The Kerala State Film Award for Best Film is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best film in Malayalam cinema. The awards are managed directly by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy under the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala.
Winners Year Film Director Producer 1969Kumara Sambhavam P. SubramaniamP. Subramaniam1970Olavum Theeravum P. N. MenonP. A. Backer1971SarasayyaThoppil BhasiP. V. Sathyan1972Panitheeratha Veedu K. S. SethumadhavanChithrakalakendram1973NirmalyamM. T. Vasudevan NairM. T. Vasudevan Nair1974Uttarayanam G. AravindanPattathuvila Karunakaran1975Swapnadanam K. G. GeorgeT. Mohammed Bappu1976Manimuzhakkam P. A. BackerCartoonist Thomas1977KodiyettamAdoor GopalakrishnanKulathoor Bhaskaran Nair 1978 Ashwathama K. R. Mohanan P. T. Kunju Muhammed Bandhanam M. T. Vasudevan Nair V. B. K. Menon 1979Esthappan G. AravindanK. Ravindranathan Nair1980Oppol K. S. SethumadhavanMs. Rosamma George1981ElippathayamAdoor GopalakrishnanK. Ravindranathan Nair 1982 Marmaram Bharathan N. N. Films Yavanika K. G. George Henry1983Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku FazilM. C. Punnus1984MukhamukhamAdoor GopalakrishnanK. Ravindranathan Nair1985Chidambaram G. AravindanG. Aravindan1986Oridathu G. AravindanG. Aravindan1987Purushartham K. R. MohananP. T. Kunju Muhammed1988Ore Thooval Pakshikal Chintha RaviChintha Ravi1989VadakkunokkiyantramSreenivasanTophi Kannaara, T. C. Moni1990 VasthuharaG. AravindanT. Ravindranath1991Kadavu M. T. Vasudevan NairM. T. Vasudevan Nair1992Daivathinte Vikrithikal Lenin RajendranLenin Rajendran1993VidheyanAdoor Gopalakrishnan K. Ravindranathan Nair1994ParinayamHariharanG. P. Vijayakumar1995Kazhakam M. P. Sukumaran NairM. P. Sukumaran Nair1996 No award1997BhoothakkannadiLohithadasN. Krishnakumar1998Agnisakshi Shyama PrasadV. V. Babu1999Karunam JayarajJayaraj2000Sayahnam R. SarathM. S. Nazeer2001Sesham T. K. Rajeev KumarLatha Kurian Rajeev, K. Madhavan2002Bhavam Sathish MenonSathish Menon2003Margam Rajeev Vijayaraghavan Rajeev Vijayaraghavan 2004AkaleShyamaprasadTom George2005ThanmathraBlessyRaju Mathew2006DrishtanthamM. P. Sukumaran NairM. P. Sukumaran Nair2007AtayalangalM. G. SasiAravind Venugopal2008Oru Pennum RandaanumAdoor GopalakrishnanAdoor Gopalakrishnan, Benzy Martin2009Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte KathaRanjithA. V. Anoop, Maha Subair2010Adaminte Makan Abu Salim Ahamed Salim Ahamed, Ashraf Bedi2011Indian Rupee Ranjith Santhosh Sivan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shaji Nadeshan2012Celluloid Kamal Kamal, Ubaid2013CR No: 89 Sudevan Pace Productions2014Ottaal Jayaraj K Mohanan, Vinod Vijayan2015Ozhivudivasathe Kali Sanal Kumar SasidharanNiv Art Movies2016Manhole Vidhu Vincent MP Vincent2017Ottamuri Velicham Rahul Riji NairRahul Riji Nair2018Kanthan - The Lover of Colour Shareef Easa Shareef Eesa2019VasanthiShinos Rahman, Sajas RahmanSiju Wilson2020The Great Indian KitchenJeo BabyDijo Augustine, Jomon Jacob, Vishnu Rajan, Sajin S Raj2021AavasavyuhamKrishand R. K.Krishand R. K.2022Nanpakal Nerathu MayakkamLijo Jose PellisseryMammootty Kampany2023Kaathal – The CoreJeo BabyMammootty Kampany2024Manjummel BoysChidambaram S. PoduvalSoubin Shahir, Babu Shahir, Shawn Antony
See also Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film
References
External links Official website PRD, Govt. of Kerala: Awardees List Manorama News