Kerala State Film Awards for 2008 has been announced by a jury with Kannada Director Girish Kasaravally as the chairman.
| Category | Winner |
| Best Film | Oru Pennum Randannum(Director – Adoor Gopalakrishnan) |
| Best Director | Adoor Gopalakrishnan(Movie – Oru Pennum Randannum) |
| Best Actor | Lal (Thalappavu) |
| Best Actress | Priyanka(Vilapangalkkapuram) |
| Acting – Comedy | Mamukkoya(Innathe Chinthavishayam) |
| Best Actor(Runner Up) | Anoop Menon(Thirakatha) |
| Best Actress(Runner Up) | Praveena (Oru Pennum Randannum) |
| Best Film (Runner Up) | Vilapangalkkapuram (T.V.Chandran) |
| Popular Movie | Innathe Chinthavishayam(Sathyan Anthikkad) |
| Best Screenplay | Adoor Gopalakrishnan(Movie – Oru Pennum Randannum) |
| Best Story | Aryadan Shoukath (Vilapangalkappuram) |
| Best Song Writer | ONV Kurup(Gulmohar) |
| Best Music Director | M.Jayachandran(Madambi) |
| Best Male Singer | Sankar Mahadevan (Madambi) |
| Best Female Singer | Manjari (Vilapangalkkapuram ) |
| Best Background score | Chandran Payyatumel (Bioscope) |
| Best Editing | Beena Paul(Bioscope) |
| Best Cinematography | M.J. Radhakrishnan (Adayalangal) |
| Best Debut Director | Madhupal (Thalappavu) |
| Best Child Actor | Niveda Thomas (Veruthe Oru Bharya) |
| Best Art Direction | Madhu Jagat (Kolkotta News) |
| Best Dubbing artist | Sreeja (Minnaminnikkoottam) |
| Best Sound Recording | T. Krishnanunni and Harikumar(Oru Pennum Randannum) |
| Best Dance Direction | Vrinda (Kolkotta News) |
| Best Lab | Chitranjali (Bioscope) |
| Best Makeup Artist | Ranjit Ambady (Thirakatha) |
| Best Costume Design | Kumar Edappal(Vilapangalkkapuram) |
| Special Jury Mention | Bioscope (Directed by Madhusoodhan) |
| Cinema related article | Vadakkanpattu cinemakal (P.S.Radhakrishnan) |
| Cinema related book | Bodhatheerangalil Kalam Midikkumbol (A.Chandrasekharan) |
Trivia
- MJ Radhakrishnan(Cinematography), M Jayachandran(Music Direction), T. Krishnanunni(Sound Recording), Vrinda(Choreography) won the Kerala state award in 2007 too in their respective fields.
- Jury Chairman Girish Kasaravalli commented that no short film, documentary or Children’s film made the mark.
- Jury Chairman also commented that there was no confusion this time on selection of awards and he also stated the obvious – that the quality of Malayalam movies have gone down.
- Lal has the unique distinction of being a succesful director, producer and now best actor.
- This year none of the super stars, minor stars , wannabe stars, meteors, comets or asteroids were anywhere near the awards.
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Related posts:
- Kerala State Film Awards – 2007
- 2005 – Kerala State Awards
- 2006 – Kerala state awards
- 2005 Kerala State Awards – Inside story
- More on 2006 Kerala Film Awards
Tags: Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Kerala State Awards 2008, Kerala State Film Awards - 2008, Lal, Thalappavu, Vilapangalkkapuram
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