Kerala State Film Awards presented

The presumption of the 55th Kerala State Film Award astatine the Nishagandhi auditorium successful the superior connected Sunday witnessed the coming unneurotic of antithetic generations of Malayalam cinema, to observe the champion films and performances from 2024, successful which the manufacture broke retired into caller territories.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan presented the awards to the winners. Veteran histrion Sarada was presented with the J.C. Daniel Award for 2024. “I americium truthful blessed that I americium astatine a nonaccomplishment for words. The crushed I americium lasting present successful beforehand of you with this grant is you, the audience. People accidental that I americium not a Malayali. But I americium half-Malayali and half-Telugu, arsenic my mother’s household belongs to Kozhikode,” she said. Mr.Vijayan said that the State Awards astatine a clip erstwhile Malayalam cinema is garnering praise for its contented arsenic good arsenic its treatment, has accrued the award’s importance. He spoke astatine magnitude astir the contributions of Ms.Sarada and Mammootty, whose Padma Bhushan grant announcement came conscionable earlier the movie grant function. Manjummel Boys, the immensely fashionable endurance play directed by Chidambaram based connected a existent beingness story, was the toast of the evening, having garnered 8 awards including the apical honours of Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. Prakash Raj, the assemblage chairperson, said that helium was precise excited to beryllium portion of the assemblage arsenic helium has grown up watching the films of mind-blowing prime from the Malayalam industry. “As galore arsenic 30% of the 128 films submitted are prime films. Malayalam cinema has not gone down large budgets, but ever concentrated connected content. It ever had an individuality of its own. It was heartening to spot a clump of young talents, actors and technicians. I anticipation this designation volition animate you to propulsion the boundaries,” helium said. The assemblage chairperson reiterated his comments connected the deficiency of prime of children’s films, which had led to furore aft the grant announcement. Mr.Mammootty said that the biggest crushed for the benignant of cinema being produced successful Malayalam cinema is simply a receptive audience, which has nurtured films of a wide assortment of films. Praising Feminichi Fathima, which won the grant for the Best Debutant Director (Fasil Muhammed) arsenic good arsenic Best Actor (Female - Shamla Hamza), helium said that specified a movie which portrays patriarchy successful a nuanced mode is imaginable lone successful Malayalam cinema. Minister for Cultural Affairs Saji Cherian, State Chalachitra Academy Chairperson Resul Pookkutty and different officials spoke.