The jury selected 160 movies for the first round and an external jury picked at least 50 films from the list.
The 54th Kerala State Film Awards was announced headed by veteran filmmaker Sudhir Mishra along with other dignitaries honouring the talents of the Malayalam film Industry. Prithviraj Sukumaran, who stole both the box office and critical response earlier with his magnificent performance in Blessy’s Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life), has been selected as the Best Actor (male) in the 54th Kerala State Film Awards. Actresses Urvashi and Beena R Chandran bagged the Best Actress award for their glorious performances in Ullozhuku and Thadavu, respectively.
Kerala State Film Awards 2024 Winners List
- Best Actor (Male): Prithviraj (Aadujeevitham)
- Best Actor (Female): Urvashi (Ullozhuku); Beena R Chandran (Thadavu)
- Best Director: Blessy (Aadujeevitham)
- Best Film: Kaathal: The Core
- Popular Special Movie: Aadujeevitham
- Best Screenplay Adaptation: Blessy (Aadujeevitham)
- Best Screenplay: Rohit MG Krishnam (Iratta)
- Best Cinematographer: Sunil KS (Aadujeevitham)
- Best Story: Adarsh Sukumaran (Kaathal: The Core)
- Best Character Artist (Female): Sreeshma Chandran (Pombalai Oruma)
- Best Character Artist (Male): Vijayaraghavan (Pookkalam)
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Anne Amie (Song – Thinkal Poovin from Pachuvum Athbutha Vilakkum)
- Best Playback Singer (Male): Vidyadharan Master (Song – Pathiranennu from Jananam 1947 Pranayam Thudarunnu)
- Best Music Composer: Justin Varghese (Chaaver)
- Best Lyricist: Hareesh Mohanan (Song – Chenthamara from Chaaver)
- Best Background Music: Mathews Pulikkal (Kaathal: The Core)
- Best Choreographer: Jishnu (Sulekha Manzil)
- Best Child Artist (Female): Thennal Abhilash (Shesham Mikeil Fathima)
- Best Child Artist (Male): Avyukth Menon (Paachuvum Athbhuthavilakkum)
- Best Dubbing Artist (Male): Roshan Mathews (Ullozhuku and Valatty)
- Best Dubbing Artist (Female): Sumangala (Jananam 1947 Pranayam Thudarunnu)
- Best Visual Effects: Andrews D’cruz – Vishal (2018 – Everyone Is a Hero)
- Best Children’s Movie: No Awards
- Best Debut Director: Fazil Razak (Thadavu)
- Best Makeup Artist: Ranjith Ambadi (Aadujeevitham)
- Best Costume Designer: Femina Jabbar (O Baby)
- Best Sound Design: Jayadevan Chakkadath, Anil Radhakrishnan (Ullozhukku)
- Best Sound Mixing: Resul Pookkutty, Sharat Mohan (Aadujeevitham)
- Best Sync Sound: Shameer Ahmed (O Baby)
- Best Production Design: Mohandas (2018)
- Best Book: Mazhavil Kanniloode Malayala Cinema by Kishor Kumar
- Best Processing Lab/Colorist: Aadujeevitham
- Special Jury Mention: Krishnan (Jaivam), KR Gokul (Aadujeevitham) and Sudhi Kozhikode (Kaathal: The Core)
- Special Jury Award: Sudhi Kozhikode (Kaathal: The Core)
- Special Jury Award (Film): Gaganachari
- Special Jury Award (Female): Shalini Usha Devi (Ennennum)
- Special Jury Award (Visual Effects): 2018
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The jury selected 160 movies for the first round and an external jury picked at least 50 films from the list. The second round was screened by filmmaker Sudhir Mishra and others including renowned director Lijo Jose Pellissery and cinematographer Azhagappan.
