Malayalam
noun
Mal·a·ya·lam
ˌma-lə-ˈyä-ləm 
ˌmä-
: the Dravidian language of Kerala, southwest India, closely related to Tamil
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The film, helmed by Riteish Deshmukh (who also stars in the titular role), will simultaneously launch in the Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam languages, positioning the story of one of India’s most celebrated warriors for both local and international audiences.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 May 2025
The Hindi film industry is just one of eight major film-producing industries of India, with films being made in such other languages as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi.
—Vishal Menon, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Lastly, support now comes in 10 new system languages such as Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
That already makes this Mohanlal-starring sequel to 2019's Lucifer the fifth highest-grossing Malayalam language film of all time.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Tamil films claimed 12% of the month’s earnings, while Malayalam productions secured 9%.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
The small state Kerala speaks a language called Malayalam, but the creative output from there is so high that movies and short series produced from there have the highest viewership in the Hindi belt, followed by Tamil.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
The film will stream in Hindi with dubs available in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages, along with multilingual subtitles, reaching Prime Video’s audience across 240+ territories starting Feb. 7.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
After performing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films, watching her Bollywood songs explode on YouTube and sharing English-language solo tracks as an independent artist, Fatehi says that the Warner deal last year helped kick-start plans for a global music career.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 May 2025
The Hindi film industry is just one of eight major film-producing industries of India, with films being made in such other languages as Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi.
—Vishal Menon, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025
Lastly, support now comes in 10 new system languages such as Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
That already makes this Mohanlal-starring sequel to 2019's Lucifer the fifth highest-grossing Malayalam language film of all time.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Tamil films claimed 12% of the month’s earnings, while Malayalam productions secured 9%.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
The small state Kerala speaks a language called Malayalam, but the creative output from there is so high that movies and short series produced from there have the highest viewership in the Hindi belt, followed by Tamil.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Feb. 2025
The film will stream in Hindi with dubs available in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada languages, along with multilingual subtitles, reaching Prime Video’s audience across 240+ territories starting Feb. 7.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Jan. 2025
After performing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films, watching her Bollywood songs explode on YouTube and sharing English-language solo tracks as an independent artist, Fatehi says that the Warner deal last year helped kick-start plans for a global music career.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Malayalam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Malayalam. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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