The 46th

Kerala Film Critics Association Awards The Kerala Film Critics Association Awards are presented annually by the Kerala Film Critics Association to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Malayalam language film industry of India. The awards were instit ...

, honouring the best

Malayalam films Malayalam cinema, also referred to as Mollywood, is a segment of Cinema of India, Indian cinema dedicated to producing films in the Malayalam, Malayalam language, primarily spoken in Kerala and the Lakshadweep islands. It encompasses both th ...

released in 2022, were announced in May 2023.

Winners

Main awards

Best Film The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...

: ''Headmaster'' (

Rajeevnath Rajeevnath is a National Award-winning Malayalam film director. Career Rajeevnath ventured into filmmaking with a short film shot in 16mm camera after finishing his university course. He debuted as a director of feature films with ''Thanal'' ( ...

), ''

B 32 Muthal 44 Vare ''B 32 Muthal 44 Vare'' is 2023 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by Shruthi Sharanyam in her directorial debut and produced by the Kerala State Film Development Corporation. The film stars Remya Nambeesan, Anarkali Marik ...

'' (Shruthi Sharanyam) * Best Actor:

Kunchacko Boban Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer who works in the Malayalam film industry. He is referred to as Chackochan, and during the early 2000s, he was called "chocolate boy" because of his romantic image. He ...

- ''

Nna Thaan Case Kodu ''Nna Thaan Case Kodu'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language satire courtroom comedy film written and directed by Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval, produced by Santhosh T. Kuruvilla and co-produced by Kunchacko Boban Productions and Udaya Pictu ...

'' *

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress award ...

Darshana Rajendran Darshana Rajendran is an Indian actress and playback singer who works predominantly in Malayalam films. Darshana is best known for her performance in the 2022 films—''Hridayam'' and '' Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey''. The latter earned her Filmfare ...

- ''

Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey ''Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey'' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Vipin Das. The film stars Darshana Rajendran and Basil Joseph. ''Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya Hey'' was released theatrically on 28 October 2022. A satire on ge ...

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Purusha Pretham ''Purusha Pretham'' () is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language police procedural film directed by Krishand and produced under the banners of ''Mankind cinemas'' and Einstein Media by Jomom Jacob, Dijo Augustine and Einstein Zac Paul. The film feat ...

'' *

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * As ...

Mahesh Narayanan Mahesh Narayanan (born 2 May 1982) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, he has also worked in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Bollywood, Hindi films. He is a recipient of the ...

- '' Ariyippu'' * Second Best Film: ''Vettapattikalum Ottakarum'' * Best Popular Film: ''

'', '' Malikappuram'' * Best Supporting Actor:

Thampy Antony Antony Thekkek, better known as Thampy Antony, is an Indian-American film actor, writer, activist and producer. He is the elder brother of Malayalam actor Babu Antony. As a writer he has published books in Malayalam and English. He is the author ...

(''Headmaster''),

Alencier Ley Lopez Alencier Ley Lopez is an Indian film and theatre actor, who appears in Malayalam films. Lopez made his debut in the 1998 film '' Daya''; and he worked in films like '' Annayum Rasoolum'' (2013), '' Njan Steve Lopez'' (2013), and '' Maheshinte P ...

('' Appan'') * Best Supporting Actress: Hannah Reji Koshy ('' Kooman''), Garggi Ananthan (''Ekan Anekan'') *

Best Screenplay This list of screenwriting awards for film is an index to articles on notable awards given for film screenwriting. The list is organized by region and country of the awards venue or sponsor, but winners are not necessarily restricted to people fro ...

Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu Thoniyan Puthiyapurayil Shihabuddin, better known as Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu or Shihabuddin Poithumkadavu ,(born 29 October 1963) is an Indian writer, journalist, poet, orator and television personality. Life Shihabuddin Poythumkadavu was b ...

and Sunny Joseph (''Bhoomiyude Uppu''), Shruthi Sharanyam (''

'') * Best Story:

M. Mukundan Maniyambath Mukundan (born 10 September 1942) is an Indian author of Malayalam literature and a former diplomat. He worked as a cultural attaché at the Embassy of France in Delhi from 1961 to 2004, while concurrently working as an author. Many ...

