The
prestigious
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
will
be
announced
today
(October
16,
Saturday).
The
award
results
will
be
announced
by
Saji
Cheriyan,
the
minister
of
Kerala
Film
Development
Corporation
and
Chalachitra
Academy,
at
3
PM
today.
Reportedly,
Fahadh
Faasil,
Nimisha
Sajayan,
and
Indrans
are
the
major
faces
who
have
entered
the
final
race
of
the
Kerala
State
Film
Awards.
As
per
the
latest
reports,
the
jury
has
already
finished
the
screenings
of
the
films
that
got
selected
for
the
final
rounds,
today.
Around
80
films,
that
were
released
in
2020
have
competed
for
the
State
Film
Awards,
this
year.
The
jury
of
the
51st
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
is
headed
by
the
renowned
actress-filmmaker
Suhasini
Maniratnam.
Photo
Credit:
Along
with
Suhasini,
the
State
Award
jury
of
this
year
consists
of
several
popular
names
including
senior
filmmaker
Bhadran,
popular
Kannada
director
P
Sheshadri,
music
director
Mohan
Sithara,
cinematographer
CK
Muraleedharan,
sound
designer
M
Harikumar,
and
critic
and
screenwriter
N
Sasidharan.
If
the
reports
are
to
be
believed,
Fahadh
Faasil,
Indrans,
Biju
Menon,
Suraj
Venjaramoodu,
Jayasurya,
and
Tovino
Thomas
are
the
actors
who
have
succeeded
in
entering
the
final
race
for
the
Best
Actor
trophy
of
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
2020.
However,
these
reports
are
not
officially
confirmed
yet.
The
rumourmills
suggest
that
Shobana,
Nimisha
Sajayan,
Samyuktha
Menon,
Parvathy
Thiruvothu,
and
Anna
Ben
are
the
actresses
who
are
vying
for
the
Best
Actress
trophy
this
year.
This
year,
two
initially
juries
had
watched
the
80
films
that
were
selected
for
the
Kerala
State
Film
Awards
race.
Later,
the
shortlisted
films
were
recommended
for
the
final
jury,
by
the
heads
of
initial
juries.