Awards
2006 National film awards, which was supposed to have been announced on May 12 was entangled in legal mess and mired in controversies. Shyamli Banerjee Deb, a jury member had filed a law suit in Delhi high court, alleging that the awards were fixed by government officials. While Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s acclaimed Black has been [...]
We have new guest contributor for Varnachitram – Velu Nair. Velu has always enthralled us with his reviews, they are a treat to read. Now, we are privileged to have Velu commenting on 2006 Kerala Film awards in Varnachitram. The announcement of the Kerala State Film Awards 2006 has left an entire state and scores of Malayalis across the world, [...]
This time when we heard that [tag]Prithviraj[/tag] won the award for the best actor for his performance in Vasthavam, we were shocked. He did quite well in Vasthavam, but was it better than the performance of [tag]Mammotty[/tag] in Palunku, Karutha Pakshikal and Kaiyoppu or [tag]Murali[/tag]‘s performance in Puli Janmam? In our opinion No. So why [...]
Kerala State Film Awards for 2006 has been announced by a jury with Director T.K.Rajeev Kumar as the chairman Category Winner Best Film Drishtantham(Director – M.P.Sukumaran Nair) Best Director Lenin Rajendran(Movie – Rathri Mazha) Best Actor Prithviraj (Vasthavam) Best Actress Urvasi (Madhuchandralekha) Acting – Special Mention by Jury Khusboo(Kaiyoppu) Best Actor(Runner Up) Sai Kumar (Ananda Bhairavi) Best Actress(Runner [...]
In 1999, in the movie Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njanum, Kalabhavan Mani gave a sterling performance as a blind man. Every one expected him to win the award for this performance, but Mohanlal won the award for Vanaprastham. Hearing the news Mani fainted. Mimicry is not acting according to the award committe. In 2005, Salim Kumar [...]
Salim Kumar won the Best Supporting Actor award in the 2005 Kerala State Awards for his portrayal of 50+ widower with three daughters in Achanurangatha Veedu. This film was directed by Lal Jose, who is known for making comedy movies with Dileep. Here is a roundup of the reviews: Franko Davis writes: The Director’s success [...]
In the 2005 Kerala State Film Awards, the film which swept the awards for Music was Nottam. For this film, Ponkunnam Damodaran got the award for the best lyricist, M. Jayachandran and K.S.Chitra won the awards for the best male and female singers. If you have not listened to the songs, Mayangi Poyi and Melle, [...]
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