Kerala State Film Awards 2017/2018 Full List

Kerala State Film Awards 2017/2018 were announced today. Out of the110 movies lined up for the awards this year, 6 were children’s films.Cultural minister A K Balan announced the awards at Trivandrum. And the Minister also mentioned that the jury, consisting of those like Dr. Biju, T V Chandran, Cherian Kalpakavadi and Dr. M Rajeev Kumar, wasn’t happy about the quality of the movies this year. 58 movies were of new directors, out of which one was a woman. 78 percent of the winners this time are debutantes at the awards. And here is the list of Award winners, 

Best Film – Ottamuri Velicham, directed by Rahul G Nair
Best Second Film – Eden, by Sanju Surendran
Best Popular Film – Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu
Best Actor – Indrans (Aalorukkam)
Best Actress – Parvathy (Take Off)
Best character Actor – Alencier Ley (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
Best character Actress – Pauly Valsan ( Ee Ma Yau)
Best child actors – Master Abhinad (Swanam), Nakshatra (Rakshadhikari Baiju)
Best Director – Lijo Jose Pallissery ( Ee Ma Yau)
Best debut director – Mahesh Narayanan (Take Off)
Best cinematographer – Manesh Madhavan
Best Story – MA Nishad (Kinar)
Best Script – Sajeev Pazhoor (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
Best adapted screenplay – Eden ( S Harish, Sanju Surendran)
Best composer – M K Arjunan (Bhayanakam)
Best singer (male) – Shahabaz Aman (Mayanadhi)
Best singer (female) – Sithara Krishnakumar (Vanamakalunnuvo, Vimanam)
Best lyrics – Prabha Varma (Clint)
Best background score – Gopi Sunder (Take Off)