J. C. Daniel Award

The J. C. Daniel Award is the highest award in Malayalam cinema, established by the Government of Kerala, India. It is presented annually by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, a non-profit autonomous institution operating under the Department of Cultural Affairs, Kerala. Instituted in 1992, the award recognizes individuals for their "outstanding contributions to Malayalam cinema". Recipients are selected by a jury suggested by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and appointed by the Department of Cultural Affairs. , the honourees receive a statuette, a citation, and a cash prize of . They are honoured at the Kerala State Film Awards ceremony.

The Government of Kerala created the award to commemorate the contribution of Indian filmmaker J. C. Daniel, who is often regarded as the "father of Malayalam cinema". The J. C. Daniel Award was managed by the Department of Cultural Affairs until 1997. In 1998, the Government of Kerala constituted the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, and since that year, the Academy has hosted the award. A cash prize of was granted with the award until 2002. In 2003, the prize money was doubled and, as part of a technical correction to update it, no award was presented that year. Actor Madhu was the first recipient of the award with the increased monetary prize of in 2004. Since 2016, the cash prize is .

Since its inception up to 2023, the J. C. Daniel Award has been bestowed on 31 individuals. The award was first presented to film distributor and producer T. E. Vasudevan in 1992. Actress Aranmula Ponnamma was the first woman to receive the honour, in 2005. The 2011 recipient, actor Jose Prakash, died before the award ceremony. His son accepted the award on his behalf. The most recent winner is actress Sarada in 2024.

Recipients

+ List of award recipientsYearImageRecipientField of work 1992 Distributor, producer 1993 Actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist 1994 Lyricist, director 1995 AbhayadevLyricist 1996 Cinematographer, director 1997 Composer 1998 Composer 1999 Composer 2000 Director 2001 Director, art director 2002 Playback singer 2003 No award 2004 MadhuActor, director, producer 2005 Actress 2006 Cinematographer, director 2007 Director 2008 Producer 2009 Director, screenwriter 2010 Producer, director 2011 Actor, singer 2012 Director 2013 Screenwriter, director 2014 Director, screenwriter 2015 Screenwriter, director2016 Director, screenwriter 2017 Sreekumaran Thampi Lyricist, director, screenwriter, producer 2018 Sheela Actress, director, screenwriter 2019 Hariharan Director 2020 P. Jayachandran Singer 2021 K. P. KumaranDirector2022 T. V. ChandranDirector"2022ലെ ജെ സി ഡാനിയേൽ പുരസ്കാരം സംവിധായകൻ ടി വി ചന്ദ്രന്" . Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.2023 Shaji N. Karun Cinematographer, director2024 SaradaActress

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