51st Kerala State Film Awards Winners List: Jayasurya, Anna Ben Bag Top Laurels. 'The Great Indian Kitchen' Wins Best Film

Kerala State Film Awards: Jeo Baby's 'The Great Indian Kitchen' bagged the awards for the best film and screenplay.

From Left, Posters of Vellam, Kappela and The Great Indian Kitchen (Source- Twitter)

New Delhi: Kerala’s Minister for Film Development Corporation Saji Cheriyan on Saturday (October 16) declared the winners of the 51st Kerala State Film Awards. As expected, ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’ bagged the award for the Best Film at the prestigious awards ceremony. The movie, which released earlier this year, also claimed the award for the Best Screenplay. 

Anna Ben, known for her acting prowess, won the award for Best Actress for her power-packed performance in ‘Kappela’. Jayasurya, who essayed the lead role in 'Vellam', was honoured with the Best Actor award. 

‘The Great Indian’ Kitchen Story, Cast 

The Malayam drama film, which has been written and directed by Jeo Baby, focuses on the story of a newly married couple in a traditional middle class family. The plot revolved around a newly-wedded lady, who struggles to become the submissive wife that her husband and in-laws expect her to be. 

Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramood played the lead roles in the critically acclaimed film.  

FULL Winners List Of Kerala State Film Awards 2021

Best Film- The Great Indian Kitchen 

Second Best Film- Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam 

Best Picture of Popularity- Ayyappanum Koshyum

Best Actor-  Jayasurya (Vellam)

Best Actress- Anna Ben (Kappela)

Best Director- Sidhartha Siva  (Ennivar)

Best Character Actor (Female)- Sreerekha (Veyil)

Best Character Actor (Male)- Sudheesh (Ennivar)

Best Story- Senna Hegde (Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam)

Best Lyricist- Anwar Ali (Malik)

Best Cinematographer- Chandru Selvaraj (Kayattam)

Best Children’s Movie- Bonamy (Tony Sukumar)

Best Screenplay (Original) – Jeo Baby

Best Debut Director- Muhammed Mustafa (Kappela)

Best Music Director- M Jayachandran (Sufiyum Sujatayum)

Best Background Music – M Jayachandran (Sufiyum Sujatayum)

Best Editor – Mahesh Narayanan (CU Soon)

Best Male Singer- Sabas Samanth (Vellam)

Best Art Director- Santhosh Raman (Malik, Pyali)

Colourist – Biju Prabhakar (Kayattam)

Best Sync Sound- Adarsh Jospeh Cheriyan (Santhoshathinte Onnam Rahasyam)

Best Choreography- Lalitha Sobi, Babu Xavier (Sufiyum Sujatayum)

Best Costume Designer- Dhanya Balakrishnan (Malik)

Best Make up- Rasheed Ahamed (Article 21)

Visual Effects- Sariyas Mohammad (Love)

The jury-headed by veteran actress Suhasini Maniratnam said that a total of 80 films were submitted for the awards in different categories despite the challenges posed by the Coronavirus crisis, a report in PTI said. 

The awards would be presented at a function to be conducted in Thiruvananthapuram in December 2021.

We extend our heartiest congratulations to the winners.