumar	Anil Chandra	S. P. Venkatesh
	25	Poonilamazha	Sanjay Mitra, Ankitha	Sunil	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
		Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu	Jayaram, Manju Warrier, Biju Menon	Kamal	Vidyasagar
		Kudamattam	Dileep, Manju Warrier, Vijayaraghavan, Biju Menon, Mohini	Sundar Das	Johnson
		Ancharakalyanam	Jagadish, Janardanan, Kalabhavan Mani	VM Vinu
		Innalekalillaathe	Biju Menon, Manju Warrier	George Kithu
		Guru Sishyan	Jagadish, Kalabhavan Mani, Kaveri	Sasi Shankar	Johnson
		Kottappurathe Koottukudumbam	Vijayaraghavan, Urvasi, Janardanan
		Nee Varuvolam	Dileep, Divya Unni, Thilakan	Sibi Malayil	Johnson
		Asuravamsam	Manoj K. Jayan, Biju Menon, Priya Raman	Shaji Kailas
		Poothumbiyum Poovalanmarum	Vani Vishwanath, Prem Kumar
		Nagarapuraanam	Jagadish, Thilakan
		Mangalya Pallakku	Sreenivasan, Jagadish, Kasthuri
		Moonu Kodiyum Munnooru Pavanum	Jagadish, Shammi Thilakan
		Kannur	Manoj K Jayan, Vani Vishwanath	Haridas	Raveendran
		Newspaper Boy	Mukesh, Suma Kanakala	Nissar
		Adivaram	Vijayaraghavan, Murali	Jose Thomas	Johnson
		Kalyana Unnikal	Baiju, Mahesh	Jagathy Sreekumar
		Siamese Irattakal	Sainudeen, Maniyanpilla Raju
		Masmaram	Suresh Gopi, Arpana Rao	Thampi Kannamthanam	S. P. Venkatesh
		Mangamma	Revathi, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan	T. V. Chandran	Johnson
		Suvarna Simhaasanam	Suresh Gopi, Mukesh, Ranjitha	P. G. Viswambharan	Ouseppachan
		Manasam	Dileep, Srividya, Kaveri, Biju Menon
		Vamsam	Mukesh, Sukumaran, Sreejaya Nair	Baiju Kottarakkara
		Rishyasringan	Bhanupriya, Krishna	Suresh Unnithan
		Ikkareyanente Manasam	Prem Kumar, Mohini
		Fashion Parade
		Niyogam
		Shibiram
		Manikya Koodaram
		Snehadooth
		Oru Mutham Manimutham
		Sankeerthanam Pole
		The Good Boys
		The Ranger
		Aattuvela
		Snehasindooram
		Kaduva Thoma
		Vaachalam
		Janmadinam
		Sammanam	Manoj K JayanManju Warrier	Sundar Das
		Moksham

Dubbed films

Title	Director	Music	Cast
Yuvashakthi	Joe Simon	Sathu Kokila	Babu Antony