Kerala State Film Awards: Mammootty bags seventh Best Actor award, Manjummel Boys gets Best Film

The winners of the 55th Kerala State Film Awards 2025 were announced on Monday, November 3. Chaired by actor Prakash Raj, a seven-member jury has selected the winners for this edition. The awardees were announced by the Kerala Minister for Fisheries, Culture and Youth Affairs Saji Cherian during a press conference in Thrissur.

Directed by Chidambaram S. Poduval, the popular survival drama Manjummel Boys received Best Film for the year 2024, while Mammootty was honoured with Best Actor for Bramayugam. Debut star Shamla Hamza bagged the trophy for Best Actress for her performance in

Feminichi Fathima.

As per several media reports, only 26 films qualified for the final round from the total 128 films from 2024 that were submitted for this year's prize.

Here’s the full list of Kerala State Film Awards 2025 winners:

Best Film: Manjummel Boys

Best Actor (Male): Mammootty for 'Bramayugam'

Best Actor (Female): Shamla Hamza for 'Feminichi Fathima'

Best Director: Chidambaram S Poduval for 'Manjummel Boys'

Best Character Artist (Female): Lijomol Jose for 'Nadanna Sambhavam'

Best Character Artist (Male): Soubin Shahir ('Manjummel Boys') and Sidharth Bharathan ('Bramayugam')

Special Jury Award for Acting (Male): Tovino Thomas and Asif Ali for 'ARM' and 'Kishkindha Kaandam'

Special Jury Award for Acting (Female): Jyothirmayi for 'Bougainvillea' and Darshana Rajendran for 'Paradise'

Best Second Film: 'Feminichi Fathima'

Best Debut Director: Fasil Muhammed for 'Feminichi Fathima'

Best Popular Film: 'Premalu'

Special Jury award for women/transgender people: Payal Kapadia for 'All We Imagine As Light'

Best Story: Prasanna Vithanage for 'Paradise'

Best Screenplay: Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad for 'Bougainvillea'

Best VFX: 'ARM'

Best Dance Choreographer: 'Bougainvillea'

Best Costume: Sameera Saneesh for 'Rekhachithram' and 'Bougainvillea'

Best Makeup Artist: Ronex Xavier for 'Bougainvillea' and 'Bramayugam'

Best Sync Sound: 'Pani'

Best Music Director: Sushin Shyam for 'Bougainvillea'

Best Background Score: Christo Xavier for 'Bramayugam'

Best Adapted Screenplay: Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad for 'Bougainvillea'

Best Cinematography: Shyju Khalid for 'Manjummel Boys'

Best Lyricist (Male): Vedan for 'Kuthanthram' from 'Manjummal Boys'

Best Playback Singer (Female): Zeba Tommy for 'Aarorum' from 'Am Ah'

Best Playback Singer (Male): KS Harisankar for 'Kiliye' from 'ARM'

Best processing lab/colourist: Shree Warrier ('Manjummel Boys' and 'Bougainvillea')

Best Sound Design: Shibin Melvin and Abhishek Nair for 'Manjummel Boys'

Best Production Design: Ajayan Chalissery for 'Manjummel Boys'

Best Editor: Sooraj ES for 'Kishkindha Kaandam'

Best Dubbing Artist (Female): Sayonara Philip for 'Barroz'

Best Dubbing Artist (M): Bhasi Vaikom for 'Barroz'

Directed by Jeo Baby, Kaathal – The Core won the award for Best Film in the previous edition of the Kerala State Film Awards. While Prithviraj Sukumaran bagged the Best Actor, Urvashi and Beena R Chandran shared the award for Best Actress.