Kerala State Film Awards Winners 2025: Check Out Full List Of Awardees

Kerala State Film Awards Winners 2025: The winners for the Kerala State Film Awards 2025 were just announced today. Movies are reviewed by a jury of seven members, and it was led by veteran actor Prakash Raj. All the names of the award winners were announced in a ceremony held in held at Ramanilayam, Thrissur. These awards are for motion pictures made in Kerala. The jury panel is made up of experts from the film industry, and they are responsible for selecting the winners. Let’s dive in to find the full list of Kerala State Film Awards 2025 winners here!

About Kerala State Film Awards

The first-ever ‘Kerala State Film Awards’ started off in the year 1969. This award show’s main purpose was to promote artistic films. The winners are decided by a jury made up of prominent personalities from the film industry. Ever since 1998, the awards have been administered with Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs.

 

 

 

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Kerala State Film Awards 2025 Full Winners List 

Check out the complete list of winners from the ‘Kerala State Film Awards 2025’ here!

• Best Actor (Male): Mammootty for 'Bramayugam'

• Best Actor (Female): Shamla Hamza for 'Feminichi Fathima'

• Best Director: Chidambaram S Poduval for 'Manjummel Boys'

• Best Character Artist (Female): Lijomol Jose for 'Nadanna Sambhavam'

• Best Character Artist (Male): Soubin Shahir ('Manjummel Boys') and Sidharth Bharathan ('Bramayugam')

• Special Jury Award for Acting (Male): Tovino Thomas and Asif Ali for 'ARM' and 'Kishkindha Kaandam'

• Special Jury Award for Acting (Female): Jyothirmayi for 'Bougainvillea' and Darshana Rajendran for ‘Paradise’

• Best Second Film: 'Feminichi Fathima'

• Best Debut Director: Fasil Muhammed for 'Feminichi Fathima'

• Best Popular Film: 'Premalu'

• Special Jury award for women/transgender people: Payal Kapadia for 'All We Imagine As Light'

• Best Story: Prasanna Vithanage for 'Paradise'

• Best Screenplay: Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad for 'Bougainvillea'

• Best Dance Choreographer: Sumesh Sunder, Jishnudas M.V. for 'Bougainvillea'

• Best Costume Design: Sameera Saneesh for 'Rekhachithram' and 'Bougainvillea'

• Best Makeup Artist: Ronex Xavier for 'Bougainvillea' and 'Bramayugam'

• Best Sync Sound: 'Pani'

• Best Music Director: Sushin Shyam for 'Bougainvillea'

• Best Background Score: Christo Xavier for 'Bramayugam'

• Best Adapted Screenplay: Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad for 'Bougainvillea'

• Best VFX: 'ARM'

• Best Cinematography: Shyju Khalid for 'Manjummel Boys'

• Best Lyricist (Male): Vedan for 'Kuthanthram' from 'Manjummal Boys'

• Best Playback Singer (Female): Zeba Tommy for 'Aarorum' from 'Am Ah'

• Best Playback Singer (Male): KS Harisankar for 'Kiliye' from 'ARM'

• Best processing lab/colorist: Shree Warrier for 'Manjummel Boys' and ‘Bougainvillea’

• Best Sound Mixing: Fazal A.Backer, Shijin Melvin Hutton for ‘Manjummel Boys’

• Best Sound Design: Shibin Melvin and Abhishek Nair for 'Manjummel Boys'

• Best Production Design: Ajayan Chalissery for 'Manjummel Boys'

• Best Editor: Sooraj ES for 'Kishkindha Kaandam'

• Best Art Direction: Ajayan Chalissery for ‘Manjummel Boys’

• Best Dubbing Artist (Female): Sayonara Philip for 'Barroz'

• Best Dubbing Artist (M): Bhasi Vaikom for ‘Barroz’

• Best Book on Cinema: Penpaattu Thaarakal - Malayala Cinemapattukalile Pennaavishkaarangal by C.S. Meenakshi

• Best Article on Cinema: ‘Maayunna Nalukettukalum - Malayalam Cinemayum Maarunna Bhaavukathvangalum’ by Valsan Vathussery

• Special Jury Award for Article of Cinema: ‘Samayathinte Vistheernam’ by Noufal Mariyam Blathoor

 

 

 

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A lot of amazing films won at the Kerala State Film Awards 2025 today. Our hearty congratulations to all the winners of the Kerala State Film Awards 2025!

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