Best Actor Vinayakan and Best Actress Rajisha Vijayan
The most awaited Kerala State Film Awards 2016 has announced. Vinayakan has won the best actor award for the movie Kammatipaadam, and Rajisha Vijayan won the best actress award for the movie Anuraga Karikkin Vellam. ‘Manhole’ has been selected as the best movie of 2016. Vidhu Vincent, director of Manhole, is the best director of Kerala State Film Awards 2016.
Kerala State Film Awards is one of the prestigious awards of Kerala which honours the best talents of Malayalam Film Industry. A list of 68 films in various categories has nominated for this years Kerala State Awards. Check out the complete winner’s list of Kerala State Film Awards 2016 below.
Winners List of Kerala State Film Awards 2016
| Best Movie | Manhole |
| Best Actor | Vinayakan for ‘Kammatipaadam.’ |
| Best Actress | Rajisha Vijayan for ‘Anuraga Karikkin Vellam.’ |
| Best Director | Vidhu Vincent for ‘Manhole. |
| Best Original Screenplay | Shyam Pushkaran for ‘Maheshinte Prathikaram.’ |
| Best Background Score | Vishnu Vijay for ‘Guppy.’ |
| Best Cinematography | MJ Radhakrishnan for ‘Kadu Pookuna Neram.’ |
| Best Popular Movie | ‘Maheshinte Prathikaaram’ by Dileesh Pothan. |
| Best Second Movie | ‘Ottayaal Paatha’ by Santhosh Babusenan and Satish Babusenan. |
| Best Character Actor | Manikandan Achari for ‘Kammatipaadam.’ |
| Best Character Actress | Kanchana PK for ‘Olapeepi.’ |
| Best Child Artist (Male) | Chethan Jayalal for ‘Guppy’ |
| Best Child Artist (Female) | Abeni Aadhi for ‘KPAC’ |
| Best Story | Salim Kumar |
| Best Music Composer | M Jayachandran for ‘Kamboji.’ |
| Best Lyricist | ONV Kurup for ‘Kamboji.’ |
| Best Sound Engineer | Jayadevan Chakkadeth for ‘Kaadu Pookunna Neram.’ |
| Best Sound Mixing | Pramod Thomas for ‘Kaadu Pookunna Neram.’ |
| Best Sound Designer | Jayadevan Chakkadeth for ‘Kaadu Pookunna Neram.’ |
| Best Colourist | ‘Kaadu Pookunna Neram.’ |
| Best Makeup Man | NG Roshan |
| Best Costume Designer | Stephy Xavier for ‘Guppy.’ |
| Best Dubbing Artist (Female) | M Thankmani for ‘Olapeepi’ |
| Best Choreographer | Vineeth for ‘Kamboji.’ |
| Best Debutant Director | Shanavas K Bavakutty for ‘Kismath.’ |
| Best Children’s Movie | ‘Kolumittayi.’ |
| Best Singer (Male) | Suraj for Guppy |
| Best Singer (Female) | KS Chitra – Nadavathil Thuranilla Kamboji |
| Special Jury | K Kaladharan : ‘Otta Aal Patha’ Surabhi Lakshmi : ‘Minnaminungu’ Cinematography: Gireesh Gangadharan for ‘Guppy’ |
The winners were announced by Minister AK Balan on Tuesday, 7 March 2017 at 5.00PM.
