The
2nd
Swayamvara-Thikkurissi
Film
Awards,
instituted
by
Thikkurissi
Sukumaran
Nair
foundation
have
been
announced.
The
awards
were
announced
by
jury
members
consisting
of
cinematographer
Ramachandra
Babu,
Dr
Oman
Kutty,
Director
Balu
Kariyath,
Attingal
Vijayakumar
and
Suku
Palkulangara.
Dulquer
Salmaan
bagged
the
Best
Actor
award
for
his
extra-ordinary
performance
as
freedom
fighter
KTN
Kottur
and
blogger
Ravi
Chandrasekhar
in
Ranjith
directed
Njaan
and
biker
Arjun
in
Anjali
Menon
directed
Bangalore
Days.
Bhama,
the
actress
who
delivered
an
electrifying
performance
as
Kala,
a
teenager
who
becomes
a
mother
at
the
age
of
14
in
the
movie
Ottamandaram,
won
the
award
for
Best
Actress.
Bangalore
Days
is
the
Best
Popular
Film.
Biju
Menon
and
Nikki
Galrani
won
the
awards
for
Best
Popular
Actor,
for
their
performances
in
the
movie
Vellimoonga.
Anjali
Menon,
who
directed
the
blockbuster
movie
Bangalore
Days,
is
the
Best
Popular
Director.
Ranjith
Sankar,
who
scripted
the
popular
movie
Varsham,
is
the
best
screenplay
writer.
Ottamandaram
bagged
seven
awards;
including
the
awards
for
Best
Film,
Best
Director,
Best
Actress,
Best
Supporting
Actress,
Best
Music
Director
and
Best
Singers-Female.
Vinod
Mankara
won
the
award
for
Best
Director.
Ramesh
Narayan
bagged
the
award
for
Best
Music
Director.
Shaan
Rahman
won
the
special
jury
award
for
his
contributions
in
2014.
Sameer
Thahir
won
the
award
for
Best
Cinematographer,
for
Bangalore
Days.
Joy
Mathew
bagged
the
Best
Supporting
Actor
award,
for
his
performances
in
various
movies.
Sajitha
Madathil
won
the
Best
Supporting
Actress
award
for
her
performance
in
Ottamandaram
and
Njaan.
Interestingly,
the
mother-daughter
duo
Sujatha
and
Swetha
won
the
awards
for
Best
Singers-Female,
for
the
songs
from
Ottamandaram.
Vijay
Yesudas
bagged
the
award
for
Best
Male
Singer,
for
the
movie
Angry
Babies.
Haricharan
Sheshadri
and
Remya
Nambeesan
are
the
Best
Popular
Singers.
Rajeev
Alunkal,
who
penned
the
songs
for
Angry
Babies,
is
the
best
lyricist.
The
date
and
venue
of
the
award
ceremony
is
yet
to
be
decided.
Check
out
the
slides
for
the
complete
list
of
award
winners.
Dulquer
Salmaan
(Best
Actor)
Dulquer
Salmaan
won
the
award
for
Best
Actor,
for
his
performances
in
the
movies
Njaan,
directed
by
Ranjith
and
Bangalore
Days
directed
by
Anjali
Menon.
Bhama
(Best
Actress)
Bhama
bagged
the
trophy
for
Best
Actress,
for
her
performance
in
the
movie
Ottamandaram,
directed
by
Vinod
Mankara.
Best
Movie
Ottamandaram,
directed
Vinod
Mankara
won
the
award
for
Best
Movie.
The
movie,
which
revolved
around
a
teenage
girl,
who
gives
birth
to
a
baby
at
the
age
of
14,
has
won
huge
critical
acclaims.
Best
Popular
Movie
Bangalore
Days,
the
blockbuster
movie
directed
by
Anjali
Menon
bagged
the
award
for
Best
Popular
Movie.
The
movie,
which
revolves
around
the
lives
of
three
cousins,
emerged
as
the
second
highest
ever
grosser
of
Malayalam
cinema.
Vinod
Mankara
(Best
Director)
Vinod
Mankara
won
the
award
for
Best
Director,
for
the
movie
Ottamandaram.
Anjali
Menon
(Best
Popular
Director)
Anjali
Menon
won
the
award
for
the
Best
Popular
Director,
for
the
blockbuster
movie
Bangalore
Days.
Joy
Mathew
(Best
Supporting
Actor)
Joy
Mathew
won
the
award
for
Best
Supporting
Actor,
for
his
performances
in
various
movies
in
2014.
Sajitha
Madathil
(Best
Supporting
Actress)
Sajitha
Madathil
won
the
trophy
for
Best
Supporting
Actress,
for
her
performances
in
the
movies
Njaan
and
Ottamandaram.
Best
Singers
Vijay
Yesudas
won
the
award
for
Best
Male
Singer,
for
the
song
Melle
chelode
from
the
movie
Angry
babies.
Mother-daughter
duo
Sujatha
and
Swetha
won
the
awards
for
Best
Female
Singers,
for
the
songs
from
the
movie
Ottamandaram.
Best
Popular
Singers
Haricharan
Sheshadri
won
the
Best
Popular
Singer-Male
award
for
the
song
Ethu
Kari
Ravilum,
from
the
movie
Bangalore
Days.
Remya
Nambeesan
is
the
Best
Popular
Singer-female.