The Asianet Television Awards (ATA) is presented by Asianet TV Channel. It is a promotional platform of Asianet's TV shows. Since TV actors and actress' lack a strong society like Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, Asianet conducts functions to token their actors, directors, producers and production houses alternatively.
The awards ceremony was co-sponsored by Lux in the year 2005 which was titled as Asianet Kudumbam awards later Confident Group took up the sponsorship in the next 2 years. Then Ayu:Care, Nirapara, Doublehourse were the title sponsors. The function is normally held in Kozhikode, Palakkad, Kottayam, Angamaly and Thiruvananthapuram cities in Kerala. It was also held thrice in Al Saj Convention centre Trivandrum.
Serials with most awards Swapnam (2005), Sthree2 (2006), Ente Manasaputhri (2008), Autograph (2011) Kumkumapoovu (2012) Kumkumapoovu (2013), Parasparam (2014), Parasparam (2015), Parasparam (2016), Vanambadi (2017), Kasthooriman & Parasparam (2018), Vanambadi (2019), Swanthanam (2022), Chempaneerpoovu (2024)
+ Most awards Winner(s) Wins Gayathri Arun Rekha Ratheesh Roopa SreeSreejith V. J.Vivek Gopan'Praveen Kadakkavoor' Archana SuseelanKottayam Rashid Pradeep Panicker Sajan SuryaSreejith V. J.Devi S.Kottayam Rasheed
Awards for Serial Best Serial Year Winner2005Swapnam2006 Avicharitham 2008 Ente Manasaputhri2011 Harichandanam2012 Kumkumapoovu2013 Sthreedhanam2014 Parasparam2015Karuthamuthu2016Parasparam 2017 Vanambadi2018Kasthooriman2019Vanambadi2022Santhwanam2024Chempaneer Poovu2026Mazha Thorum Munpe
Best Second Serial Year Winner2026Chempaneer PoovuPatharamattu
Most Popular Serial Year Winner2008Swamy Ayyappan2011Devimahathyam2012Ammakkili 2013Amma2014Sthreedhanam2015Chandanamazha2016Karuthamuthu2017Chandanamazha2018Bharya2019Neelakkuyil2022Kudumbavilakku2024Chempaneer Poovu2026Mazha Thorum Munpe
Long Running Serial Year Winner2015Amma2026Mounaragam
Awards for Actors/Actresses Best Actress The Asianet Television Award for Best Female Actor has been awarded since 2005.
Year Winner Serial(s)2005Praveena and Chippy Renjith Swapnam and Sthree2006Vinaya PrasadSthree 22008Sreekala SasidharanEnte Manasaputhri2011RasnaPaarijatham2012Asha SarathKumkumapoovu2013Shelly Kishore Divya VishwanathKumkumapoovuSthreedhanam2014Rekha RatheeshParasparam2015Gayatri Arun2016Meghna VincentChandanamazha2017Chippy Renjith Vanambadi2018Gayatri ArunParasparam2019Suchithra NairVanambadi2022Chippy Renjith Special jury - Anshitha and Avanthika MohanSanthwanam and Thoovalsparsham2024Aishwarya RamsaiMounaragam2026Sreelakshmi Special jury - Lakshmi Keerthana
Best Actor The Asianet Television Award for Best Male Actor has been awarded since 2005. Year Winner Serial(s)2005Suresh Krishna Anoop MenonSwapnam Megham2006Siddique Sthree 22008 Anand Kumar Nomabarappoovu2011Arun GhoshPaarijatham2012Sajan SuryaKumkumapoovu20132014Vivek GopanParasparam2015Kishor SatyaKaruthamuthu20162017Sajan SuryaBharya20182019Sreeram RamachandranKasthooriman2022Rajeev ParameshwarSanthwanam2024Arun NairChempaneer Poovu2026Kishore Peethambaran Sreekanth Sasikumar (Special Jury)Mazha Thorum Munpe and Pavithram
Best Popular Actress The Asianet Television Award for Best Actress (Popular) has been awarded since 2011.
Year Winner Serial(s)2011PraveenaDevimahathyam2012Archana SuseelanAmmakili2013Chitra ShenoySthreedhanam2014Divya Padmini2015Meghna Vincent and Chitra ShenoyChandanamazha and Sthreedhanam2016Gayatri ArunParasparam2017Alina PadikkalBharya2018Darshana DasKaruthamuthu2019Rebecca SanthoshKasthooriman2022Meera VasudevanKudumbavilakku2024Gomathi PriyaChempaneer Poovu2026Surabhi SanthoshPavithram
Best Popular Actor The Asianet Television Award for Best Actor (Popular) has been awarded since 2008.
Year Winner Serial(s)2008Kaushik BabuSwami Ayyappan2011Sarath DasHarichandanam2012Shanavas ShanuKumkumapoovu2013Rajeev RoshanSthreedhanam2014Sarath DasAmma2015Vivek GopanParasparam2016Subramanian GopalakrishnanChandanamazha20172018Sai KiranVanambadi20192022K. K. MenonKudumbavilakku2024Arun NairChempaneer Poovu2026Sreekanth SasikumarPavithram
Best Character Actress The Asianet Television Award for Best Actress (Character) has been awarded since 2005.
