Popular
South
Indian
actress
Meera
Jasmine
was
presented
the
first
Srividya
award
for
the
best
actress
in
Malayalam
films
by
minister
N.K.Premachandran
at
a
function
in
Thiruvanthapuram
on
the
second
death
anniversary
(October
19)
of
actress
Srividya.
Meera
Jasmine
got
this
award
for
her
performance
in
the
Mammootty
starrer
Ore
Kadal,
directed
by
Shyamaprasad.
Earlier,
she
also
won
the
Filmfare
awards
(2008)
for
her
performance
in
the
same
movie
which
examines
the
extra-martial
relationship
between
an
intellectual
economist
and
a
housewife.
K.B.
Ganesh
Kumar
M.L.A,
popular
Malayalam
actor
and
the
chairman
of
the
MLV
Srividya
Charitable
Society,
who
was
with
Srividya
during
her
last
moments,
said
that
Srividya
was
a
person
who
helped
many
without
expecting
any
publicity
or
reward.
Ganesh
Kumar
also
revealed
that
from
next
year,
cancer
patients
from
poor
families,
especially
women
who
come
for
treatment
at
Regional
Cancer
Centre,
Thiruvanthapuram,
would
be
given
financial
aid
from
the
foundation.
Srividya
Music
award
was
given
to
young
musician
N.J.
Nandini.
Director
K.
Madhu
and
Principal
Secretary
T.
Balakrishnan
attended
the
function.