Kerala State Film Awards 2024: Manjummel Boys garners 9 awards; Mammootty and Shamla Hamza crowned Best Actors

Manjummel Boys, the immensely fashionable endurance play directed by Chidambaram based connected a existent beingness story, won large astatine the 55th Kerala State Film Awards 2024, garnering awards nine, including the apical honours of Best Film and Best Director, connected Monday (November 3, 2025).

The movie besides swept the awards successful the method categories, including Best Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound Designing and Sound Mixing.

Actor Mammootty won his seventh Best Actor (Male) award, the astir for immoderate histrion successful Malayalam, for his show arsenic Kodumon Potty successful Bramayugam, portion homemaker-turned-actor Shamla Hamza won the Best Actor (Female) for her show successful Feminichi Fathima.

The winners

Best Film – Manjummel Boys (Dir - Chidambaram)

Best Actor (Male) – Mammootty (Bramayugam)

Best Actor (Female) – Shamla Hamza (Film - Feminichi Fathima)

Best Director – Chidambaram (Film- Manjummel Boys)

Second Best Film - Feminichi Fathima (Dir - Fasil Muhammed)

Special Jury Mention (Film) - Paradise (Dir: Prasanna Vithanage)

Special Jury - histrion (female) - Jyothirmayi (Bougainville), Darshana Rajendran (Paradise)

Special Jury - histrion (male) - Tovino Thomas (Film -ARM), Asif Ali (Film - Kishkindha Kaandam)

Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Premalu (Dir:Girish A.D.)

Best Character Actor (Male) – Soubin Shahir (Manjummel Boys), Siddharth Bharathan (Film-Bramayugam)

Best Character Actor (Female) – Lijomol Jose (Film - Nadanna Sambhavam)

Best Debut Director – Fasil Muhammed (Film - Feminichi Fathima)

Best Screenplay (Original)- Chidambaram (Manjummel Boys)

Best Screenplay (Adapted)— Lajo Jose, Amal Neerad (Bougainville)

Best Editor – Sooraj E.S. (Film - Kishkindha Kaandam)

Best Cinematography – Shyju Khalid (Manjummel Boys)

Special grant for women for immoderate class - Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine arsenic Light

Best Story - Prasanna Vithanage (Film - Paradise)

Best Composer - Sushin Shyam (Film - Bougainville)

Best Background Music - Christo Xaver (Film - Bramayugam)

Best Playback Singer (Male) - K.S.Harishanker (Kiliye..) (film - ARM))

Best Playback Singer (Female) - Seba Tomy (Aarorum Keridathoru Chillayil (Film - Am Aa)

Best Lyrics - Vedan (Kuthanthram... from Manjummel Boys)

Best Art Direction - Ajayan Chalissery (Manjummel Boys)

Best Sync Sound - Ajayan Adatt (Pani)

Best Sound Mixing - Fazal A.Backer, Shijin Melvin Hutton (Manjummel Boys)

Best Sound Designing - Shijin Melvin Hutton, Abhishek Nair (Manjummel Boys)

Best Dubbing Artiste (Male) - Bhasi Vaikom, Rajesh O.V. (Barroz 3D- animation quality Voodoo)

Best Dubbing Artiste (Female) - Sayanora Philip (Barroz 3D)

Best Choreography - Sumesh Sunder, Jishnudas M.V. (Bougainville)

Best Makeup - Ronex Xavier ( Bougainville, Bramayugam)

Best Costume - Sameera Saneesh (Rekhachithram and Bougainville)

Best VFX - Jithin Lal, Albert Thomas, Anirudhda Mukherjee - ARM

Best Processing Lab/Colourist - Sreek Varier (Manjummel Boys, Bougainville)

Best Book connected Cinema - Penpattu Thaaraal - Malayala Cinemapattukalile Pennaavishkaranangal by C.S.Meenakshi

Best Article connected Cinema - Maayunna Nalukettukalum - Malayalam Cinemayum Maarunna Bhaavukathvngalum by Valsan Vathussery

Special Jury Award for Article of Cinema - Samyathinte Vistheernam by Noufal Mariyam Blathoor