Kerala Govt Film Awards: Fazil, Lal Bag Best Actors

April 19, 2014
Malayalam_ArtistThiruvananthapuram, Apr 19: New generation actor Fahad Fazil got the best actor prize, which he shared with Lal at the Kerala Government film awards.
In the award, which were announced today, Suraj Venjaramood, who surprised film buffs by winning the national award for the best actor along with Rajkumar Rao, was chosen as the best comedian by the seven-member state jury headed by veteran director P Bharatiraja.
Ann Augustine was adjudged the best female actor for her role in Artist.
CR No: 89, directed by P P Sudevan which had garnered good critical reviews, won the award for the best film for the year 2013 and Shyama Prasad adjudged the best director for Artist.
Fazil, who caught the imagination of the youth by doing any role that came by him with ease and grace, bagged the award for his roles in Artist and North 24 Katham while Lal was chosen to share the prize for his performance in Ayal and Sakhariyayude Garbhinikal.
Suraj ended up with best comedian award for movies Daivathinte Swantham Cletus and Pullippulikalum Attinkuttikalum.
Anil Radhakrishnan-directed North 24 Katham bagged the 'second best film' title.

Ashok Kumar (CR No: 89) and Lena (Left Right Left and Kanyaka Talkies) won awards for the 'second best actors'.
While Karthik (Orissa) and Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (Nadan) were selected as best male and female singers. Ousepachan was adjudged 'best music director' (Nadan).
Prabha Varma and Madhu Vasudev shared the award for the 'best lyricist' for songs in Nadan.
Bijibal won recognition for the 'best background score' for the movie Balyakalasakhi.
While announcing the awards, state Minister for Films Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said it was a historic moment for the entire Malayalam film industry as 25 major awards were bagged by the youngsters.
On questions about Suraj Venjaramood bagging the comedian award, jury chairman Bharathiraja said the observations and decisions would vary according to juries.
"The decision and observation of juries will vary. What we did was what we felt. We have taken the decision unanimously," he told the reporters.
Blockbuster movie Drishyam, directed by Jithu Joseph, was selected as 'best popular film' while Philips and the Monkey Pen, by Rojin Thomas and Shanil Muhammed, chosen as "the best children film".
Aneesh Anwar received special jury award in the category of direction for his movie Sakhariyayude Garbhinikal, while Mridula Warrier bagged the best singer award for her hit number in the movie Kalimannu.
Sanusha and Kalabhavan Shojon received special jury mention for their performances in Sakhariyayude Garbhinikal and Drishyam respectively. Suresh Unnithan and Afzal Yusuf bagged the special jury mention in the categories of director and music composer respectively.
S Jayachandran Nair and Vijayakrishnan shared the award for 'the best book on cinema'.
Other awardees include Sanoop Santhosh and Baby Anika (best child artists); Aneesh Anwar (best story); Sujith Vasudev (best cinematography); Pattanam Rasheed (best make-up); Siji Thomas Nobel (best costumes); Ambootti (best dubbing artist-male); Sreeja Ravi (best dubbing artist-female); M Bava (best art direction); Kumar-Shanti (best choreography) and Raghu Raman (best colourist).

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