Year Winner Serial(s)2005SrividyaAvicharitham2006Vanitha KrishnachandranAmmamanassu2008Sona NairEnte Manasaputhri2011Autograph2012Mallika SukumaranHarichandanam2013Sudha ChandranArdram2014Roopa SreeChandanamazha2015 Roopa Sree Rekha RatheeshChandanamazhaParasparam2016Rekha Ratheesh Thara KalyanParasparam Karuthamuthu2017Rekha RatheeshParasparam2018PraveenaKasthooriman2019Seema G. NairVanambadi2022Rekha RatheeshSasneham2024Amrutha Nair Geeta Govindam
Best Supporting Artist Year Winner (Male) Winner (Female) Serial(s)2024KPAC ShajiBeena AntonyChempaneer Poovu and Mounaragam 2026VK Baiju Anila Sreekumar Pavithram Yadhu KrishnanMeghna VincentKattathe Kilikkodu and Santhwanam 2
Best Character Actor The Asianet Television Award for Best Actor (Character) has been awarded since 2005.
Year Winner Serial(s)2005G. K. Pillai, Prem PrakashMegham, Avicharitham2006Prakash PaulKadamattathu Kathanar2008DevanSwami Ayyappan2011T. S. RajuKumkumapoovu20122013Vishnu PrakashSthreedhanam2014Pradeep KottayamParasparam2015Santhosh KurupKaruthamuthu20162017Pradeep KottayamParasparam2018Santhosh KurupKaruthamuthu2019M. R. GopakumarNeelakkuyil2022Balaji SharmaMounaragam2024K. P. A. C. ShajiChempaneer Poovu
Most Popular Character Artist Year Winner Female Winner Male Serial(s)2026Vaishnavi SaikumarV K BaijuMazha Thorum Munpe and Pavithram
Best Star Pair The Asianet Television Award for Best Star Pair has been awarded since 2011 later discontinued and reintroduced in 2016. Year Winner Serial(s)2011Sarath Das, Sreekala SasidharanAmma2016Rajeev Roshan, Divya PadminiSthreedhanam2017Vivek Gopan, Gayathri ArunParasparam2018Balu Menon, Uma NairVanambadi2019Anoop Krishnan, Dhanya Mary VargheseSeetha Kalyanam2022Gopika Anil, SajinSanthwanam2024Sajan Surya, Binny SebastianGeeta Govindam2026Nikitha Rajesh, Rahul SureshMazha Thorum MunpeRebecca Santhosh, Arun NairChempaneer Poovu
Most Popular Star Pair Year Winner Serial(s)2026Sreekanth Sasikumar, Surabhi SanthoshPavithram
Best New Face The Asianet Television Award for Best New Face (Male/Female) has been awarded since 2011.
Year Winner Female Winner Male Serial(s)2011Shaalin Zoya Pradeep ChandranAutograph and Kunjali Marakkar2012Shelly KishoreKumkumapoovu2013Dr.DivyaMidhunPadasaram and Sthreedhanam2014Gayathri ArunPrathish NandaParasparam and Chandanamazha2015Premi ViswanathRichard NJKaruthamuthu2016Gowri Krishnan and Dilsha PrasannanSrinish AravindKanakanmani and Pranayam2017Aishwarya MidhunSai KiranBharya and Vanambadi2018Haritha G NairKiran AravindakshanKasthooriman2019Snisha ChandranNithin Jake JosephNeelakkuyil2022Sreethu Krishnan and Aishwarya RamsaiNaleef GeaAmmayariyathe and Mounaragam2024Gomathi Priya SathyajithChempaneer Poovu and Gouri Shankaram2026Tessa Mariya Kaushik SongsterKattathe Kilikkoodu and Advocate Anjali
Best Performance in a Negative Role The Asianet Television Award for Best Negative Role has been awarded since 2005.
