Onlookers Top 10: Best Malayalam Songs of 2020

Like every other field, 2020 has been a tough year for film industries across the world. Malayalam industry was one of the worst hit as theatres have been shut for nearly eight months now. With only very few releases this year, we tried our best to compile the list of best film songs of the year. Note that we have also included songs from films that have yet not been released.

1. Kalakkatha
Film: Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Music: Jakes Bejoy
Lyrics: Nanjamma
Singer: Nanjamma

2. Vathikkalu Vellaripravu
Film: Sufiyum Sujathayum
Music: M Jayachandran
Lyrics: BK Harinarayanan, Shafi Kollam
Singers: Nithya Mammen, Arjun Krishna, Zia Ul Haq

3. Jaalame
Film: Trance
Music: Jackson Vijayan
Lyrics: Vinayak Sasikumar
Singers: Jackson Vijayan, Rex Vijayan, Lal Krishna, Divya S Menon, Namitha Raju

4. Olu
Film: Maniyarayile Ashokan
Music: Sreehari K Nair
Lyrics: Shamzu Zayba
Singer: Sid Sriram

5. Kim Kim Kim
Film: Jack and Jill
Music: Ram Surendar
Lyrics: BK Harinarayanan
Singer: Manju Warrier

6. Paarake
Film: Kilometers and Kilometers
Music: Sooraj S Kurup
Lyrics: Vinayak Sasikumar, Nisha Nair
Singers: Ramshi Ahmed, Sooraj S Kurup, Mridul Anil, Pavithra Das, Pranvya Das

7. Unnikrishnan Song
Film: Varane Avashyamund
Music: Alphons Joseph
Lyrics: Santhosh Varma, Shelton Pinheiro (English Rap), Thirumali (Malayalam Rap)
Singers: Alphons Joseph, Sherdhin, Shelton Pinheiro, Thirumali

8. Ilam Poove
Film: Anveshanam
Music: Jakes Bejoy
Lyrics: Joe Paul
Singer: Sooraj Santhosh

9. Sundaranayavane
Film: Halal Love Story
Music: Shahabaz Aman
Lyrics: Muhsin Parari
Singer: Shahabaz Aman

10. Farewell Song
Film: Kunjeldho
Music: Shaan Rahman
Lyrics: Aswathy Sreekanth
Singers: Sreejish Cholayil

The list is in no particular order.