Nivin Pauly, Manju Warrier and Shane Nigam honoured at Behindwoods Gold Medals; Here’s the list of award winners!
The 7th edition of the Behindwoods Gold Medals was held at Chennai last evening. Many leading celebrities from the South Indian film industry attended the event. Cricketer Dwayne Bravo, Ram Charan, Dhanush, KGF fame Yash, Nivin Pauly, Nivin Pauly, Vijay Deverakonda, Jyothika, Sai Pallavi, Rashmika Mandanna and Amala Paul were some of the most popular figures.
From Malayalam cinema, Nivin Pauly, Manju Warrier and Shane Nigam made their presence felt. Nivin was chosen as the Best Actor in a Lead Role (Malayalam) for his performance in ‘Moothon’ while Manju Warrier was honoured with the same award for ‘Lucifer’. She also got a Special Mention for her stellar performance in ‘Asuran’, which marked her debut in Tamil cinema. ‘Athiran’ won Sai Pallavi the Best Actor (Critics) award. Young star Shane Nigam won Special Mention in the Best Actor category.
Here’s the list of some of the award winners:
Dhanush – Best Actor Male for Asuran
Jyothika – Best Actor Male for Raatchasi
Vetrimaaran – Best Director for Asuran
Lokesh Kanagaraj – Best Story and Screenplay for Kaithi
Arun Vijay – Best Actor (Jury) for Thadam
Jayam Ravi – Best Actor (Jury) for Comali
Yogi Babu – Best Supporting Actor for Aadai
Amala Paul – Best Actor (Critics choice female) for Aadai
Vijay Deverakonda – Best Actor Male (Telugu) – Dear Comrade
Rashmika Mandanna – Best Actor Female (Telugu) – Dear Comrade
Ram Charan – People’s entertainer par excellence (Telugu)
Yash – Sensation of South Indian cinema
Dhanush – The actor par excellence in Indian cinema – since 2002 (From Thulluvadho Ilamai to Asuran)
Sivakarthikeyan – The golden family entertainer of Tamil cinema
Shankar – AVM Gold Medal for the Visionary of Indian Cinema
Dwayne Bravo – Golden Global Icon of Inspiration
Parthipen – Superlative Performer for Oththa Seruppu Size 7
Nambi Narayanan – Icon of Inspiration – Science and Technology
Cheran – Icon of Inspiration Award
Boney Kapoor – Best Producer – Most Socially Responsible Film (Nerkonda Paarvai)
Ken Karunaas – Find of the year
RJ Balaji – Wholesome Entertainer of the year
Sivakarthikeyan – For producing the most inspiring film (Kanaa)