Login
Login

53rd Kerala State Film Awards

{{Short description|State awards for Malayalam films of 2022}}

{{More citations needed|date=October 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 53rd Kerala State Film Awards

| image =

| caption =

| alt =

| awarded_for = Best works in Malayalam cinema in a select year

| presenter = Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

| host =

| date = {{Start date|df=yes|2023|07|21}}

| location = Thiruvananthapuram

| country = India

| reward =

| year = 1969

| most_wins = Nna Thaan Case Kodu (7)

| website = {{URL|keralafilm.com}}

| previous = 2022 (52nd)

| main = Kerala State Film Awards

| next = 2024 (54th)

}}

The 53rd Kerala State Film Awards, presented by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, was announced by Saji Cherian, Minister of Cultural Affairs, Kerala on 21 July 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/movies/movie-news/2023/07/21/kerala-state-film-awards-2022-winners-list.amp.html|title=‘ന്നാ താൻ കേസ് കൊട്’ ജനപ്രിയചിത്രം, ഷാഹി കബീർ മികച്ച സംവിധായകൻ: ചലച്ചിത്ര അവാർഡ് പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുന്നു - Kerala Film Awards | date=21 July 2023 |access-date=21 July 2023 |work=Manorma Online News}}{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/53rd-kerala-state-film-awards-nanpakal-nerathu-mayakkam-best-film-mammootty-vincy-aloshious-mahesh-narayanan-8851060|title=53rd Kerala State Film Awards: Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam named Best Film; Mammootty, Vincy Aloshious, Mahesh Narayanan bag top honours |date=21 July 2023 |access-date=21 July 2023 |work=Indian Express}}{{Cite web |date=2023-07-21 |title=സംസ്ഥാന ചലച്ചിത്ര പുരസ്‌കാരം; മികച്ച നടൻ മമ്മൂട്ടി, നടി വിൻസി അലോഷ്യസ്‌ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/kerala-state-film-awards-best-actress-actor-cinema-director-2022-2023-1.8749311 |access-date=2023-07-21 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}

Writing category

=Jury=

style="border: 1px solid #BEB168;background-color:#FDFCF6;"
colspan="2" style="background-color:#F5EFD0;" |{{•}} K. C. Narayanan (chairman)
style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} K. Rekha

| {{•}} M. A. Dileep

style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} C. Ajoy

=Awards=

All award recipients receive a cash prize, certificate and statuette.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Name of award

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Title of work

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Awardee(s)

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Cash prize

scope="row"|Best Book on Cinema

|Cinemayude Bhavanadeshangal

|C. S. Venkiteswaran

|align="right"|₹30,000

scope="row"|Best Article on Cinema

|Punasthapanam Enna Mahendrajalam

|Sabu Pravadas

|align="right"|₹20,000

=Special Mention=

All recipients receive a certificate and statuette.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Name of award

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Title

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Awardee(s)

scope="row"|Book on Cinema

|No award

|No award

scope="row"|Article on Cinema

|No award

|No award

Film category

=Jury=

style="border: 1px solid #BEB168;background-color:#FDFCF6;"

|+Final jury

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#F5EFD0;" |{{•}} Gautam Ghose (chairman)

style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} Nemam Pushparaj

| {{•}} K. M. Madhusudhanan

style="vertical-align:top;"
style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} Hari Nair

| {{•}} D. Yuvaraj

style="vertical-align:top;"
style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} Gautami

| {{•}} Jency Gregory

style="vertical-align:top;"
style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} C. Ajoy

style="border: 1px solid #BEB168;background-color:#FDFCF6;"

|+Second jury

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#F5EFD0;" |{{•}} K. M. Madhusudhanan (chairman)

style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} B. Rakesh

| {{•}} Sajas Rahman

style="vertical-align:top;"
style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} Vinod Sukumaran

| {{•}} C. Ajoy

style="border: 1px solid #BEB168;background-color:#FDFCF6;"

|+First jury

| colspan="2" style="background-color:#F5EFD0;" |{{•}} Nemam Pushparaj (chairman)

style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} V. J. James

| {{•}} K. M. Sheeba

style="vertical-align:top;"
style="background-color:#F0EADF;"

| {{•}} Roy P. Thomas

| {{•}} C. Ajoy

=Awards=

All award recipients receive a cash prize, certificate and statuette.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Name of award

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Title of film

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Awardee(s)

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" |Cash prize

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Best Film

|rowspan="2"| Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

|Director: Lijo Jose Pellissery

|align="right"|₹200,000

Producer: George Sebastian

|align="right"|₹200,000

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Second Best Film

|rowspan="2"| Adithattu

|Director: Jijo Antony

|align="right"|₹150,000

Producer: Godjo J.

|align="right"|₹150,000

scope="row"|Best Director

|Ariyippu

|Mahesh Narayanan

| align="right"|₹200,000

scope="row"|Best Actor

|Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

|Mammootty

| align="right"|₹100,000

scope="row"|Best Actress

|Rekha

|Vincy Aloshious

|align="right"|₹100,000

scope="row"|Best Character Actor

|Nna Thaan Case Kodu

|P. P. Kunhikrishnan

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Character Actress

|Saudi Vellakka

|Devi Varma

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Special Jury Award

|Nna Thaan Case Kodu

| Kunchacko Boban ({{small|awarded for acting}})

|align="right"| ₹25,000

Appan

| Alencier Ley Lopez ({{small|awarded for acting}})

|align="right"| ₹25,000

scope="row" rowspan="2" |Best Child Artist

| Pallotty 90s Kids

| Davinchi Santhosh ({{small|Male category}})

|align="right"|₹50,000

Vazhakku

| Thanmaya Sol A. ({{small|Female category}})

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row" |Best Story

| Pada

| Kamal K. M.

