54th Kerala State Film Awards: 'Aadujeevitham' Bags 9 Awards; Prithviraj, Urvashi, Beena Chandran Win Top Honours

The 54th Kerala State Film Awards were announced today, August 16. The awards celebrated some of the great talents of the Malayalam film industry-the actors, directors, writers, and technicians who played a huge role in take the Malayapam cinema to the next level. Prithviraj Sukumaran's 'Aadujeevitham- The Goat Life' achieved clean sweeps. Prithviraj won the Best Actor while Urvashi and Beena R Chandran shared Best Actress award at the Kerala State Film Awards. Mammootty's 'Kaathal - The Core' bagged the Best Picture. Blessy won Best Director for his film 'Aadujeevitham'.

Urvashi won Best Actress for her performance in Christo Tomy's 'Ullozhukku' and Beena R Chandran won for her film 'Thadavu', directed by Fazil Razak. The film released in theatres in 2023.

Written and directed by Christo Tomy, 'Ullozhukku' featuredUrvashi and Parvathy Thiruvothu in lead roles. The film revolves around mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who discover secrets about each other after the death of the man in the house.

'Aadujeevitham' baggd the maximum awards- nine honours- Sunil KS won the Best Cinematographer award and Resul Pookutty, along with Sarath Mohan, won the Best Sound Mixing award for the survival drama. The film also received the Jury바카라™s Special Mention for being the Most Popular Film.

The film is an adaptation of the 2008 best-selling Malayalam novel of the same name by Benyami. It revolves around the life of Najeeb Muhammed, who is employed as a goatherd against his will. How he survives in a slave-like situation in the middle of the Saudi desert is the crux of the story.

Veteran director Sudhir Mishra headed the jury. Alagappan N, Lijo Jose Pellissery, Sreevalsan J Menon, Priyanandan TR, C Ajoy, NS Madhavan, Ann Augustine were also part of the jury of the Kerala State Film Awards.

Here바카라™s the full list of Kerala State Film Awards 2024 winners 

• Best Film 바카라“ Kaathal The Core

• Best Actress 바카라“ Urvashi (Ullozhukku), Beena R Chandran (Thadavu)

• Best Actor 바카라“ Prithviraj Sukumaran (Aadujeevitham)

• Best Director 바카라“ Blessy (Aadujeevitham) 

• Best Second FIlm 바카라“ Iratta (Rohit MG Krishnan) 

• Best Debutant 바카라“ Fazil Razak (Thadavu)

• Best Popular Film 바카라“ Aadujeevitham

• Special Jury Actor 바카라“ Sudhi Kozhikode (Kaathal), KR Gokul (Aadujeevitham), Krishnan

• Special AWard to Outstanding Brilliance in any aspect of cinematic art 바카라“ Gaganachari

• Special Jury award for women/transgender people 바카라“ Director Shalini Ushadevi (Ennennum)

• Best Playback Singer (F) 바카라“ Ann Amy (Thinkal Poovil 바카라“ Pachuvum Albutha Vilakkum) 

• Best Playback Singer (M) 바카라“ Vidyadharan Master (Jananam 1947, Pranayam Thodarunnu)

• Best Editing 바카라“ Sangeeth Prathap (Little Miss Rawther)

• Best Background Music 바카라“ Matthews Pulikkal (Kaathal 바카라“ The Core)

• Best Songs 바카라“ Justin Varghese (Chaver)

• Best Lyrics 바카라“ Harish Mohanan (Chenthaamara Poovil 바카라“ Chaaver) 

• Best VFX 바카라“ Andrew d cruz, vishak babu (2018) 

• Best Dance Choreographer : Jishnu (Sulekha Manzil)

• Best Dubbing Artist (F) 바카라“ Sumangala 바카라“ Jananam 1947, Pranayam Thodarunnu 

• Best Dubbing Artist (M) 바카라“ Roshan Mathew 바카라“ Ullozhukku, Valatty

• Best Costume 바카라“ Femina Jabbar 바카라“ O Baby 

• Best Makeup Artist 바카라“ ranjith Ambady (Aadujeevitham)

• Best processing lab./colorist 바카라“ Vaishal Shiva Ganesh (Aadujeevitham)

• Best Sound Mixing 바카라“ Resul Pookutty, Sharat Mohan (Aadujeevitham) 

• Best Sync Sound 바카라“ Shameer Ahmed (O Baby) 

• Best Production Design 바카라“ Mohandas (2018) 

• Best Adapted Screenplay 바카라“ Blessy (Aadujeevitham)

• Best Original Screenplay 바카라“ Rohith MG Krishnan (Iratta) 

• Best Cinematography 바카라“ Sunil kS (Aadujeevitham)

• Best Story 바카라“ Kaathal The Core 

• Best Child actor F  바카라“ Thennal Abhilash 바카라“ Sesham mikeil Fathima

• Best CHild actor M 바카라“ Avirth Menon 바카라“ Pachuvum Adhbhutha Vilakkum

• Best Character Artist (F) 바카라“ Sreeshma Chandran (Pombalai urimai)

• Best Character ARtist (M) 바카라“ Vijayaraghavan (Pookkaalam)