Malayalam Awards Asianet Film Awards 2009

Asianet Film Awards 2009 is the most distinguished event in the Malayalam film industry where the stalwarts of Malayalam Cinema turn up every year for a night of recognition and celebration. The 11th Asianet Film Awards was held at the Chandrashekaran Nair Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on 17th January 2009 to honor the Best accomplishments of the year 2008. The winners were declared by the vice chairman and managing Director of Asianet Communication Limited, K. Madhavan, on 10th January 2009.

The auspicious evening witnessed a congregation of the most notable persons from Indian Cinema. A large crowd had assembled to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars. Actors Vineeth, Samvrutha Sunil This Kannur born actress, who made her debut with >> Read More... , Jyothirmayi, ' Muktha Muktha (also known as Elsa George) is an actress o >> Read More... ', Suraj Venjaramoodu Sooraj Venjaramoodu was born on 30th June, 1976 in >> Read More... , and Rahasya, entertained the audience while singers like Zubeen Garg Zubeen Garg or Zubeen Borthakur aka Goldie was bor >> Read More... , Deepa Miriam Deepa was born in the year 1981 of April. She is f >> Read More... , Usha Uthup Song ‘Ramba Ho’ from the movie Armaan mesmerizes a >> Read More... , G. Venugopal, ' Rimi Tomy Rimi Tomy Kizhakoodan, popularly known as Rimi Tom >> Read More... ' and Asianet’s ‘ Cinemala Cinemala is a show that offers its take on current >> Read More... ’ team won hearts by their enchanting performances. Legendary singer ' K J Yesudas Kattassery Joseph Yesudas shortly called as K J Ye >> Read More... '.

Yesudas bagged the Lifetime Achievement Award in honor of his priceless contribution to Malayalam Cinema. ‘ Kurukshetra Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ won the Special Award for Patriotic Film. Jagathy Sreekumar Jagathy Sreekumar, a famous Indian film actor know >> Read More... claimed the Special Jury Award for his many notable works. The award for the Best film was bagged by ‘Twenty 20’, accepted by producer ' Dileep Dileep was born in Kerala as Gopalakrishnan Padman >> Read More... '. Akku Akbar Akku Akbar is an Indian film director primarily wo >> Read More... won the Best Director Award for ‘Veruthey Oru Bharya.’ ' Mohanlal Mohan Lal is the Super Star of the Malayalam film >> Read More... ' bagged the award for the Best Actor for his notable role in ‘ Madambi Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ' Gopika Born on 26th August 1984, Gopika is a south Indian >> Read More... ' for the Best Actress for the movie ‘Veruthey Oru Bharya.’

Actor ' Jayaram Born on December 10 1965, Jayaram’s main region of >> Read More... ' was selected for the award for the Best Actor for the movie ‘VerutheyOruBharya,’ presented by Actor ' Urvashi Urvashi is the stage name of Kavitha Ranjini, a pr >> Read More... '. Innocent won the Best character artiste Male for ‘Innathe Chintha Vishayam’; Samrvitha Sunil the Best character artiste-female for the film ‘Minnaminnikoottam.’ ' Siddique Siddique, who is a Malayalam film actor, producer, >> Read More... ' was chosen the Best Villain for his role in ‘Madambi.’ Salim Kumar Salim Kumar is a person who deserves the title of >> Read More... won the award for the Best Actor in a Comic Role in ‘Annan Thambi.’ Jayasurya- Roma were identified as the Best Star Couple for ‘Minnaminnikoottam’ and ‘Shakespeare M.A. Malayalam.’

