Asiavision Awards 2016 Announced
Asiavision movie awards for this year have been announced. Jacobinte Swargarajyam is selected as the best movie of the year. Nivin Pauly is the best actor for his performance in Jacobinte Swargarajyam and Action Hero Biju. Manju Warrier is the best actress for Vettah and Karinkunnam 6s.
Priyadarshan is selected as the best director for his movie Oppam. Kunchacko Boban is the man of the year. Legendary music director AK Arjunan will be awarded the Life time achievement award.
Mohanlal is the most popular actor for delivering blockbusters Oppam and Pulimurugan while Pulimurugan is the most popular movie.
Manikandan Achari is selected as the best second actor for his amazing performance in Kammatipadam. Aju Varghese is the supporting actor of the year for Ann Maria Kalipilanu.
In the best performance category : Tovino Thomas is the best actor for Guppy. Vedhika is the best actress for James and Alice. Excellence award is given to Asha Sharath for the movies Anuraga Karikkin Vellam and Paavada. Renji Panicker is the best character actor for the year.
In the new generation category, Shane Nigam is the best actor for Kismath while Aparna Balamurali is the best actress for Maheshinte Prathikaram. Kabir Bedi is the best villian for Anarkali. Gopi Sunder is the best music director for his score in the movies Kali, Charlie and Pulimurugan. Best lyricist is Hari Narayanan. M G Sreekumar is the playback singer (male) for the song Chinamma in Oppam. KS Chithra is the female playback singer of the year for her songs in Pulimurugan and Thoppil Joppan.
Future prospect male is awarded to Gokul Suresh Gopi and Anuraga Karikkin Vellam fame Rajisha Vijayan. Rajeev Pillai and Sijoy bagged the special jury award for their roles in Oru Muthassi Gadha and James and Alice respectively. Future singer is awarded to Baby Shreya for Oppam.
Shaji Kumar is the cinematographer of the year for Pulimurugan. Sonam Kapoor is the icon of the year and best Bollywood actress.
In the Tamil movies category, Vijay Sethupathy is the best actor for Dharmadurai while Tamannaah Bhatia won the best actress for the same movie. Seenu Ramasamy is the best director again for the same movie. R K Suresh is the best villain for Thara Thapattai and Marudhu. Special performance award for Radhika Apte for the movie Kabali.
Ramcharan is the youth icon of the year while Amy Jackson is awarded for excellence in Indian Cinema. Baby Nainika is the best child actor for Theri. Sid Sriram is the best singer.
The award function is scheduled to be held on November 18 in the Sharjah cricket stadium. Many film personalities from all over India will be present for the event.
The awards were selected through an online poll conducted by the channel. Singer Karthik, Paris Lakshmi, Aparna Balamurali, Shamna Kasim, D for Dance fame Afsal, Kavya Ajith, Ramzan, Azeer, Banu Prathap Singh, Ann Amy, Nithya Aparna will perform during the award night.
