Kerala State Film Awards 2022: Mammootty wins Best Actor; Best Actress Vincy Aloshius; List of winners

Kerala State Film Awards 2022: Megastar Mammootty won the Best Actor Award for Bheeshmaparvam and Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam. Vincy Aloshius bagged the Best Actress for the film 'Rekha'. Kunchacko Boban and Alencier won the special jury award for Nna Thaan Case Kodu and Appan respectively. 

Devi Varma won the best character award (female) for her role as Ayisha Rawther in 'Saudi Vellakka'. 

‘Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam’ won the Best Film Award and Mahesh Narayanan bagged the Best Director award for the film ‘Ariyippu’. 

'Adithattu' featuring Prashanth Alexander and Sunny Wayne received the state award for Best Second Film.

'Nna Thaan Case Kodu' bagged the best popular film award and 'Palotty 90s kids' is the Best Children's Film. Shaheer Kabir received the best debutant director for the film 'Ela Veezha Poonchira'.

The winners were announced by Minister for Cultural Affairs, Saji Cheriyan at 3 pm on Friday.

M Jayachandran has been selected as the best music composer for 'Ayisha', 'Pathonpatham Nootandu'. Maneesh Madhavan and Chandra Selvarajan won the best cinematography award. Master Da Vinci received the awards for the best child artist (male) for his role in Pallotty 90s kids.

154 films in total were submitted for the awards screening. 42 of them made the cut for the next round. The number of films submitted for screening last year reached 142. Gautam Ghosh, a director and screenwriter, is in charge of the jury.

The movie "Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam," directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery and starring Kunchacko Boban, "Nna Thaan Case Kodu," by Ratheesh Poduval, "Saudi Vellakka," by Tharun Moorthy, "Appan," by Maju, and "Puzhu," by Ratheena P T are some of the titles that are reportedly in the running for awards. The favourites to win the best actor award include Mammootty, who starred in three hit films, including "Rorschach," "Puzhu," and "Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam," and Kunchacko, who portrayed the petty crook Kozhummal Rajeevan in "Nna Thaan Case Kodu."

Here is the list of winners:

Best Feature Film- Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

Second Best Feature Film- Adithattu

Best Actor- Mammootty

Mahesh Narayanan (Best Director)

Vincy Aloshious (Best Actress )

Devi Varma (Best Character Artiste - Female)

Thanmaya Sol A (Best Child Artiste - Girl)

Kamal KM (Best Story Writer )

Manesh Madhavan (Best Cinematographer)

Chandru Selvaraj (Best Cinematographer)

Ratheesh Balakrishnan Pothuval (Best Screenplay Writer and Director of A-Special Award for the Best Malayalam Film With Aesthetic Quality and Popular Appeal)

Rajesh Kumar R (Best Screenplay - Adaptation)

Rafeeq Ahmed (Best Lyricist)

M Jayachandran (Best Music Director - Songs)

Dawn Vincent (Best Music Director - Background Score)

Kapil Kapilan (Best Playback Singer - Male)

Nishad Yusuf (Best Film Editor)

Jothish Shanker (Best Art Director)

Vaishakh P.V (Best Sync Sound)

Vipin Nair (Best Sound Mixing)

Ajayan Adat (Best Sound Design)

Robert Lang CSI / After Studios (Best Laboratory/ Colourist)

R. Rangarajan / iGene Di and VFX (Best Laboratory/ Colourist)

Ronex Xavier (Best Makeup Artiste)

Manjusha Radhakrishnan (Best Costume Designer)

Shobi Thilakan (Best Dubbing Artiste - Male)

Pauly Valsan (Best Dubbing Artiste - Female)

Santhosh T Kuruvilla (Producer of - A Special Award for the Best Malayalam Film With Aesthetic Quality and Popular Appeal)

Shahi Kabir (A Special Award for Promising Debut in Direction)

Anish D and Sumesh Gopal (Best Visual Effects)

Shruthi Sharanyam (Special Award in any Category for Women/ Transgender)

Kunchako Boban (Special Jury Award)

Alencier Ley Lopez (Special Jury Award)

Biswajith S (Special Jury Mention- Direction)

Rarish (Special Jury Mention- Direction)