The
Govt
of
Kerala
honours
Mohanlal
and
Meera
Jasmine
with
best
actor
award
for
the
year
2007
for
their
performance
in
Paradesi
and
Ore
Kadal
respectively.
The
28th
Annual
Kerala
State
film
Awards
were
announced
by
the
state's
Culture
Minister
MA
Baby
in
Thiruvananthapuram
yesterday.
Mohan
Lal
has
won
the
Best
Actor
award
for
his
outstanding
performance
as
Valiakathil
Moosa
in
off-
beat
film
Paradesi.
Meera
Jasmine
bagged
the
Best
Actress
for
her
sensitive
portrayal
of
Deepthi
a
lonely
housewife
in
Shayamaprasad's
off-beat
Ore
Kadal.
MG
Sasi
is
the
Best
Director
for
Adayalangal,
which
has
also
been
selected
as
the
Best
Feature
Film.
Katha
Parayumbol
got
the
Best
Popular
Film
Award.
The
other
awardees:
Second
Best
Actors:
Murali
and
Lakshmi
Gopalaswamy.
Second
Best
Film:
Ore
Kadal.
Best
Story:
PT
Kunju
Mohammed
for
Paradesi.
Best
Cameraman:
MJ
Radhakrishnan
for
Adayalangal.
Best
Music
Director:
M
Jayachandran
(Naivedhyam)
Background
Score:
Ouseppachan
(Ore
Kadal).
Best
Lyrist:
Rafiq
Ahmed
(Pranayakalam)
Best
Singer
(Male):
Vijay
Yesudas
-
(Naivedhyam)
Best
singer
(Female):
Shwetha
Mohan
(Naivedhyam)
Best
Editor:
Vinod
Sukumaran
(Ore
Kadal)
Best
sound
Engineer:
TR
Krishnan
Unni
(Ottakaiyyan)
Best
Art
Director:
Rajasekharan
(Naalu
Pennungal)
Best
makeup:
Pattanam
Rashid
(Paradesi).