The 52nd Kerala State Film Awards will be announced on Friday. The winners will be announced by Minister for Culture Saji Cherian at 5 pm.
A jury headed by Bollywood filmmaker and screenwriter Saeed Akhtar Mirsa completed watching 142 films. About 45 films entered the final round, followed by a further evaluation.
According to the reports, Mammootty starrer films ‘One’ and ‘Priest’ are in the race, along with Mohanlal’s much-celebrated ‘Drishyam 2’, along with Suresh Gopi starrer ‘Kaaval’.
Besides, the movies of young stars like Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Kunchacko Boban, Dileep, Biju Menon, Fahadh Faasil, Tovino Thomas, Joju George, Chemban Vinod, Asif Ali, Nivin Pauly, Soubin Shahir, Sunny Wayne, Anoop Menon and Unni Mukundan too have been nominated in various categories.
Meanwhile, the female actors like Manju Warrier, Parvathy Thiruvoth, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Nimisha Sajayan, Anna Ben, Rajisha Vijayan, Darshana Rajendran, Aiswarya Lakshmi, Urvashi, Surabhi, Grace Antony, Namitha Pramod, Meena, Mamtha Mohandas, Manju Pillai, Lena, Saniya Iyyappan, Sruthi Ramachandran, Divya Pillai, Sruthi Sathyan, Riya Saira, Anju Kurian, Divya M Nair, Vincy Aloysius and Diana are also in the race for the state awards.
‘#Home’ directed by Rojin Thomas and the romance drama ‘Hridayam’ are competing for many top awards. Meanwhile, Thara Ramanujan’s ‘Nishidho’, Sidhartha Siva’s ‘Aanu’, Manoj Kana’s ‘Khedda’, ‘Avinovilona’ by Sherry Govindan–T Deepesh, Dr Biju’s ‘The Portraits’ and three movies directed by Jayaraj too have been nominated in various categories.