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row" rowspan="2" |Best Cinematography

| Ela Veezha Poonchira

| Manesh Madhavan

|align="right"| ₹25,000

Vazhakku

| Chandru Selvaraj

|align="right"| ₹25,000

scope="row"|Best Screenplay (Original)

| Nna Thaan Case Kodu

| Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval

|align="right"| ₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Screenplay (Adaptation)

| Oru Thekkan Thallu Case

| Rajesh Kumar R.

|align="right"| ₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Lyrics

| Viddikalude Mash ({{small|"Thiramalayanu Njan"}})

|Rafeeq Ahammed

|align="right"| ₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Music Director (songs)

| Pathonpatham Noottandu ({{small|"Mazhilpeeli Ilakunnu" and "Karumban Inningu"}})
Ayisha ({{small|All songs}})

|M. Jayachandran

|align="right"| ₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Music Director (score)

|Nna Thaan Case Kodu

|Dawn Vincent

|align="right"| ₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Male Singer

|Pallotty 90s Kids ({{small|"Kanave Mizhiyil Unare"}})

| Kapil Kapilan

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Female Singer

|Pathonpatham Noottandu ({{small|"Mayipeeli Ilakunnu Kanna"}})

|Mridula Warrier

|align="right"| ₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Editor

| Thallumaala

| Nishadh Yusuf

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Art Director

| Nna Thaan Case Kodu

| Jyothish Shankar

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Sync Sound

| Ariyippu

| Vaishak P. V.

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Sound Mixing

| Nna Thaan Case Kodu

| Vipin Nair

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Sound Design

|Ela Veezha Poonchira

|Ajayan Adat

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row" rowspan="2"|Best Processing Lab / Colourist

|Ela Veezha Poonchira

|After Studios / Robert Lang

|align="right"|₹25,000

Vazhakku

|iGene - DI and VFX / R. Rangarajan

|align="right"|₹25,000

scope="row"|Best Makeup Artist

| Bheeshma Parvam

| Ronnex Xavier

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Costume Designer

| Saudi Vellakka

| Manjusha Radhakrishnan

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row" rowspan="2" |Best Dubbing Artist

|Pathonpatham Noottandu ({{small|Character: Padaveedan Thampy}})

| Shobi Thilakan ({{small|Male category}})

|align="right"|₹50,000

Saudi Vellakka ({{small|Character: Ayisha Rowther}})

|Pauly Valsan ({{small|Female category}})

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row"|Best Choreography

| Thallumaala

| Shobi Paul Raj

|align="right"|₹50,000

scope="row" rowspan="2" |Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value

| rowspan="2" | Nna Thaan Case Kodu

|Director: Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval

|align="right"|₹100,000

Producer: Santhosh T. Kuruvilla

|align="right"|₹100,000

scope="row"|Best Debut Director

|Ela Veezha Poonchira

|Shahi Kabir

|align="right"|₹100,000

scope="row" rowspan="2" |Best Children's Film

| rowspan="2" | Pallotty 90's Kids''

|Director: Jithin Raj

|align="right"|₹100,000

Producer: Sajid Yahiya

|align="right"|₹150,000

scope="row"|Best Visual Effects

| Vazhakku

| Anish D.
Sumesh Gopal{{Cite news |date=2023-08-16 |title=Digibricks VFX Studio triumphs with Kerala Film State Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in 'Vazhakku' |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/digibricks-vfx-studio-triumphs-with-kerala-film-state-award-for-outstanding-visual-effects-in-vazhakku/articleshow/102761360.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-05 |issn=0971-8257}}

|align="right"| ₹50,000

=Special Mention=

All recipients receive a certificate and statuette.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Name of award

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Title of film

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Awardee(s)

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" class="unsortable" |Awarded for

scope="row"|Special Mention

|Ilavarambu

| Biswajith S.

| Direction

scope="row"|Special Mention

|Vettapattikalum Ottakkarum

| Rarish G. Kurup

| Direction

=Special Award in Any Category for Women/Transgender=

All recipients receive a cash prize, certificate, and statuette.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Name of award

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Title of film

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Awardee(s)

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Awarded for

! style="background-color:#EFE4B0" |Cash prize

scope="row" |Special Award in Any Category for Women/Transgender

|B 32 Muthal 44 Vare

|Shruthi Sharanyam

|Direction

|align="right"|₹50,000

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • https://www.keralafilm.com

{{Kerala State Film Awards}}

Category:Kerala State Film Awards