Best
Movie:
Kumbalangi
Nights
Kumbalangi
Nights,
the
multi-starrer
that
was
directed
by
newcomer
Madhu
C
Narayanan
bagged
the
award
for
the
Best
Movie.
The
film,
which
featured
Fahadh
Faasil,
Soubin
Shahir,
Shane
Nigam,
Sreenath
Bhasi,
Anna
Ben,
and
so
on
in
the
lead
roles,
was
one
of
the
most-loved
Malayalam
films
of
2019.
Best
Actor:
Mammootty
(Unda)
Mammootty,
the
megastar
of
Malayalam
cinema
bagged
the
award
for
Best
Actor,
for
his
performance
in
the
acclaimed
movie
Unda. The
megastar
had
earned
extremely
positive
reviews
for
his
portrayal
of
S.I
Manikandan,
the
physically
weak,
peace-loving
senior
police
officer,
in
the
movie.
Best
Actress:
Parvathy
Thiruvothu
(Uyare)
Parvathy
Thiruvothu
won
the
award
for
Best
Actress
for
her
performance
in
Uyare.
The
super-talented
actress
delivered
one
of
the
best
performances
of
her
career
so
far
in
the
role
Pallavi
Raveendran,
the
acid
attack
survivor
in
the
movie.
Best
Director:
Aashiq
Abu
(Virus)
Aashiq
Abu,
the
talented
filmmaker
won
the
award
for
Best
Director
for
the
highly
acclaimed
movie
Virus.
The
movie,
which
portrayed
the
Kerala
state's
fight
against
the
highly
contagious
Nipah
virus,
had
earned
wide
appreciations
at
both
the
National
and
International
platforms.
Best
Screenplay:
Syam
Pushkaran
(Kumbalangi
Nights)
Syam
Pushkaran,
one
of
the
most
celebrated
writers
of
the
contemporary
Malayalam
cinema,
bagged
the
award
for
Best
Screenplay.
The
writer
won
the
award
for
the
screenplay
of
Kumbalangi
Nights,
the
Madhu
C
Narayanan-directed
acclaimed
movie.