National Award Winners of Malayalam Cinema
Feb 2020|🟢Current|1 min read|30 entries
Key Takeaway
alayalam Cinema has produced some of the India's finest artists who have gone to claim national and international fame for their excellence in front and behind the camera.
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| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| National Award Winners of Malayalam CinemaNational Award forBest FilmInstituted in | 1953 |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Former Name | President's Gold Medal for Best Feature Film |
| Prize | Swarna Kamal(Golden Lotus)₹ 2,50,000/-Total awarded– 67 times |
| First Winner | Shyamchi Aai |
| Last Winner (2023) | 12th Fail(Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra) |
| FilmDirectorYearChemmeenRamu Kariat1965SwayamvaramAdoor Gopalakrishnan1972NirmalyamM. T. Vasudevan Nair1973ChidambaramG. Aravindan1985PiraviShaji N. Karun1988KathapurushanAdoor Gopalakrishnan1995VanaprasthamShaji N. Karun & Mohanlal1999ShanthamJayaraj2000PulijanmamPriyanandanan2006Kutty SrankShaji N. Karun2009Adaminte Makan AbuSalim Ahamed2010Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian SeaPriyadarshan2019National Award forBest DirectorInstituted in | 1964 |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Former Name | Award for excellence in direction(1967–1976) |
| Prize | Swarna Kamal(Golden Lotus), ₹ 2,50,000 |
| First awarded | 1967 |
| Total awarded | 53 |
| First winner | Satyajit Ray |
| Last Winner (2023) | Sudipto Sen(The Kerala Story) |
| DirectorFilmYearAdoor GopalakrishnanSwayamvaramMukhamukhamAnantaramMathilukalNaalu Pennungal19721984198719892007G. AravindanKanchana SitaThampuOridathu197719781986Shaji N. KarunPiravi1988JayarajKaliyattamBhayanakam19972017RajeevnathJanani1998Sachidanandan KR(Sachy)Ayyappanum Koshiyam2022National Award forBest ActorInstituted in | 1954 |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Former Name | Bharat Award(1968–1974) |
| Prize | Rajat Kamal(Silver Lotus)₹50,000 |
| Total awarded | 58First awarded –1967Most awards –Amitabh Bachchan(4 awards) |
| Last winner (2023) | Shah Rukh Khan(Jawan)& Vikrant Massey(12th Fail) |
| ActorFilmYearP. J. AntonyNirmalyam1973Bharath GopiKodiyettam1977Balan K. NairOppol1980PremjiPiravi1988MammoottyMathilukalOru Vadakkan Veeragatha1989MohanlalBharatham1991MammoottyPonthan Mada Vidheyan1993Balachandra MenonSamaantharangal1997Suresh GopiKaliyattam1997Mammootty(Ajay Devgn)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar(Zakhm)1998MohanlalVanaprastham1999MuraliNeythukaran2001Salim Kumar(Dhanush)Adaminte Makan Abu(Aadukalam)2010Suraj Venjaramoodu(Rajkumar Rao)Perariyathavar(Shahid)2013National Award forBest ActressInstituted in | 1954 |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Former Name | Urvashi Award(1967–1973) |
| Prize | Rajat Kamal(Silver Lotus)₹50,000(US$700) |
| First awarded | 1967 |
| Total awarded | 54 |
| First winner | Nargis Dutt |
| Most awards | Shabana Azmi(5 awards) |
| Last winner (2023) | Rani Mukerji(Mrs Chatterjee Vs. Norway) |
| ActressFilmYearSharadaThulabharamSwayamvaram19681972Monisha UnniNakhakshathangal1986ShobanaManichitrathazhu1993Meera JasminePaadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam2003Surabhi LakshmiMinnaminungu | the Firefly2016SideNotes:Sharadahas won a secondNational Film Awardfor the Best Actress in a Telugu film,Nimajjanam (1976) |
National Award Winners of Malayalam CinemaNational Award forBest FilmInstituted in
1953
Sponsored by
Directorate of Film Festivals
Former Name
President's Gold Medal for Best Feature Film
Prize
Swarna Kamal(Golden Lotus)₹ 2,50,000/-Total awarded– 67 times
First Winner
Shyamchi Aai
Last Winner (2023)
12th Fail(Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
FilmDirectorYearChemmeenRamu Kariat1965SwayamvaramAdoor Gopalakrishnan1972NirmalyamM. T. Vasudevan Nair1973ChidambaramG. Aravindan1985PiraviShaji N. Karun1988KathapurushanAdoor Gopalakrishnan1995VanaprasthamShaji N. Karun & Mohanlal1999ShanthamJayaraj2000PulijanmamPriyanandanan2006Kutty SrankShaji N. Karun2009Adaminte Makan AbuSalim Ahamed2010Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian SeaPriyadarshan2019National Award forBest DirectorInstituted in
1964
Sponsored by
Directorate of Film Festivals
Former Name
Award for excellence in direction(1967–1976)
Prize
Swarna Kamal(Golden Lotus), ₹ 2,50,000
First awarded
1967
Total awarded
53
First winner
Satyajit Ray
Last Winner (2023)
Sudipto Sen(The Kerala Story)
DirectorFilmYearAdoor GopalakrishnanSwayamvaramMukhamukhamAnantaramMathilukalNaalu Pennungal19721984198719892007G. AravindanKanchana SitaThampuOridathu197719781986Shaji N. KarunPiravi1988JayarajKaliyattamBhayanakam19972017RajeevnathJanani1998Sachidanandan KR(Sachy)Ayyappanum Koshiyam2022National Award forBest ActorInstituted in
1954
Sponsored by
Directorate of Film Festivals
Former Name
Bharat Award(1968–1974)
Prize
Rajat Kamal(Silver Lotus)₹50,000
Total awarded
58First awarded –1967Most awards –Amitabh Bachchan(4 awards)
Last winner (2023)
Shah Rukh Khan(Jawan)& Vikrant Massey(12th Fail)
ActorFilmYearP. J. AntonyNirmalyam1973Bharath GopiKodiyettam1977Balan K. NairOppol1980PremjiPiravi1988MammoottyMathilukalOru Vadakkan Veeragatha1989MohanlalBharatham1991MammoottyPonthan Mada Vidheyan1993Balachandra MenonSamaantharangal1997Suresh GopiKaliyattam1997Mammootty(Ajay Devgn)Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar(Zakhm)1998MohanlalVanaprastham1999MuraliNeythukaran2001Salim Kumar(Dhanush)Adaminte Makan Abu(Aadukalam)2010Suraj Venjaramoodu(Rajkumar Rao)Perariyathavar(Shahid)2013National Award forBest ActressInstituted in
1954
Sponsored by
Directorate of Film Festivals
Former Name
Urvashi Award(1967–1973)
Prize
Rajat Kamal(Silver Lotus)₹50,000(US$700)
First awarded
1967
Total awarded
54
First winner
Nargis Dutt
Most awards
Shabana Azmi(5 awards)
Last winner (2023)
Rani Mukerji(Mrs Chatterjee Vs. Norway)
ActressFilmYearSharadaThulabharamSwayamvaram19681972Monisha UnniNakhakshathangal1986ShobanaManichitrathazhu1993Meera JasminePaadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam2003Surabhi LakshmiMinnaminungu
the Firefly2016SideNotes:Sharadahas won a secondNational Film Awardfor the Best Actress in a Telugu film,Nimajjanam (1976)