Kerala State Film Award for Best Film

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.^[1]

Kerala State Film Award for Best Film
Awarded for	Best film in Malayalam cinema
Sponsored by	Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
Reward(s)	₹400,000 (US$4,700)
First award	1969
Final award	2023
Most recent winner	Kaathal - The Core
Highlights
First winner	Kumara Sambhavam (1969)
Website	keralafilm.com

Winners

Year	Film	Director	Producer
1969	Kumara Sambhavam	P. Subramaniam	P. Subramaniam
1970	Olavum Theeravum	P. N. Menon	P. A. Backer
1971	Sarasayya	Thoppil Bhasi	P. V. Sathyan
1972	Panitheeratha Veedu	K. S. Sethumadhavan	Chithrakalakendram
1973	Nirmalyam	M. T. Vasudevan Nair	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1974	Uttarayanam	G. Aravindan	Pattathuvila Karunakaran
1975	Swapnadanam	K. G. George	T. Mohammed Bappu
1976	Manimuzhakkam	P. A. Backer	Cartoonist Thomas
1977	Kodiyettam	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Kulathoor Bhaskaran Nair
1978	Ashwathama	K. R. Mohanan	P. T. Kunju Muhammed
	Bandhanam	M. T. Vasudevan Nair	V. B. K. Menon
1979	Esthappan	G. Aravindan	K. Ravindranathan Nair
1980	Oppol	K. S. Sethumadhavan	Ms. Rosamma George
1981	Elippathayam	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	K. Ravindranathan Nair
1982	Marmaram	Bharathan	N. N. Films
	Yavanika	K. G. George	Henry
1983	Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku	Fazil	M. C. Punnus
1984	Mukhamukham	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	K. Ravindranathan Nair
1985	Chidambaram	G. Aravindan	G. Aravindan
1986	Oridathu	G. Aravindan	G. Aravindan
1987	Purushartham	K. R. Mohanan	P. T. Kunju Muhammed
1988	Ore Thooval Pakshikal	Chintha Ravi	Chintha Ravi
1989	Vadakkunokkiyantram	Sreenivasan	Tophi Kannaara, T. C. Moni
1990	Vasthuhara	G. Aravindan	T. Ravindranath
1991	Kadavu	M. T. Vasudevan Nair	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
1992	Daivathinte Vikrithikal	Lenin Rajendran	Lenin Rajendran
1993	Vidheyan	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	K. Ravindranathan Nair
1994	Parinayam	Hariharan	G. P. Vijayakumar
1995	Kazhakam	M. P. Sukumaran Nair	M. P. Sukumaran Nair
1996	No award			[2]
1997	Bhoothakkannadi	Lohithadas	N. Krishnakumar
1998	Agnisakshi	Shyama Prasad	V. V. Babu
1999	Karunam	Jayaraj	Jayaraj
2000	Sayahnam	R. Sarath	M. S. Nazeer
2001	Sesham	T. K. Rajeev Kumar	Latha Kurian Rajeev, K. Madhavan
2002	Bhavam	Sathish Menon	Sathish Menon
2003	Margam	Rajeev Vijayaraghavan	Rajeev Vijayaraghavan
2004	Akale	Shyamaprasad	Tom George
2005	Thanmathra	Blessy	Raju Mathew
2006	Drishtantham	M. P. Sukumaran Nair	M. P. Sukumaran Nair
2007	Atayalangal	M. G. Sasi	Aravind Venugopal
2008	Oru Pennum Randaanum	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Benzy Martin
2009	Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha	Ranjith	A. V. Anoop, Maha Subair
2010	Adaminte Makan Abu	Salim Ahamed	Salim Ahamed, Ashraf Bedi
2011	Indian Rupee	Ranjith	Santhosh Sivan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shaji Nadeshan
2012	Celluloid	Kamal	Kamal, Ubaid
2013	CR No: 89	Sudevan	Pace Productions
2014	Ottaal	Jayaraj	K Mohanan, Vinod Vijayan
2015	Ozhivudivasathe Kali	Sanal Kumar Sasidharan	Niv Art Movies
2016	Manhole	Vidhu Vincent	MP Vincent
2017	Ottamuri Velicham	Rahul Riji Nair	Rahul Riji Nair
2018	Kanthan - The Lover of Colour	Shareef Easa	Shareef Eesa
2019	Vasanthi	Shinos Rahman, Sajas Rahman	Siju Wilson
2020	The Great Indian Kitchen	Jeo Baby	Dijo Augustine, Jomon Jacob, Vishnu Rajan, Sajin S Raj	[3]
2021	Aavasavyuham	Krishand R. K.	Krishand R. K.
2022	Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam	Lijo Jose Pellissery	Mammootty Kampany	[4]
2023	Kaathal – The Core	Jeo Baby	Mammootty	[5]

See also

• Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film