Kerala State Film Awards Announced

Feb 9, 2007 NR



The Kerala State film awards for 2006 have been announced ending all speculations. It's Prithviraj who has bagged the Best Actor Award while Urvashi has fetched the award for the Best actress. The Best Film award has been bagged by Drishtaantham, while Lenin Rajendran has got the award for the best director.


The award details are as follows:


Best film: Drishtaantham (Produced and directed by M.P. Sukumaran Nair)


Best Director: Lenin Rajendran (Rathrimazha)


Best Actor: Prithviraj (Vaasthavam)


Best Actress: Urvashi (Madhuchandralekha)


Second Best Film: Notebook (Produced by P.V. Gangadharan and directed by


Rosshan Andrrews)


Second Best Actor: Saikumar (Anandabhairavi)


Second Best Actress: Padmapriya (Karuththapakshikal, Yes Your Honour)


Best Child artist: Master Mani (Photographer) and Baby Malavika


(Karuththapakshikal)


Best Story Writer: James Albert (Classmates)


Best Cinematographer:– Manoj Pillai (Kayyoppu)


Best Scenarist: Major Ravi (Keerthichakra)


Best Lyricist: Prabha Varma (for the song "Poyivaruvaan koodevaroo


ormakale…" from the film Out of Syllabus).


Best Music Director (songs): Ramesh Narayanan (Rathrimazha)


Best Background Music Director: Thashi (Thanthra)


Best Singer Male: Sreenivas (for the song "Bansuri shruthipole…" from the


film Rathrimazha)


Best Singer Female: Sujatha (for the song "Bansuri shruthipole…" from the


film Rathrimazha)


Best Editor: L. Bhoominathan (Vaasthavam)


Best Art-Director: Gokuldass (Thanthra)


Best Sound Recording: Harikumar (Drishtaantham)


Best Processing Laboratory: Gemini Colour Lab , Chennai (for the film


Kayyoppu)


Best Make-up man: Pattanam Sha (Pulijanman)


Best Costume Designer: V. Sai (Notebook)


Best Dubbing Artist: Vimi Mariam George (Kayyoppu)


Best Dance Direction: Madhu Gopinath and Saji Vakkom (Rathrimazha )


Special Award for popular film with artistic values: Classmates (Produced by


Prakash Damodaran and P.K. Muralidharan and directed by Lal Jose)


Best Debutante director: Avira Rebecca (Thakarachenda)


Special Jury Award: Sreenivasan (for his performance in Thakarachenda)


Special Jury Mention: Khushboo for her performance in Kayyoppu


Special Jury Mention: Madhu Kaithapram (for directing Ekaantham)


Best Short film (Fiction): Bhoomikkoru Charamageetham (Produced by Dr. Joli


Zachariah and directed by R. Sharath)


Best Documentary: Minukku (Produced by Devadasan Keezhpadu and Beena


Narayanan, and directed by M.R. Rajan)


Best Book on Cinema: Adoorinte Chalachitrayaathrakal (M.F. Thomas) and


Cinemayude Neethisaaram (P.G. Sadanandan)


Best writing on cinema: Gujaratinu Shesham Malayala Cinema Musliminodu


Parayunnathu (N.P. Sajeesh)


No awards have been given in the Best Children's film section as there were


no films that qualified for the award.



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