Actor Mammootty won the Best Actor award for a record 7th time at the Kerala Film Awards 2025, further strengthening his place in Malayalam cinema. ‘Manjummel Boys’ won the most awards in this award show.
The 55th Kerala State Film Awards were announced on Monday. Saji Cherian, Minister of Culture and Film in the Government of Kerala, announced the awards during an event held at Ramanilayam, Thrissur. Veteran Malayalam film actor Mammootty made the record of winning the most number of Best Actor awards. 74-year-old Mammootty won the Best Actor award for the film ‘Brahmyugam’ and this is the seventh time he has been honored with this award.
List of winners of Kerala State Film Awards
- Best Actor (Male): Mammootty for ‘Bramayugam’
- Best Actor (Female): Shamla Hamza for ‘Feminichi Fatima’
- Chidambaram S Poduval for Best Director ‘Manjummel Boys’
- Best Character Artist (Female): Lijomol Jose for ‘Nadanna Sambhavam’
- Best Character Artist (Male): Soubin Shahir (‘Manjummel Boys’) and Siddharth 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 for ‘Bougainvillea’ and Darshana Rajendran for ‘Paradise’
- Best Newcomer Director: Fasil Muhammad (‘Feminichi Fatima’)
- Best Popular Film: ‘Premlu’
- Special Jury Award for Females/Transgender People: Payal Kapadia (‘All We Imagine as Light’)
- Best Story: Prasanna Vithanage (‘Paradise’)
- Best Script: Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad (‘Bougainvillea’)
- Best Visual-Audio Effect: ‘Arm’
- Best Dance Choreographer: Sumesh Sundar, Jishnudas M.V. for ‘bougainvillea’
- Best Costume Design: Sameera Saneesh for ‘Rekhachitram’ and ‘Bougainvillea’
- Best Makeup Artist: Ronex Xavier, for ‘Bougainvillea’ and ‘Bramyugam’
- Best Sync Sound: ‘Water’
- Best Music Director: Sushin Shyam for ‘Bougainvillea’
- Best Background Music: Cristo Xavier, for ‘Bramyugam’
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Lajo Jose and Amal Neerad, for ‘Bougainvillea’
- Best Cinematography: Shyju Khalid for ‘Manjummal Boys’
- Best Lyricist (Male): Vedan, for ‘Kuthanthram’ from ‘Manjummal Boys’
- Best Playback Singer (Female): Zeba Tomy for ‘Aaroorum’ from ‘Am Aah’
- Best Playback Singer (Male): KS Harishankar for ‘Kiliye’ from ‘ARM’
- Best Processing Lab/Colourist: Shree Warrier for ‘Manjumel Boys’ and ‘Bougainvillea’
- Best Sound Mixing: Fazal A.Backer, Shijin Melvin Hutton for ‘Manjummel Boys’
- Best Sound Design: Shibin Melvin and Abhishek Nair for ‘Manjummel Boys’
- Best Production Design: Ajayan Chalisri for ‘Manjumel Boys’
- Best Editing: Suraj ES for ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’
- Best Art Direction: Ajayan Chalisri for ‘Manjummel Boys’
- Best Dubbing Artist (Female): Sayonara Philip for ‘Barrows’
- Best Dubbing Artist (Male): Bhasi Vaikom for ‘Barrows’
- Best Book on Cinema: Penapattu Tharakal – Malayala Cinemapattukalile Pennaviskarangal, C.S. by Meenakshi
- Best Article on Cinema: ‘Mayunna Naalukettukalum – ‘Marunna Bhavukathavangalam’ by Malayalam Cinemayam Valsan Vathusseri
- Special Jury Award for Cinema Article: ‘Samayathinte Vistheeranam’ by Nofal Mariam Blathoor