51st Kerala State Film Awards

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51st Kerala State Film Awards
Awarded forHonouring achievements in Malayalam films
Date17 October 2021 (2021-10-17)
Location Thiruvananthapuram
CountryIndia
Presented by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
First awarded1969
Most awards Sufiyum Sujatayum (5)
Website https://www.keralafilm.com
  2020 (50th)  · Kerala State Film Awards ·  2022 (52nd)  

The 51st Kerala State Film Awards, presented by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy were announced by the Minister for Cultural Affairs, Saji Cheriyan in Thiruvananthapuram on 16 October 2021. A total of 80 films competed for the awards. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Writing category

Jury

  P. K. Rajashekaran (chairman)
 
  C. Ajoy (member and secretary)

Awards

All award recipients receive a cash prize, certificate and statuette.

Name of awardTitle of workAwardee(s)Cash prize
Best Book on Cinema Aakyanathinte Piriyan KovanikalP. K.Surendran₹30,000
Best Article on Cinema Adoorinte 5 Nayaka KathapathrangalJohn Samuel₹20,000

Film category

Jury

  Suhasini (chairman)
  Bhadran   P. Sheshadri
  Mohan Sitara   C. K. Muralidharan
  M. Harikumar  N. Sasidharan
  C. Ajoy (member and secretary)

Awards

All award recipients receive a cash prize, certificate and statuette.

Name of awardTitle of filmAwardee(s)Cash prize
Best Film The Great Indian Kitchen Director: Jeo Baby ₹100,000
Producer: Dijo Augustine
Jomon Jacob
Vishnu Rajan
Sajin S Raj
₹200,000
Second Best Film Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Director: Senna Hegde ₹150,000
Producer: Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah₹150,000
Best Director Ennivar Sidhartha Siva ₹200,000
Best Actor Vellam
Jayasurya ₹100,000
Best Actress Kappela Anna Ben ₹100,000
Best Character Actor Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam
Ennivar
Sudheesh ₹50,000
Best Character Actress Veyil Sreerekha₹50,000
Best Child Artist Kasiminte KadalNiranjan S (Male category)₹50,000
PyaliAravya Sharma (Female category)₹50,000
Best Story Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam Senna Hegde ₹50,000
Best Cinematography Kayattam Chandru Selvaraj ₹50,000
Best Screenplay (Original) The Great Indian Kitchen Jeo Baby ₹25,000 each
Best Screenplay (Adaptation) Not Awarded
Best Lyrics Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam ("Smaranagal Kadalyi")
Malik ("Theerame Theerame")
Anwar Ali ₹50,000
Best Music Director (song) Sufiyum Sujatayum (All songs) M. Jayachandran ₹50,000
Best Music Director (score) Sufiyum Sujatayum M. Jayachandran ₹50,000
Best Male Singer Halal Love Story ("Sundaranayavane")
Vellam ("Aakashamayavale")
Shahabaz Aman ₹50,000
Best Female Singer Sufiyum Sujatayum ("Vathikkalu Vellarippravu")Nithya Mamman₹50,000
Best Editor C U Soon Mahesh Narayanan ₹50,000
Best Art Director Malik
Pyali
Santosh Raman₹50,000
Best Sync Sound Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam Adarsh Joseph Cheriyan₹50,000
Best Sound Mixing Sufiyum Sujatayum Ajith Abraham George₹50,000
Best Sound Design The Great Indian Kitchen Tony Babu ₹25,000 each
Best Processing Lab/Colourist₹50,000
Best Makeup Artist Article 21Rasheed Ahamed₹50,000
Best Costume Designer Malik Dhanya Balakrishnan₹50,000
Best Dubbing Artist Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam (Character:Thambidurai)
Shoby Thilakan (Male category)₹50,000
Ayyappanum Koshiyum (Character:Kannamma) Riya Saira (Female category)₹50,000
Best Choreography Sufiyum Sujatayum Lalitha Soby
Babu Xavier
₹25,000 each
Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value Ayyappanum Koshiyum Producers: Ranjith
P. M. Sasidharan
₹25,000 each
Director:Sachy ₹100,000
Best Debut Director Kappela Muhammad Musthafa ₹100,000
Best Children's Film BonamyProducer: Sinseer₹300,000
Director : Tony Sukumar₹100,000
Best Visual Effects Love Sarjas Muhammed (awarded for Visual Effects )

Anish D.

Sumesh Gopal

₹50,000

Special Jury Mention

All recipients receive a certificate and statuette.

Name of awardTitle of filmAwardee(s)Awarded for
Special Mention Bharathapuzha Siji PradeepActing
Ayyappanum Koshiyum NanjiyammaSinging the song "Kalakkatha Sandanamera"
Bharathapuzha Nalini Jameela Costume

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