The Best Lyricist Award went to Gireesh Puthenchery Gireesh Puthenchery is one of the most prolific ly >> Read More... (Madambi) for the song ‘AmmaMazhakarinu’, the Best music Director Award was won by Vidhya Sagar Vidya Sagar is one of the best music directors in >> Read More... for ‘ Mulla Click to look into! >> Read More... .’ Playback Singers M. G. Sreekumar, for ‘KandoKandoKakkakuyile’ in Innathe Chintha Vishayam and Swetha Mohan for ‘KuyileKuyile’ in Novel, won in their respective categories. Baby Niveditha Baby Niveditha is a popular child actress who has >> Read More... bagged the Best Child Artist Award for ‘Innathe Chintha Vishayam.’ ' M J Radhakrishnan M J. Radhakrishnan was an indian cinematographer, >> Read More... ' (Adayalangal, Thirakatha) was chosen the Best Cameraman. The Best Editor was Ranjan Abraham An award-winning celebrity who belongs to the Sout >> Read More... (Veruthe Oru Bharya, Mulla). Debut Artists ' Meera Nandan Meera Nandan also known as Meera Nandakumar is a M >> Read More... ' (Mulla) and ' Vineeth Sreenivasan Vineeth Srinivasan is known to the music industry >> Read More... ' (Cycle) were also recognized and awarded. On 31st January and 1st February, the event was aired on television on Asianet at 6.30 p.m.

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The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony were the celebrities from the Malayalam film industry are honored annually by Asianet, it is a Malayalam-language television network from the southern part of the nation, Kerala. The awards ceremony has been bringing into being to approbate both exquisite and technical brilliance in the Malayalam language film industry. Asianet Awards are Held and broadcasted annually since 1998, the commemoration has gained popularity over the years and is currently watched by the wide range of audiences in Kerala.

The awards ceremony was co-advertised by Ujala. The award function usually takes place at Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala. The 12th Asianet Film Awards, it glorifies the best films in 2009 and took place on 16 January 2010 at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. Asianet senior vice-president R. Sreekantan Nair on 3 January 2010 announced the winners of the award show. The title sponsor of the event has been Ujala, from a very long time. The awards are presented to defecate 25 categories of the Malayalam film industry. The nomination of the awards has movies from the year 2008. Exquisite excellence and adoration were the criteria for selection of the winners. Nominations from the viewers too were aforethought for picking up the winners.

The awards comprise of a purse and statuette will be given to the winners on January 17. The Asianet Film Awards is a ceremony where the crème talent of the Malayalam film industry honors the work that celebs present annually. Asianet is a Malayalam-language television network from the state of Kerala. The awards commemoration has been commenced to defecate both artistic and technical preeminence in the Malayalam language movie industry. Asianet awards are broadcasted annually since 1998. The award for “Best Film” was bagged by Pazhassi Raja. The Best Director award went to Ranjith for the movie Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha. The award for “Best Actor” was swept away by Mohanlal for the movie Ividam Swargamaanu, Bhramaram.

The award for “Best Actress” went to Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan is an Indian artist but shines in t >> Read More... for her performance in Banaras. The award for “Best Supporting Actor” was bagged by Sreenivasan for the role he played in Makante Achan Click to look into! >> Read More... , Passenger. The award for “Best Supporting Actress” was bagged by Shwetha Menon for the movie Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha. The award for “Best Screenplay” went to Ranjith Sankar Ranjith Sankar was born in Kerala in Thrissur on F >> Read More... for Passenger. The award for “Best Cinematographer” was bagged by Ajayan Vincent Ajayan Vincent is an Indian cinematographer, popul >> Read More... for the film Bhramaram. The award for “Best Editor” was swept away by Vijay Shanker for the movie Bhramaram. The award for “Best Music Director” went to Deepak Dev Deepak Devraj Komath is the original name of Deepa >> Read More... for composing excellent music for the film Puthiya Mukham.

The award to create the best melody “Best Lyricist” went to Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma for writing perfect lyrics to gain audience’s attention for Neelathamara. The award for “Best Male Playback Singer” went to Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan, a well-renowned, talented and f >> Read More... for the movie "Picha Vacha" (Puthiya Mukham). The award for “Best Female Playback Singer” went to K. S. Chithra for the film "Kunnathe Konnakkum" (Pazhassi Raja). The award for “Most Popular Actor” was swept away by Dileep for the movie Pappy Appacha, Kaaryasthan, Marykkundoru Kunjaadu Click to look into! >> Read More... . The award for “Most Popular Actress” went to Lakshmi Rai for the movie Ividam Swargamaanu. The award for “Best Actor” in a Villain Role went to Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is a famous actor in Malayalam cinema in >> Read More... for the movie Ividam Swargamaanu. The “Best Actor in a Comic Role” went to Jagadish for the movie “2 Harihar Nagar”. The award for “Best Star Pair” went to Jayasurya & Roma for the movie Utharaswayamvaram. The award for “Best Child Artist” went to Baby Nivedita for her movie Bhramaram, Kana Kanmani.

