The Kerala State Film Awards is one of the prestigious events to honour and felicitate the best movies and artists in the Malayalam cinema. The cultural affairs minister A.K. Balan has announced the winners of the 49th Kerala State Film Awards. Jayasurya and Soubin Shahir and Nimisha Sajayan have bagged the best actor and best actress award respectively. As per the reports by Onmanorama, the jury for the esteemed award was chaired by screenwriter and director Kumar Shahani. Oscars 2019: 5 Reasons Why Green Book’s Best Picture Win at 91st Academy Awards Isn’t All That Bad!

All eyes were on the best actor and best actress category. The stars who were competing in the best actor category included Mohanlal, Fahadh Faasil, Dileep, Jayasurya, Soubin Shahir, Tovino Thomas, Suraj Venjaramood and Joju George. The competition was tight even for the best actress award. The top contenders were Manju Warrier, Nazriya Nazim, Aiswarya Lakshmi and Anu Sithara. Oscars 2019: 5 Important Milestones Made at 91st Academy Awards Thanks to Black Panther, Mahershala Ali, Rami Malek’s Wins.

Here is the complete list of winners of the 49th Kerala State Film Awards:

Best Actor – Jayasurya for Captain and Njan Marykutty; Soubin Shahir for Sudani from Nigeria

Best Actress – Nimisha Sajayan for Chola and Oru Kuprasidha Payyan

Best Film – Kanthan: The Lover of Color

Best Popular Film - Sudani from Nigeria

Best Second Film - Oru Njayarazhcha

Best Director – Shyamaprasad for Oru Njayarazhcha

Best Debut Director - Zakaria Mohammed for Sudani from Nigeria

Best Art Director - Vignesh Baglan for Kammara Sambhavam

Best Script – Joy Mathew for Uncle

Music Director – Vishal Bharadwaj for Carbon

Music Director for BGM – Bijibal for Aami

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Vijay Yesudas for "Poomuthole" from Joseph

Best Playback Singer (Female) – Shreya Ghoshal for "Nirmathalam" from Aami

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Joju George for Chola and Joseph

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Sarassa Balussery and Savithri Sreedharan for Sudani from Nigeria

Best Lyricist – Hari Narayanan for Theevandi

Best Cinematographer – KU Mohanan for Carbon

Best Editor – Aravind Manmadan for Oru Njayarazhcha

Best Sound Mixing – Sinoy Joseph for Carbon

Best Design – Jayadevan for Carbon

Best Child Artist (Male) - Midhun for Appunvinte Sathyaneshanam

Best Child Artist (Female) - Abani Adi for Pandh

According to reports, 100 feature films and four children’s films were part of the race. Hearty congratulations to all the winners of Kerala State Film Awards 2019!

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