Kerala State Film Awards 2025 winners list: Mammootty and Shamla Hamza win top acting honours; Manjummel Boys bags Best Film award

This year, Manjummel Boys emerged as the biggest winner, bagging the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Character Artist, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Sound Design, Best Sound Mixing, Best Lyricist and Best Processing lab/colorist. Mammootty was honoured with the Best Actor award for his performance in Bramayugam, while Shamla Hamza won Best Actress award for her role in Feminichi Fathima. The Best Character Artist awards went to Lijomol Jose (Nadanna Sambhavam) in the female category, and Soubin Shahir (Manjummel Boys) and Sidharth Bharathan (Bramayugam) in the male category. The Special Jury Award was presented to Asif Ali, Tovino Thomas, Darshana Rajendran, Jyothirmayi, and the film Paradise.

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Here’s the full list of Kerala State Film Awards 2025 winners:

Best Film: Manjummel Boys

Best Actress – Shamla Hamza, Feminichi Fathima

Best Actor – Mammootty, Bramayugam

Best Director – Chidambaram S Poduval, Manjummel Boys

Best Character Artist (F) – Lijomol Jose, Nadanna Sambhavam

Best Character Artist (M) – Soubin Shahir (Manjummel Boys) and Sidharth Bharathan (Bramayugam)

Special Jury Award – Asif Ali, Tovino Thomas, Darshana Rajendran, Jyothirmayi, Paradise

Best Second Film – Feminichi Fathima

Best Debut Director – Fasil Muhammed, Feminichi Fathima

Best Popular Film – Premalu

Special Jury award for women/transgender people – Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As Light

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Best Screenwriter – Prasanna Vithanage, Paradise

Best Original Screenplay – Chidambaram S Poduval, Manjummel Boys

Best Adapted Screenplay – Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad, Bougainvillea

Best Music Director – Sushin Shyam, Bougainvillea

Best Background Score  – Christo Xavier, Bramayugam

Best Lyricist –  Vedan for “Kuthanthram” from Manjummel Boys

Best Playback Singer (F) – Zeba Tommy for “Aarorum” in Am Ah

Best Playback Singer (M) – KS Harisankar for “Kiliye” in ARM

Best Editor – Sooraj ES, Kishkindha Kaandam

Best Cinematography – Shyju Khalid, Manjummel Boys

Best Production Design – Ajayan Chalissery, Manjummel Boys

Best VFX – Jithin Laal, Albert Thomas, Anuradha Mukherjee and Salim Lahir, ARM

Best Choreography – Sumesh Sunder and Jishnudas MV, Bougainvillea

Best Costume – Sameera Saneesh, Rekhachithram and Bougainvillea

Best Makeup Artist – Ronex Xavier, Bougainvillea and Bramayugam

Best processing lab/colorist – Srik Varier, Manjummel Boys, Bougainvillea

Best Sync Sound – Ajayan Adat, Pani

Best Sound Design – Shijin Melvin Hutton and Abhishek Nair, Manjummel Boys

Best Sound Mixing – Fazal A Backer and Shijin Melvin Hutton, Manjummel Boys

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Best Dubbing Artist (F) – Sayonara Philip, Barroz

Best Dubbing Artist (M) – Bhasi Vaikom, Barroz

Best Book on Cinema – Penpattu Thaaraal – Malayala Cinemapattukalile Pennaavishkaranangal by C.S.Meenakshi

Best Article on Cinema – Maayunna Nalukettukalum – Malayalam Cinemayum Maarunna Bhaavukathvngalum by Valsan Vathussery

Special Jury Award for Article of Cinema – Samyathinte Vistheernam by Noufal Mariyam Blathoor

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