Kerala
State
Film
Awards
2021
results
are
finally
out.
The
highly
anticipated
award
results
are
announced
by
Saji
Cheriyan,
the
Saji
Cheriyan,
the
minister
of
Kerala
Film
Development
Corporation,
and
Chalachitra
Academy,
in
a
special
press
meet
which
is
being
held
at
the
capital
city
Thiruvananthapuram.
The
51st
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
are
conducted
to
honour
the
best
of
cinema
from
the
year,
2020.
Jayasurya,
the
versatile
actor
bagged
the
Best
Actor
award
for
his
performance
in
the
survival
drama
Vellam.
Anna
Ben,
the
talented
actress
won
the
Best
Actress
award
for
her
performance
in
Kappela.
The
Great
Indian
Kitchen,
the
highly
acclaimed
Jeo
Baby
directorial
won
the
award
for
Best
Movie.
Ayyappanum
Koshiyum,
the
Prithviraj
Sukumaran-Biju
Menon
starrer
directed
by
late
Sachy
won
the
award
for
Best
Movie
Providing
Wholesome
Entertainment.
Have
a
look
at
the
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
complete
winners
list
here:
Best
Actor:
Jayasurya
(Vellam)
Best
Actress:
Anna
Ben
(Kappela)
Best
Film:
The
Great
Indian
Kitchen
(Director:
Jeo
Baby)
Best
Film
Providing
Wholesome
Entertainment:
Ayyappanum
Koshiyum
(Director:
Sachy)
Second
Best
Film:
Thinkalazhcha
Nishchayam
(Director:
Senna
Hegde)
Best
Childrens'
Film:
Bonami
(Director:
Tony
Sukumar)
Best
Director:
Sidhartha
Siva
(Ennivar)
Best
Director
(Debut):
Muhammad
Musthafa
(Kappela)
Best
Story:
Senna
Hegde
(Thinkalazhcha
Nishchayam)
Best
Screenplay:
Jeo
Baby
(The
Great
Indian
Kitchen)
Best
Character
Actor:
Sudheesh
(Ennivar,
Bhoomiyile
Manohara
Swakaryam)
Best
Character
Actress:
Sree
Rekha
(Veyil)
Best
Editor:
Mahesh
Narayanan
(C
U
Soon)
Best
Cinematographer:
Chandru
Selvaraj
(Kayattam)
Best
Music
Director
(Songs
&
Background
Score):
M
Jayachandran
(Sufiyum
Sujatayum)
Best
Singer
(Male):
Shahbaaz
Aman
(Vellam)
Best
Singer
(Female):
Nithya
Mammen
(Sufiyum
Sujatayum)
Best
Lyricist:
Anwar
Ali
(Malik,
Bhoomiyile
Manohara
Swakaryam)
Best
Sync
Sound:
Aadarsh
Joseph
Cheriyan
(Santhoshanthinte
Onnaam
Rahasyam)
Best
Sound
Mixing:
Ajith
Abraham
George
(Sufiyum
Sujatayum)
Best
Sound
Design:
Tony
Babu
(The
Great
Indian
Kitchen)
Best
Processing
Lab/Colourist:
Liju
Prabhakar
(Kayattam)
Best
VFX:
Saryas
Muhammed
(Love)
Best
Dubbing
Artist
(Male):
Shobi
Thilakan
(Bhoomiyile
Manohara
Swakaryam)
Best
Dubbing
Artist
(Female):
Riya
Saira
(Ayyappanum
Koshiyum)
Best
Child
Artist
(Male):
Niranjan
S
(Kasiminte
Kadal)
Best
Child
Artist
(Female):
Aaravya
Sharma
(Barbie)
Best
Art
Director:
Santhosh
Raman
(Malik)
Best
Make-up
Artist:
Rasheed
Ahamed
Best
Costume
Design:
Dhanya
Balakrishnan
(Malik)
Best
Dance
Choreography:
Lalitha
Soby
&
Babu
Xavier
(Sufiyum
Sujatayum)
Special
Jury
Award
(Singer):
Nanjiyamma
(Kalakkatha
song,
Ayyappanum
Koshiyum)
Special
Jury
Award
(Costume
Designing):
Nalini
Jameela
(Bharathapuzha)
Special
Jury
Award
(Actress):
Siji
Pradeep
(Bharathapuzha)
Best
Article
On
Cinema:
Adoorinte
Anju
Naayaka
Kadhapathrangal
(John
Samuel)
Best
Book
On
Cinema:
Aakhyanathinte
Piriyan
Kovanikal
(PK
Surendran)
As
reported
earlier,
the
Kerala
State
Film
Award
jury
of
this
year
is
headed
by
the
veteran
actress-filmmaker,
Suhasini
Maniratnam.
This
year,
two
sub-juries
were
appointed
to
watch
the
initial
entries
for
the
awards
race.
Interestingly,
over
80
films
that
were
registered
in
the
year
2020
had
entered
the
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
race,
this
year.
Later,
the
films
that
were
shortlisted
from
the
initial
list
were
recommended
for
the
final
jury.
Senior
director
Bhadran,
Kannada
filmmaker
P
Sheshadri,
musician
Mohan
Sithara,
cinematographer
CK
Muraleedharan,
sound
designer
M
Harikumar,
and
critic
and
screenwriter
N
Sasidharan
are
the
other
members
of
the
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
2021
jury,
along
with
Suhasini
Maniratnam.