Manjummel Boys, the immensely popular survival drama directed by Chidambaram and based on a real life story, won big at the 55th Kerala State Film Awards 2024, garnering awards nine, including the top honours of Best Film and Best Director, on Monday (November 3, 2025).
The film also swept the awards in the technical categories, including Best Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound Designing and Sound Mixing.
Mammootty won his seventh Best Actor (Male) award, the most for any actor in Malayalam, for his performance as Kodumon Potty in Bramayugam, while homemaker-turned-actor Shamla Hamza won the Best Actor (Female) for her performance in Feminichi Fathima.
Mammootty in ‘Bramayugam’
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The winners
Best Film – Manjummel Boys (Director – 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 (Director – Fasil Muhammed)
Special Jury Mention (Film) – Paradise (Director: Prasanna Vithanage)
Special Jury – actor (female) – Jyothirmayi (Bougainvillea), Darshana Rajendran (Paradise)
Special Jury – actor (male) – Tovino Thomas (ARM), Asif Ali (Kishkindha Kaandam)
Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value – Premalu (Director :Girish A.D.)
Best Character Actor (Male) – Soubin Shahir (Manjummel Boys), Siddharth Bharathan (Bramayugam)
Best Character Actor (Female) – Lijomol Jose (Nadanna Sambhavam)
Best Debut Director – Fasil Muhammed (Feminichi Fathima)
Best Screenplay (Original)- Chidambaram (Manjummel Boys)
Best Screenplay (Adapted)— Lajo Jose, Amal Neerad (Bougainvillea)
Best Editor – Sooraj E.S. (Kishkindha Kaandam)
Best Cinematography – Shyju Khalid (Manjummel Boys)
Special award for women for any category – Payal Kapadia for All We Imagine as Light
Best Story – Prasanna Vithanage (Paradise)
Best Composer – Sushin Shyam (Bougainvillea)
Best Background Music – Christo Xavier (Bramayugam)
Best Playback Singer (Male) – K.S. Harishankar (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 character Voodoo)
Best Dubbing Artiste (Female) – Sayanora Philip (Barroz 3D)
Best Choreography – Sumesh Sunder, Jishnudas M.V. (Bougainvillea)
Best Makeup – Ronex Xavier (Bougainvillea, Bramayugam)
Best Costume – Sameera Saneesh (Rekhachithram and Bougainvillea)
Best VFX – Jithin Lal, Albert Thomas, Anirudhda Mukherjee (ARM)
Best Processing Lab/Colourist – Sreek Varier (Manjummel Boys, Bougainvillea)
Best Book on Cinema – Penpattu Thaaraal – Malayala Cinemapattukalile Pennaavishkaranangal by C.S.Meenakshi
Best Article on Cinema – ‘Maayunna Nalukettukalum – Malayalam Cinemayum Maarunna Bhaavukathvngalum’ by Valsan Vathussery
Special Jury Award for Article of Cinema – ‘Samyathinte Vistheernam’ by Noufal Mariyam Blathoor
Published – November 03, 2025 04:32 pm IST
