Malayalam songs: Genre-based classification
This is an endeavour to classify Malayalam songs in the MSI database under appropriate
genres. This classification is based on subjective factors such as the total mood of the song, the feel that is conveyed by its rendering, the writing style, the nature of the tune and the raga, the tone and tenor of the picturisation of the song etc. The songs classified so far are given below. Please click on the number corresponding to the genre to get a list of songs classified in that genre.
While our endeavour is to have as logical a classification of songs based on genres as
possible, we realize that this is purely subjective and opinions may vary.
54 Genres
Dubbed | 723 | 0 |
Romantic | 327 | 207 |
Melody | 161 | 20 |
Comedy | 157 | 9 |
Devotional | 128 | 696 |
Melody - Romantic | 103 | 3 |
Philosophical | 99 | 0 |
Pathos | 95 | 20 |
Keerthanam | 91 | 16 |
Folk | 80 | 59 |
Childrens | 56 | 199 |
Lullaby | 52 | 1 |
Christian Devotional | 51 | 1325 |
Slokam | 43 | 1 |
Semi Classical | 39 | 0 |
Chorus Songs | 32 | 0 |
Pre | 31 | 0 |
Krishna Devotional | 30 | 185 |
Wedding Songs | 25 | 0 |
Hindu Devotional | 22 | 6007 |
Onam | 21 | 159 |
* | 21 | 0 |
Muslim | 20 | 127 |
Viplava Gaanangal | 18 | 82 |
Ashtapadi | 17 | 15 |
Cabaret | 16 | 0 |
Kerala | 12 | 8 |
Patriotic | 9 | 147 |
Dance song | 9 | 0 |
Shiva Devotional | 9 | 40 |
Thrissur Pooram | 8 | 0 |
Ayyappa Devotional | 7 | 630 |
Birthday Songs | 7 | 0 |
Melody - Pathos | 7 | 0 |
Devotional (Krishna) | 6 | 0 |
Best Wishes | 6 | 0 |
Dance Music | 6 | 0 |
Guruvayoor Devotional | 5 | 51 |
Kathakali Padam | 5 | 0 |
Christmas | 4 | 1 |
Sthothram | 4 | 0 |
Devotional (Christian) | 3 | 1 |
Classical | 3 | 0 |
Festival | 2 | 655 |
Viraha Gaanangal | 2 | 0 |
Kerala Songs | 2 | 0 |
Maappila Paattu | 1 | 1 |
Devotional (Muslim) | 1 | 0 |
Devotional (Guruvayoorappan) | 1 | 8 |
Pop | 1 | 8 |
Horror Songs | 1 | 0 |
Carnatic | 6 |
Childrens | 22 |
Christian Devotional | 152 |
Drama | 503 |
Festival | 121 |
Folk | 9 |
Gazal | 15 |
General | 76 |
Hindu Devotional | 1189 |
Love Songs | 131 |
Muslim Devotional | 41 |
Patriotic | 23 |
Poetry | 28 |
Radio | 3 |
Social | 24 |
TV | 10 |