The 51st Kerala State Film Awards, presented by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy were announced by the Minister for Cultural Affairs, Saji Cherian in Thiruvananthapuram on 16 October 2021. A total of 80 films competed for the awards.
Writing category Jury P. K. Rajashekaran (chairman) C. Ajoy (member and secretary)
Awards All award recipients receive a cash prize, certificate and statuette. Name of awardTitle of workAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Book on CinemaAakyanathinte Piriyan KovanikalP. K.Surendran₹30,000Best Article on CinemaAdoorinte 5 Nayaka KathapathrangalJohn Samuel₹20,000
Film category Awards All award recipients receive a cash prize, certificate and statuette. Name of awardTitle of filmAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Film The Great Indian KitchenDirector: Jeo Baby ₹100,000 Producer: Dijo AugustineJomon JacobVishnu RajanSajin S Raj₹200,000Second Best FilmThinkalazhcha NishchayamDirector: Senna Hegde₹150,000Producer: Pushkara Mallikarjunaiah₹150,000Best DirectorEnnivarSidhartha Siva₹200,000Best ActorVellamJayasurya₹100,000Best ActressKappelaAnna Ben₹100,000Best Character ActorBhoomiyile Manohara SwakaryamEnnivarSudheesh₹50,000Best Character ActressVeyilSreerekha₹50,000Best Child ArtistKasiminte Kadal Niranjan S () ₹50,000PyaliAravya Sharma ()₹50,000Best StoryThinkalazhcha NishchayamSenna Hegde₹50,000Best CinematographyKayattamChandru Selvaraj₹50,000Best Screenplay (Original)The Great Indian KitchenJeo Baby₹25,000 eachBest Screenplay (Adaptation) Not AwardedBest LyricsBhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam ()Malik ()Anwar Ali₹50,000Best Music Director (song)Sufiyum Sujatayum ()M. Jayachandran₹50,000Best Music Director (score)Sufiyum SujatayumM. Jayachandran₹50,000Best Male SingerHalal Love Story () Vellam ()Shahabaz Aman₹50,000Best Female SingerSufiyum Sujatayum ()Nithya Mamman₹50,000Best EditorC U SoonMahesh Narayanan₹50,000Best Art DirectorMalikPyali Santosh Raman₹50,000Best Sync SoundSanthoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam Adarsh Joseph Cheriyan₹50,000Best Sound MixingSufiyum SujatayumAjith Abraham George₹50,000Best Sound DesignThe Great Indian KitchenTony Babu₹25,000 eachBest Processing Lab/Colourist ₹50,000Best Makeup ArtistArticle 21 Rasheed Ahamed₹50,000Best Costume DesignerMalikDhanya Balakrishnan₹50,000Best Dubbing ArtistBhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam () Shoby Thilakan ()₹50,000Ayyappanum Koshiyum ()Riya Saira ()₹50,000Best ChoreographySufiyum Sujatayum Lalitha SobyBabu Xavier₹25,000 eachBest Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic ValueAyyappanum KoshiyumProducers: RanjithP. M. Sasidharan₹25,000 eachDirector:Sachy ₹100,000Best Debut DirectorKappelaMuhammad Musthafa₹100,000Best Children's FilmBonamyProducer: Sinseer₹300,000 Director : Tony Sukumar₹100,000Best Visual EffectsLoveSarjas Muhammed () Anish D.
Sumesh Gopal₹50,000
Special Jury Mention All recipients receive a certificate and statuette. Name of awardTitle of filmAwardee(s)Awarded forSpecial MentionBharathapuzhaSiji PradeepActingAyyappanum KoshiyumNanjiyammaSinging the song "Kalakkatha Sandanamera"BharathapuzhaNalini JameelaCostume
References
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