PremiumKerala State Film Awards 2024 Winners List: Prithviraj Sukumaram, Urvashi, Aadujeevitham, Blessy bag top honors
The Kerala State Film Awards 2024 are finally announced. Check out the complete winners list here...
Last Updated: 07.06 PM, Aug 16, 2024
The highly anticipated Kerala State Film Awards 2024 are finally announced. The prestigious honours were announced by Saji Cheriyan, the Kerala Minister of Cultural Affairs, at a press meeting held at the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram today. The finest talents in the Malayalam film industry, who made a mark in the year 2023, are honoured in this edition of the prestigious awards. Prithviraj Sukumaran won the Best Actor award for his performance in Aadujeevitham. Urvashi and Beena R Chandran bagged the Best Actress awards for their performances in Ullozhukku and Thadavu, respectively.
Kerala State Film Awards 2024 Winners List
| Best Actor | Prithviraj Sukumaran (Aadujeevitham) |
| Best Actress |
Urvashi (Ullozhukku) Beena R Chandran (Thadavu) |
| Best Film | Kaathal: The Core |
| Best Director | Blessy (Aadujeevitham) |
| Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Aadujeevitham |
| Second Best Movie | Iratta |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vijayaraghavan (Pookkalam) |
| Special Jury Award (Acting) | Krishnan (Jaivam) |
| Special Jury Award (Acting) | KR Gokul (Aadujeevitham) |
| Special Jury Award (Acting) | Sudhi Kozhikode (Kaathal: The Core) |
| Special Jury Award (film) | Gaganachari |
| Special Jury Award (women) | Shalini Usha Devi (Ennennum) |
| Best Visual Effects | Andrew D Cruz, Vishak Babu (2018) |
| Best Debutant director | Fazil Rasak (Thadavu) |
| Best Choreography | Jishnu (Sulekha Manzil) |
| Best Dubbing Artist (male) | Roshan Mathew (Ullozhukku, Vaalatti) |
| Best Dubbing Artist (female) | Sumangala (Jananam 1947 Pranayam Thudarunnu) |
| Best Costume Designer | Femina Jabbar (O Baby) |
| Best Makeup Artist | Ranjith Ambadi (Aadujeevitham) |
| Best Processing Lab/Colorist | Vaishal, Shiva Ganesh (Aadujeevitham) |
| Best Sound Design | Jayadevan Chakkadath, Anil Radhakrishnan (Ullozhukku) |
| Best Sound Mixing | Resul Pookutty, Sharath Mohan (Aadujeevitham) |
| Best Synch Sound | Shameer Ahammad (O Baby) |
| Best Art Direction | Mohandas (2018) |
| Best Editing | Sangeeth Pramod (Little Miss Rawther) |
| Best Playback Singer (female) | Ann Amy (Thinkalpoovil - Paachuvum Athbhuthavilakkum) |
| Best Playback Singer (male) | Vidyadharan master (Pathiranennu - Jananam 1947 Pranayam Thudarunnu) |
| Best Music Direction (background score) | Mathews Pulikkan (Kaathal: The Core) |
| Best Music Direction (song) | Justin Varghese (Chenthamara - Chaaver) |
| Best Lyricist | Hareesh Mohanan (Chenthamara - Chaaver) |
| Best Screenplay (Adaptation) | Blessy (Aadujeevitham) |
| Best Screenplay (original) | Rohit MG Krishnan |
| Best Cinematographer | Sunil KS (Aadujeevitham) |
| Best Story | Aadarsh Sukumaran (Kaathal: The Core) |
| Best Child Artist (female) | Thennal Abhilash (Shesham Mikeil Fathima) |
| Best Child Artist (male) | Avirth Menon (Paachuvum Athbhuthavilakkum) |
If the reports are to be believed, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Mammootty were the top contenders for the Best Actor trophy, at the final round of Kerala State Film Awards 2024. Urvashi, the senior actress, entered the final round along with her Ullozhukku co-star, Parvathy Thiruvothu. Both Aadujeevitham and Ullozhukku, which were censored in 2023, have been considered for all the most popular categories, this year.
As reported earlier, the Kerala Government’s most prestigious honour dedicated to the talents of the film industry, had around 160 movie entries in its first round, this time. An external jury reportedly handpicked around 50 films from the initial list, and they made it to the second round of Kerala State Film Awards 2024. The films that entered the second round are personally screened by filmmaker Sudhir Mishra and the other jury members, including directors Lijo Jose Pellissery and Priyanandanan, cinematographer Azhagappan, and others.