Kenjira

{{Short description|2021 film by Manu Warrier}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Kenjira

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| director = Manoj Kana

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| writer = Manoj Kana

| starring = Vinusha Ravi

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| cinematography = Prathap P Nair

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2019|12|08|IFFK}}

| runtime = 81 minutes

| country = India

| language = Paniya language

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Kenjira is a 2019 Indian film in the Paniya language, a language spoken by members of the Paniya tribe, a secluded tribe most of whose members are mainly found in the Wayanad District in Kerala State and the neighboring areas of Karnataka State.{{cite web |author=Cris |title='Kenjira', a film of and by tribal people in Kerala |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kenjira-film-and-tribal-people-kerala-113979 |website=The News Minute |date=12 December 2019 |access-date=13 August 2021}} The film was directed by Manoj Kana. Kenjira and stars Vinusha Ravi as a girl belonging to the Paniya community. All other characters in the film are played by members of the tribal community except for Joy Mathew. The film portrays the highly deplorable social conditions in which the Paniya community live: the humiliations, the exploitation and the helplessness.

The film premiered at the 2019 International Film Festival of Kerala. The film was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film at the 50th Kerala State Film Awards.{{cite news |first=S R | last=Praveen |title=50th Kerala State Film Awards: Lijo Jose Pellissery, Suraj Venjaramoodu among winners |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/50th-kerala-state-film-awards-lijo-jose-pellissery-suraj-venjaramoodu-among-winners/article32842034.ece |access-date=1 January 2022 | newspaper=The Hindu |date=13 October 2020}} It also won the 2019 John Abraham Award for Best Malayalam Film.{{cite news |title=FFSI's John Abraham awards announced |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ffsis-john-abraham-awards-announced/article65600087.ece |access-date=27 January 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=4 July 2022}}