Film in Malayalam
Film as a movie is സിനിമ (sinima), said si-ni-ma, the word Malayalis use in conversation, reviews and posters alike. It covers both the individual film and cinema as an art form. Photographic film is a different borrowing, philim.
Most common translation
Film, a movie shown in a cinema or on television; photographic film is called philim; movie, a film, a motion picture.
ഞങ്ങൾ ഇന്ന് ഒരു സിനിമ കണ്ടു.
njangal innu oru sinima kandu.
We watched a film today.
All Malayalam words for “film”
- സിനിമ (sinima) — Film, a movie shown in a cinema or on television; photographic film is called philim; movie, a film, a motion picture.
- കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ (kathaapaathrangal) — Characters; the persons in a story, film or play; letters of an alphabet are called aksharangal.
- ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവം (chalachithrolsavam) — Film festival.
- ടിക്കറ്റുകൾ (tikkattukal) — Tickets, passes bought for travel, a film or an event; the plural of tikkattu.
- താരം (thaaram) — Star, a celebrated person, film star, celebrated actor/actress.
- നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ (nakshathrangal) — Stars, the bright points of light in the night sky; also used for famous film actors.
- നായകൻ (naayakan) — Hero; the main male character of a film or story, also a brave person who is admired.
- പ്രമേയം (prameyam) — Theme, the central subject of a story, film or talk; in speech people also say vishayam or the English theem.
- സംഘം (sangham) — Crew; the group of people working together on a ship, plane or film, a working team; squad. A small organized group of people, such as a sports team or a police unit.
- സംവിധാനം ചെയ്തു (samvidhaanam cheythu) — Directed, guided the making of a film or play; told someone what to do is nirdeshichu.
- സംവിധായകൻ (samvidhaayakan) — Director, the person who directs a film or a play.
സിനിമ (sinima) is the film itself, ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവം (chalachithrolsavam) is a film festival, താരം (thaaram) a film star, and കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ (kathaapaathrangal) the characters in it.
Common questions
How do you say film in Malayalam?
Say സിനിമ (sinima).
How do you say film festival?
That is ചലച്ചിത്രോത്സവം (chalachithrolsavam).