51st Kerala State Film Awards; Here’s the full list of winners

The Kerala State Film Awards for the year 2020 has been announced. Jayasurya and Anna Ben won the awards in the Best Actor categories while Jeo Baby’s ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ was chosen as the Best Film. Siddharth Siva bagged the Best Director award. Late filmmaker Sachy’s ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’ was adjudged the Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value.

Suhasini Mani Ratnam was the jury chairperson this year. Here’s the complete list of winners:

Best Film – The Great Indian Kitchen (Director: Jeo Baby )

Best Director – Siddharth Siva (Ennivar)

Best Actor (Male) – Jayasurya (Vellam)

Best Actor (Female) – Anna Ben (Kappela)

Second Best Film –Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam (Director: Senna Hegde)

Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value – Ayyappanum Koshiyum (Director: Sachy)

Best Character Actor (Male) – Sudheesh (Ennivar, Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam)

Best Character Actor (Female) – Sreerekha (Veyil)

Best Debut Director – Muhkammed Mustafa (Kappela)

Best Story – Senna Hegde (Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam)

Best Screenplay (Original) – Geo Baby (The Great Indian Kitchen)

Best Screenplay (Adapted) — No deserving entries

Best Editor – Mahesh Narayanan (C U Soon)

Best Cinematography – Chandru Selvaraj (Kayattam)

Best Art Direction – Santosh Raman (Pyali, Malik)

Best Music Director – M Jayachandran (Sufiyum Sujathayum)

Best Background Music – M Jayachandran (Sufiyum Sujathayum)

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Shahabaz Aman (‘Sundaranayavane’ from Halal Love Story and ‘Akashmayaval’ from Vellam)

Best Playback Singer (Female) – Nithya Mammen (‘Vathukkal Vellaripravu’ from Sufiyum Sujathayum)

Best Lyrics – Anwar Ali (‘Smaranakal Kadayi’ from Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam and ‘Theerame’ from Malik)

Best Sync Sound – Adarsh Joseph Cherian (Santoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam)

Best Sound Mixing – Ajith Abraham George (Sufiyum Sujathayum)

Best Sound Designing – Tony Babu (The Great Indian Kitchen)

Best Dubbing Artiste (Male) – Shoby Thilakan (Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam)

Best Dubbing Artiste (Female) – Riya Saira (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)

Best Choreography – Lalitha Soby, Babu Xavier (Sufiyum Sujathayum)

Best Colourist – Liju Prabhakar (Kayattam)

Best Makeup – Rashid Ahmed (Article 21)

Best Costume – Dhanya Balakrishnan (Malik)

Best VFX – Saryas Muhammed (Love)

Best Children’s Film – Bonami (Director: Tony Sukumar)

Best Child Actor (Male) – Niranjan S (Kasiminte Kadal)

Best Child Actor (Female) – Aravya Sharma (Pyali)

Jury Mention (Actor) – Siji Pradeep (Bharathappuzha)

Special award for transpersons or women for any category – Nanjiyamma (‘Kalakkatha’ song from Ayyappanumn Koshiyum)

Jury Mention (Costume) – Nalini Jameela (Bharathappuzha)

Best Book on Cinema – ‘Akhyanathinte Piriyan Kovanikal’ by P K Surendran

Best Article on Cinema – ‘Adoorinte Anch Naayaka Kathapathrangal’ by John Samuel