Mammootty
and
Padmapriya
shared
the
honors
for
the
best
actors
for
the
year
2006,
announced
by
Mathrubhumi
on
Saturday.
He
was
selected
for
this
award
for
his
extraordinary
performance
in
Palunku.
Padmapriya
got
this
award
for
her
excellent
role
in
Vadakkumnathan.
Mohanlal
and
Major
Ravi
will
get
special
awards
for
their
work
in
Rasathanthram
and
Keerthi
Chakra,
respectively.
In
a
press
release
released
by
the
Mathrubhumi-PSS
Limited
regarding
the
filmy
awards
for
the
year
2006,
the
company
announced
the
list
of
award
winners.
Best
Film:
Classmates
(Lal
Jose)
Best
Director:
Sathyan
Anthikkad
(Rasathanthiram)
Best
Supporting
Actor:
Jagathy
Srikumar
(Palunku)
Best
supporting
actress:
Muthu
Mani
(Rasathanthram)
Best
Musician:
Johnson
(Photographer)
Best
scripts:
Gireesh
Puthenchery
(Vadakkumnathan)
Best
Lyrics:
Vayalar
Sharath
(Classmates)
Best
playback
singers:
Vineeth
Sreenivasan,
Manjari
(Many
films)
The
awards
will
be
distributed
in
the
second
week
of
October
at
Kochi.