Malayalam Subtitle Generator
Malayalam speech in, Manglish or Malayalam-script captions out.
Most subtitle tools treat Malayalam as an afterthought, or hand back captions in formal written Malayalam that nobody actually speaks. But look at how Malayalam is typed on YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp, from Kochi to Kozhikode to Dubai: "adipoli", "enthada", "sheriyaa, njan varaam". That is Manglish, and for short-form video it is what your viewers read fastest.
DesiCaptions transcribes Malayalam speech and writes it the way people type it, with the spoken forms kept as spoken, English words kept in English and Malayalam words in plain Roman letters. Prefer Malayalam script? Switch the language to Malayalam (Malayalam script) and the same video comes out in proper Malayalam letters, still in the words you said, with English sentences translated and the everyday loanwords Malayali creators actually use kept the way they write them.
Either way every word carries its own timestamp, so word-by-word and karaoke caption styles land on the beat, and the Malayalam-script mode ships with fonts that actually contain the glyphs, so you never get empty boxes, broken conjuncts or chillu letters that turn into a stray virama.
Why creators use it
Manglish the way it is typed
Captions come out as "njan" and "adipoli", with "zh" for ഴ and "nt" for ന്റ, the spelling your audience already uses in comments. No diacritics, no textbook spellings.
Spoken Malayalam, not textbook Malayalam
The captions keep "varunnund" and "poyi" the way you said them, in your own dialect, from Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur. Your viewers notice when a caption sounds like a newsreader.
Malayalam script when you want it
Pick the Malayalam (Malayalam script) mode for a Malayalam-first audience or formal content. Bundled Malayalam fonts keep every conjunct, chillu and vowel sign intact in the burned video.
Word-level timing
Every word carries its own timestamp, so word-by-word and karaoke caption styles land on the beat instead of drifting.
How it works
Upload your Malayalam video or audio
MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, MP3, M4A, or WAV, up to 4 GB. The free plan includes 1 free minute.
Pick Manglish or Malayalam (Malayalam script)
About a minute later for a Reel, or 2 to 3 minutes for a 5-minute video, you have a full transcript with word-level timestamps, in the script you chose.
Style and export
Choose a caption template, fix any names in the editor, then export a burned-in video or an SRT, VTT, or ASS file.
One sentence, every mode
The same spoken line as DesiCaptions writes it in each mode you can pick for this language:
Innu njan ningalkku ningalude life il ithuvare kandittillaatha oru adipoli karyam kaanikkaam
ഇന്ന് ഞാൻ നിങ്ങൾക്ക് നിങ്ങളുടെ ലൈഫിൽ ഇതുവരെ കണ്ടിട്ടില്ലാത്ത ഒരു അടിപൊളി കാര്യം കാണിക്കാം
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What is different about captioning Malayalam
Spoken Malayalam and written Malayalam drift apart, and Manglish has its own spellings: "nj" for ഞ (njan), "zh" for ഴ (mazha), "nt" for ന്റ (ente). Manglish captions use those, keep the spoken form in both modes, and keep one spelling through the whole video.
Malayalam has the widest letters of any Indian script and very long words, and it writes vowelless consonants as chillu letters (ൻ ർ ൽ ൾ ൺ) and many clusters as stacked ligatures (ന്റ, ല്ല, ക്ക). Malayalam-script captions are set in Malayalam fonts (Noto Sans Malayalam, Baloo Chettan 2), with about 24 characters per automatic caption against 42 in Manglish.
Caption your next video in minutes
Free plan, no credit card. Upload a Reel and see your captions in about a minute.
Start for freeFrequently asked questions
What is Manglish?
Malayalam written in Roman letters, the way people type it on phones: "sukhamano", "njan ippo varaam". It is not a translation, only the alphabet changes, and the words, tone and slang stay exactly as spoken.
Will Malayalam-script captions render correctly in every caption style?
Yes. Malayalam captions are set in Noto Sans Malayalam, or Baloo Chettan 2 for the comic templates, in both the editor preview and the exported video, so what you see is what burns.
Does it handle Malayalam mixed with English?
Yes. Code-mixed speech is the normal case. In Manglish mode English words stay English and Malayalam words are romanised; in Malayalam-script mode English sentences are translated and Hindi or Tamil speech is rendered in Malayalam, never in Devanagari or Tamil script.
Can I get English captions for a Malayalam video instead?
Yes. Choose English (Translate) and the Malayalam speech is translated into natural English captions.
What does it cost?
There is a free plan with 1 free minute and no credit card required. Each video uses exactly its own length from your balance. Paid minute packs start at 12 USD or 799 INR and never expire.