Kerala State Film Awards 2025: Complete list of winners

Kerala State Film Awards winners have been announced

The 55th Kerala State Film Awards have recently announced the list of winners on November 3. Mammootty bagged the top honour for his portrayal in Rahul Sadasivan's Bramayugam. Meanwhile, Manjummel Boys was named Best Film of 2024.

During a recent press conference in Thrissur, the Kerala Minister for Fisheries, Culture, and Youth Affairs, Saji Cherian, announced the winners. Bramayugam and Manjummel Boys won big at the event.

Veteran actor Prakash Raj led the seven-member jury for the 55th Kerala State Film Awards. Around 128 movies from 2024 were submitted for the awards, but only 26 films were qualified for the final round.

Best Film - Manjummel Boys

Best Actor (Male) - Mammootty for Bramayugam

Best Actor (Female) - Shamla Hamza for Feminichi Fathima

Best Director - Chidambaram S Poduval for Manjummel Boys

Best Character Artist (Female) - Lijomol Jose for Nadanna Sambhavam

Best Character Artist (Male) - Soubin Shahir (Manjummel Boys) and Sidharth Bharathan (Bramayugam)

Special Jury Award for Acting (Male) - Tovino Thomas and Asif Ali for ARM and Kishkindha Kaandam

Special Jury Award for Acting (Female) - Jyothirmayi (Bougainvillea), Darshana Rajendran (Paradise)

Best Second Film - Feminichi Fathima

Best Debut Director - Fasil Muhammed (Feminichi Fathima)

Best Popular Film - Premalu

Special Jury award for women/transgender people - Payal Kapadia (All We Imagine As Light)

Best Story - Prasanna Vithanage (Paradise)

Best Screenplay - Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad (Bougainvillea)

Best VFX - (ARM)

Best Dance Choreographer - Bougainvillea

Best Costume - Sameera Saneesh for Rekhachithram and Bougainvillea

Best Makeup Artist - Ronex Xavier for Bougainvillea and Bramayugam'

Best Sync Sound - Pani

Best Music Director: Sushin Shyam for Bougainvillea

Best Background Score - Christo Xavier for Bramayugam

Best Adapted Screenplay - Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad for Bougainvillea

Best Cinematography - Shyju Khalid for Manjummel Boys

Best Lyricist (Male) - Vedan for Kuthanthram from Manjummal Boys

Best Playback Singer (Female) - Zeba Tommy for Aarorum from Am Ah

Best Playback Singer (Male) - KS Harisankar for Kiliye from ARM

Best processing lab/colorist - Shree Warrier (Manjummel Boys and Bougainvillea)

Best Sound Design - Shibin Melvin and Abhishek Nair for Manjummel Boys

Best Production Design - Ajayan Chalissery for Manjummel Boys

Best Editor - Sooraj ES for Kishkindha Kaandam

Best Dubbing Artist (Female) - Sayonara Philip for Barroz

Best Dubbing Artist (Male) - Bhasi Vaikom for Barroz