The “Best New Face of the Year (Male)” was swept away by Nishan for the movie Ritu. The “Best New Face of the Year (Female)” went to Archana Jose Kavi for the movie Neelathamara. The “Special Jury Awards” was bagged by R. Sarathkumar for the movie Manoj K. Jayan for Pazhassi Raja, Pazhassi Raja, Kanika for Pazhassi Raja. The “Bhagyadevatha Special Award” for his commendable contribution to the Indian Film World went to Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty has climbed up the ladder with a lo >> Read More... . “The Asianet Millennium Actor award” was bagged by Mammootty The award for the “Youth Icon of the Year” went to Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran is one among the bubbly actor >> Read More... . The “Lifetime Achievement Award” went to the versatile actor P. V. Gangadharan. Mohanlal and Gopika have bagged the Ujala-Asianet Film Award 2009 for their excellent performance in the movie Madambi and Veruthe Oru Bharya.

Further the movie “Veruthe Oru Bharya Akku” bagged another award “Best Director” which went to Akbar and Jayaram, who played the lead role, took away the award for popular actor. Twenty-Twenty which was directed by Joshy was adjudged the “Best Film.” Singer K.J. Yesudas bagged the “special lifetime achievement” award. In the sequence, the special award for “patriotic film” was bagged by Kurukshetra, directed by Major Ravi Major Ravi is the penned name for Major A.K. Ravic >> Read More... . The special Jury award was bagged by Jagathy Sreekumar for his various roles. The award for “Best Film” went to the movie Pazhassi Raja. The Award for “Best Actor” went to Mohanlal for his unparallel performance in Ividam Swargamaanu, Bhramaram. The award for “Best Actress” was bagged by Kavya Madhavan for Banaras.

The Asianet Award for “Best Supporting Actor” went to Sreenivasan for Makante Achan, Passenger. The award for “Best Supporting Actress” Shwetha Menon for the movie Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha. The award for the “Best Screenplay” went to Ranjith Sankar for his performance in the movie Passenger. The award for the “Best Cinematographer” went ot Ajayan Vincent for the movie Bhramaram. The award for the “Best Editor” was bagged by Vijay Shanker for the movie Bhramaram. The award for the “Best Music Director” went to Deepak Dev for the movie Puthiya Mukham. The Asianet Film Award for the “Best Lyricist” went to Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma for the movie Neelathamara.

The award for “Best Male Playback Singer” went to Shankar Mahadevan for "Picha Vacha" (Puthiya Mukham). The award for “Best Female Playback Singer” went to K. S. Chithra for the song "Kunnathe Konnakkum" (Pazhassi Raja). The award for the “Most Popular Actor” was bagged by Dileep for Pappy Appacha, Kaaryasthan, Marykkundoru Kunjaadu. The award for the “Most Popular Actress” went to Lakshmi Rai for her outstanding performance in Ividam Swargamaanu.

The award for “Best Actor” in a Villain Role was bagged by Lalu Alex for his role in the movie Ividam Swargamaanu. The award for “Best New Face of the Year (Male)” was bagged by Nishan for Ritu. The award for “Best New Face of the Year (Female)” was bagged by Archana Jose Kavi for her performance in the movie Neelathamara. The “Special Award” for his notable contribution to the Indian Film World was bagged by Resul Pookutty. The “Millennium Actor” award went to Mammootty. ‘Youth Icon of the Year” award went to Prithviraj Sukumaran. The “Lifetime Achievement Award” went to P. V. Gangadharan.