Year Winner (Female) Winner (Male) Serial(s)2005Chandra Lakshman Swantham2006Chandra Lakshman 2008Archana SuseelanJayan CherthalaEnte Manasaputhri2011 Aishwariyaa BhaskaranKishore PeethambaranPaarijatham and Harichandanam2012AshwathyRajesh HebbarKumkumapoovu and Ammakkili2013Ashwathy and Sonu Satheesh KumarDevendranathKumkumapoovu and Sthreedhanam2014Kanya BharathiShobi Thilakan Chandanamazha and Parasparam 2015Shalu Kurian and Sonu Satheesh KumarJishin MohanChandanamazha, Sthreedhanam and Amma2016Archana SuseelanNaveen ArakkalKaruthamuthu and Pranayam2017Archana SuseelanNaveen ArakkalKaruthamuthu and Pranayam2018Suchithra Nair Arun G RaghavanVanambadi and Bharya2019Roopa SreeSeethakalyanam2022Saranya AnandSubhashKudumbavilakku and Ammayariyathe2024SoumyaSubhashChandrikayilaliyunna Chandrakantham and Janakiyudeyum Abhiyudeyum Veedu2026Sajna Noor Fazil Rihan Ishtam Mathram and SnehakkoottuAnjali Hari Chempaneer Poovu
Best Performance in a Comical Role The Asianet Television Award for Best Comedian (Male/Female) has been awarded since 2011. Year Winner Serial(s)2011Pradeep Prabhakar2013Kottayam RasheedSthreedhanam2014Senthil Krishna2015Kottayam Rasheed Kanya Bharati Chandanamazha2016Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai KaruthamuthuKanya Bharati Chandanamazha2017Senthil KrishnaVellankalude Naadu 2018Manoj GuinnessBadai BungalowHarisree Martin Bharya2019Pria MenonVanambadi2022Karthik PrasadMounaragam
Best Child Artist The Asianet Television Award for Best Child Artist (Male/Female) has been awarded since 2005. Year Winner Serial(s)2005SanushaOrma2006 Amma Manassu 2008Nikitha2011 Jeevan and SandraAlavudeente Albudhavilakku2012 MalavikaAmma2013LekshmipriyaDevimahathyam2014 Sidharth, Biswas Chaitanya, Niranjana, Sebin and AdityaBalaganapathy2015 Sidharth2016 Akshara KishorKaruthamuthu2017 Gauri PrakashVanambadi2018 Jelina p2019 Gauri Prakash, Jelina p2024Eithal Evana, Aarav Umesh Malikappuram: Apathbandhavan Ayyappan
Life Time Achievement Award The Asianet Television Award for Lifetime Achievement has been awarded since 2012 occasionally. Year Winner Serial(s)2012G.K.PillaiKumkumapoovu2014Valsala MenonParasparam2016T. R. Omana and Sreelatha NamboothiriChandanamazha and Karuthamuthu2017K. P. A. C. LalithaUnder the category Malayalathinte Amma2018RaghavanKasthooriman2019Innocent2022Sreelatha NamboothiriMurugan MerrylandPaadatha Painkili2024Sethu Lakshmi,Suresh Gopi,K. S. Chithra,JagadishMukeshMounaragamJananayakanStar SingerComedy starsvarious shows 2026RoslinMazha Thorum Munpe
Youth Icon The Asianet Television Award for Youth Icon has been awarded since 2016. Year Winner Serial(s)2016Vivek GopanParasparam2017Ronson VincentBharya2018Sreeram RamachandranKasthooriman2022 Nikhil NairAmmayariyathe
Technical Awards Best Director The Asianet Television Award for Best Director has been awarded since 2005. Year Winner Serial(s)2005K. K. RajeevSwapnam2006Amma Manassu2008Suresh UnnithanSwami Ayyappan2011Sujith SunderAutograph2012Praveen KadakkavoorKumkumapoovu2013KrishnamoorthySthreedhanam2014Harrison Balaganapathy2015Praveen KadakkavoorKaruthamuthu201620172018Harrison Parasparam2019AdithyanVanambadi2022Aadithyan and Praveen KadakkavoorSanthwanam and Ammayariyathe2024Unni PooruruthathiChandrikayilaliyunna Chandrakantham2026Sunil Kariattukara and Shyju SukeshPavithram and Patharamattu
Popular Director Year Winner Serial(s)2026Binu VellathoovalMazha Thorum Munpe
Best Screenplay The Asianet Television Award for Best Script has been awarded since 2005 Year WinnerSerial(s) Notes2011Anil BassAutograph2012Pradeep Panicker20132014201520162017J. Pallassery2018Vinu Narayanan2019Pradeep Karuvanthara2022Pradeep Panicker2024Ganesh OlikkaraEtho Janma Kalpanayil2026Joycee Mazha Thorum MunpeOriginal ScreenplayK Gireesh Kumar Pavithram and Kattathe KilikkkooduAdapted Screenplay
Best Videography The Asianet Television Award for Best Cameraman has been awarded since 2005 later renamed as Videography Year Winner Serial(s)2011Pushpan2012Hemachandran2013Krishna Kodanadu2014Manoj Kumar2015Hemachandran2016Manoj Kumar2017VimalVanambadi2018B. KumarKaruthamuthu2019Anurag GunaKasthoorimanPournamithinkal2022Manoj Kumar Koodevide2024VaidyJanakiyudeyum Abhiyudeyum Veedu2026Priyadarshan PSPavithramGessal SebastianMazha Thorum Munpe
Best Editor The Asianet Television Award for Best Editor has been awarded since 2011. Year Winner Serial(s) 2011Joby PannaparaAutograph2012Rajesh Sugunan2013Rohith Roshan2014Rajesh Thrissur2015Lal Kannan2016Rajesh Thrissur2017BharyaParasparam2018Pradeep BhagvathVanambadi2019AjayanKasthooriman2022Jishnu S. Kuryathi2024Ajith ArinelloreChempaneer Poovu2026Vishnu PradeepPavithramSnehakkoottu
Best Audiography The Asianet Television Award for Best Sound Recordist has been awarded since 2011 and later renamed as Audiography.