The winners of Kerala State Film Awards for the year 2016 were announced on Tuesday, 7 March 2017. Vinayakan has won the best actor award for the movie Kammattipadam and Rajisha Vijayan won the best actress award for Anuraga Karikkinvellam. Manhole is the best movie and Vidhu Vincent grabbed the best director award. Kerala State Film Awards is presented annually by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy to honor the excellence in Malayalma FIlm Industry. The winners will be decided by a panel of 10 jury members.
The head of the jury is the Odisha director A.K Bir. The other jury member include Directors Priyanandanan, Sundar Das, Sudevan, script writer P.F. Mathews, actor Shanti Krishna, singer V.T. Murali, sound designer Arun Nambiar, critic Dr Meena T. Pillai and Kerala Chalachitra Academy secretary Mahesh Panju. A.K Balan, minister for Films and cultural affairs has announced the winners. Various good movie was released in 2016, so the competition will be very tough among different categories. A total of ten movies have made to the finals. Mohanlal, Vinayakan and Fahad Faazil are the top 3 actors competing for the best actor award. Check out the complete winners list/ results of the Kerala State Film Awards 2017 below.
Winners of Kerala State Film Awards
Best movie: Manhole
Best Second Movie: Ottayal Patha
Best Popular Movie: Maheshinte Prathikaaram
Best Actor: Vinayakan (Kammattipadam)
Best Actress: Rajisha Vijayan (Anuraga Karikkinvellam)
Best Director: Vidhu Vincent
Best Character Actor: Mani Kandan
Best Character Actress: Kanchana PK
Best Debut Director: Shanavaz Bavukutty
Best Story: Salim Kumar
Best Screenplay (Original): Shyam Pushkaran
Best Children’s Movie: Kolumuttayi
Best Child Artist (Male): Chetan Jaylal
Best Cinematography: MJ Radhakrishnan
Best Music Director: M Jayachandran
Best Singer (Male): Suraj
Best Singer (Female): KS Chithra
Best Background Score: Vishnu Vijay
Best Lyrics: ONV Kurup
Special Jury Award (actor): K Kaladharan
Special Jury Award (camera): Gireesh Gangadharan
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