Kerala State Film Awards 2016 Winners: The Kerala Minister AK Balan announces the winners of the prestigious Kerala State Film Awards 2016 at 5 pm in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday, March 7.
The Best Actor award was bagged by Vinayakan who played a man from a backward caste in Rajiv Ravi’s crime drama Kammatipaadam and Rajisha Vijayan received the Best Actress award for her portrayal of Elizabeth, the love interest of Abhi, played by Asif Ali, in Khalid Rahman’s Anuraga Karikki Vellam.
Vidhu Vincent has been selected as the best director for the film Manhole, which has also won best feature award this year. Manikandan Achari, who played as Balan in the Dulquer Salmaan starrer Kammatipaadam has bagged the best character actor award for the state awards 2016. Chethan Jayalal and Abeni Aadhi are selected as the best child artistes for their performances in Guppy and Kochavva Paulo Ayyappa Coelho, respectively.
Check Out Kerala State Film Awards 2016 Winners list Below:
- Best feature film – Manhole – Vidhu Vincent
- Best Second movie – Otta Aal Aatha – Santhosh Babu Senan & Satheesh Babu Senan
- Best director – Vidhu Vincent – Manhole
- Best Actor – Vinayakan (Kammatipaadam)
- Best Actress – Rajisha Vijayan (Anuraga Karikkin Vellam )
- Best Character Actor (male) – Manikandan Achari (Kammatipaadam)
- Best Character Actor (female) – Kanchana PK
- Best Child Artiste (male) – Chethan Jayalal – Guppy
- Best Child Artiste (female) – Abeni Aadhi (KPAC)
- Best Story – Salim Kumar
- Best cinematography – MJ Radhakrishnan – Kaadu Pookunna Neram
- Best Scriptwriter – Syam Pushkaram
- Best Music Composer – M Jayachandran – Kamboji
- Best lyricist – ONV Kurup – Kamboji
- Background score – Vishnu Vijay – Guppy
- Best sync sound engineer – Jayadevan Chakkadeth – Kaadu Pookunna Neram
- Best Sound Mixing – Pramod Thomas – Kaadu Pookunna Neram
- Best Sound Designer – Jayadevan Chakkadeth – Kaadu Pookunna Neram
- Best Colourist – Kaadu Pookunna Neram
- Best Makeup man – NG Roshan
- Best Costume Designer – Stephy Xavier – Guppy
- Best Dubbing artiste (female) – M Thankmani – Olapeepi
- Best Choreographer – Vineeth – Kamboji
- Popular movie – Maheshinte Prathikaram
- Best Debutant Director – Shanavas K Bavakutty – Kismath
- Best Children’s Movie – Kolumittayi
- Best Singer (male) – Suraj – Guppy
- Best Singer (female) – KS Chitra – Nadavathil Thuranilla Kamboji
Special jury:
- K Kaladharan – Otta Aal Patha
- Surabhi Lakshmi – Minnaminungu
- Cinematography – Gireesh Gangadharan – Guppy
Once again Southcolors.in congratulate all the winners Kerala State Film Awards 2016!