('' Mahaveeryar'') * Best Music Director:

Kavalam Sreekumar Kavalam Srikumar is a classical musician, Malayalam film singer and music composer from Kerala, India. His recitation of Ramayana is also famous. He has also rendered more than 200 famous Malayalam poems. He is the son of the noted Malayalam po ...

(''Headmaster'') * Best Lyricist: Vinayak Sasikumar ('' Ini Utharam'', ''My Name is Azhagan'', '' The Teacher'', ''Keedam'') * Best Background Score: Ronnie Raphael (''Headmaster'') * Best Male Playback Singer: K. S. Harisankar - "Enthinente Nenjinullile" from '' Aanandam Paramanandam'', Ravisankar - "Mazhayil" from ''Maadan'' * Best Female Playback Singer:

Nithya Mammen Nithya Mammen is an Indian playback singer. She rose to fame with her debut song "''Nee Himamazhayayi'' " from the Malayalam movie '' Edakkad Battalion 06''. She received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song ...

- "Aayiraththiri" from ''Headmaster'' * Best Cinematographer: Abraham Joseph (''

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'') * Best Editor: Sreejith Sarang (''

Jana Gana Mana "" is the national anthem of the Republic of India. It was originally composed as " Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata" in Bengali by polymath and activist Rabindranath Tagore on 11 December 1911. The first stanza of the song " Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata" ...

'') * Best Child Artist: Master Akash Raj (''Headmaster''), Baby Deva Nandha ('' Malikappuram'') * Best Art Director: Jotish Shankar ('' Ariyippu'', ''

Malayankunju ''Malayankunju'' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mah� ...

'') * Best Sound Recording: Vishnu Govind (''

'') * Best Makeup Artist: Amal Chandran (''

'') * Best Costume Design: Dhanya Balakrishnan (''

Pathonpatham Noottandu ''Pathonpatham Noottandu'' () is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language period action film written and directed by Vinayan. Set in the 19th century Travancore, the story is based on the life of Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, a warrior who fought aga ...

'') * Best Children's Film: 5 Seeds, ''Standard V-B'' * Best Film on National Integration: ''

Saudi Vellakka ''Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009'' is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language crime drama film, written and directed by Tharun Moorthy. The film stars Lukman Avaran, Devi Varma, Binu Pappu, Sujith Shankar, Dhanya Ananya. The film was produced by Sandip ...

'' * Best Biographical Film: ''Ayisha'' * Best Historical Film: (''

'') * Best Film on Environment: '' Vellarikka Pattanam'', ''Akkuvinte Padachon'' * Best Non-Malayalam Film: '' Ponniyin Selvan: I''

Honorary awards

* Chalachitra Ratnam Award: K. P. Kumaran * Ruby Jubilee Award:

Kamal Haasan Parthasarathy Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), known professionally as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Considered as one of the most accomplished actors of Indian Cinema, Haas ...

* Chalachitra Prathibha Award:

Shobana Shobana Chandrakumar Pillai (born 21 March 1970); known mononymously as Shobana, is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who works predominantly in Malayalam films, in addition to Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English and Kannada films. She is ...

Vijayaraghavan Narayanapillai Vijayaraghavan, known mononymously as Vijayaraghavan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his character roles. He is the son of drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. Early life and f ...

Vineeth Vineeth Radhakrishnan (born 23 August 1969) is an Indian actor, Bharatanatyam dancer, voice artist and choreographer who primarily works in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu language films. He has also appeared in a few Hindi and Kannada films. He h ...

Gayathri Ashokan Gayathri Ashokan is an Indian poster designer and screenwriter who works in Malayalam cinema. He is considered as a pioneer in poster designing art along with P. N. Menon (director), P. N. Menon in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. Hi ...

, Mohan D. Kurichy

References

External links

"List of recipients of the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards"
(in Malayalam)

(in Malayalam) {{Kerala Film Critics Association Awards 2022 Indian film awards

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