The Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director winners: Year Director Film1986Raghunath PaleriOnnu Muthal Poojyam Vare1988Ali Akbar Maamalakalkkappurath1989Suresh UnnithanJaathakam1990AjayanPerumthachan1991HaridasGeorgootty C/O Georgootty1992George KithuAadhaaram1993P. T. Kunju MuhammedMagrib1994M. A. VenuChakoram1995RajakrishnanSraadham1996Sundar DasSallapam1998VenuDaya1999V. K. Prakash Punaradhivasam2000Subrahmanian Santakumar Mankolangal2001PriyanandananNeythukaran2002Sathish MenonBhavam2003Nemom PushparajGourishankaram2005Rosshan Andrrews Udayananu Tharam2006Avira RebeccaThakara Chenda2007Babu ThiruvallaThaniye2008MadhupalThalappavu2009P. SukumarSwantham Lekhakan2010Mohan RaghavanT. D. Dasan Std. VI B2011SherreyAdimadhyantham2012Farook Abdul RahimanKaliyachan2013K. R. ManojKanyaka Talkies2014Abrid Shine19832015Sreebala K MenonLove 24x72016Shanavas K BavakuttyKismath2017Mahesh NarayanTake Off2018Zakariya MohammedSudani from Nigeria2019Ratheesh Balakrishnan PoduvalAndroid Kunjappan Version 5.252020Muhammad MusthafaKappela2021Krishnendu KaleshPrappeda - Hawk's Muffin2022Shahi KabirEla Veezha Poonchira2023Fazil RazakThadavu2024Fasil MuhammedFeminichi Fathima
References Official website PRD, Govt. of Kerala: Awardees List