Kerala State Awards 2024: Mammootty Named Best Actor, Film Manjummel Boys, Asif Ali Get Top Honours

The much-anticipated 55th Kerala State Film Awards has been announced on 3 November, Monday at Ramanilayam in Thrissur, with Minister for Culture and Films Saji Cherian declaring the names of the winners.

A seven-member jury chaired by actor Prakash Raj evaluated 38 films for this year’s honours. Originally scheduled for October 31, the announcement was postponed due to film screenings and a special session of the Legislative Assembly.

Kerala State Awards 2024: Mammootty, Shamla Hamza, Asif Ali Win Top Acting Honours

Here’s the full list of Kerala State Film Awards 2024 winners

Best Film: Manjummel BoysBest Actress – Shamla Hamza, Feminichi FathimaBest Actor – Mammootty, BramayugamBest Director – Chidambaram S Poduval, Manjummel BoysBest Character Artist (F) – Lijomol Jose, Nadanna SambhavamBest Character Artist (M) – Soubin Shahir (Manjummel Boys) and Sidharth Bharathan (Bramayugam)Special Jury Award – Asif Ali, Tovino Thomas, Darshana Rajendran, Jyothirmayi, ParadiseBest Second Film – Feminichi FathimaBest Debut Director – Fasil Muhammed, Feminichi FathimaBest Popular Film – PremaluSpecial Jury award for women/transgender people – Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As LightBest Story – Prasanna Vithanage, ParadiseBest Screenplay – Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad, BougainvilleaBest Music Director – Sushin Shyam, BougainvilleaBest Lyricist – Vedan for “Kuthanthram” from Manjummal BoysBest Cinematography – Shyju Khalid, Manjummel BoysBest VFX – ARMBest Choreography – Sumesh Sunder and Jishnudas M V, BougainvilleaBest Costume – Sameera Saneesh, Rekhachithram and BougainvilleaBest Makeup Artist – Ronex Xavier, Bougainvillea and BramayugamBest processing lab/colorist – Shree Warrier (Manjummal Boys, Bougainvillea)Best Sync Sound – PaniBest Playback Singer (F) – Zeba Tommy for “Aarorum” in Am AhBest Playback Singer (M) – KS Harisankar for “Kiliye” in ARMOne has to note that Mammootty has already won 10 Kerala State Film Awards. The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards began in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs.