50th Kerala State Film Awards 2019-Winners List | Vasanthi best film|Suraj Vejaramood & Kani Kusruthi best actors

Winners list of Kerala State Film Awards for 2019 films |Kerala State Film Awards announced in 2020 |50th Kerala State Film Awards 2019 : Winners of 50th Kerala State Film Awards 2019 was announced on October 13th, 2020 by  Minister of state for cinema AK Balan at a press conference in Trivandrum. The  awards were selected based on a list of 119 Malayalam films selected by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy.  Kerala State Film Award is to honour great artists and movies of the state

Jury : The winners were selected by a jury headed by   noted cinematographer and director Madhu Ambat. Film makers Salim Ahmed and Abrid Shine, cinematographer Vipin Mohan, editor L Bhoominathan, sound engineer S Radhakrishnan, playback singer Lathika, actress Jomol, writer Benyamin and chalachitra academy member secretary C Ajoy were the jury members

Best Film: Vasanthi directed by Rehman brothers (Shinos Rehaman, Sajas Rehamn) won the award for the best film. The cast of Vasanthi includes Swasika,Siju Wilson. Lijo Jose Pallisery walked away with the award for Best Director for his film Jellikettu. Kenchira by Manoj Kana won best second film award. The critically aclaimed film Kumbalangi Nights won best popular film award. 

 Best actor and actress :Actor Suraj Vejaramood bagged the top honour for his roles in Vikrithi, Android Kunjappan. Kani Kusruthi (Biriyani) won the best actress award for her performance in Biriyani movie directed by  Saajin Babu.  Best Character Actor was bagged by  Fahadh Faasil for his performance in Kumbalangi Nights while Swasika won best best character actress ward for Vasanthi. Special Jury Mention for acting is shared by  Nivin Pauly (Moothon), Anna Ben (Helen) and Priyamvadha Krishna (Thottapan)

 Announcement : October 13th, 2018

Winners of Kerala State Film Awards 2020 : Complete list

Best Film – Vasanthi 

Second Best Film – Kenchira

Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Kumbalangi Nights

Best Children's Movie – Nani

Best Director - Lijo Jose Pellisery (Jallikattu)

Best Debut Director – Ratheesh Poduval (Andriod Kunjappan)

Best Screenplay original – Rahman Brothers (Vasanthi)

Best adapted screenplay - PS Rafeeque (Thottapan)

Best Story - Shahul Aliyar (Vari - The Sentence)

Winners of 50th Kerala State Film awards-best films

Best Actor - Suraj Vejaramood (Vikrithi, Android Kunjappan)

Best Actress – Kani Kusruthi (Biriyani)

Best Character Actor – Fahadh Faasil (Kumbalangi Nights)

Best Character Actress – Swasika (Vasanthi) 

Best Child Artist (Male) – Vasudev Sajeesh Marar (Sullu, Kallanottam)

Best Child Artist (Female) – Catherine Biji (Nani)

Special Jury Mention –  Acting: Nivin Pauly (Moothon), Anna Ben (Helen), Priyamvadha Krishna (Thottapan)

Best actors/actress :50th Kerala State Film awards 2019-2020

Best Music Director – Sushin Shyam (Kumbalangi Nights) 

Music Director for BGM – Ajmal Hassbulla  (Vrithakrithiyulla Chathuram) 

Best Lyricist: Sujesh Hari (Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo) 

Best Singer (Male) – Najeem Arshad (Kettiyolaan Ente Malakha) 

Best Female Singer – Madhusree Narayanan (kolambi)

Best Cinematography – Prathap V Nair (Kenchira)

Best Editor- Kiran Das (Ishq) 

Best Sound Mixing – Kannan Ganapathy (Jallikattu)

Best Sound Design – Shrisankar Gopinath, Vishnu Govind (Unda, Ishq)

Best sync sound – Harikumar Madhavan Nair (Nani)

Best Choreography - Brinda, Prasanna Sujith (Marakkar)

Best Male Dubbing Artist – Vineeth (Lucifer, Marakkar)

Best Female Dubbing Artist – Shruthi Ramachandran (Kamala)

Best Make up – Ranjith Ambady (Helen)

Best Costume Designer – Ashokan Alapuzha (Kenchira)

Best Art director – Jyothish Sankar (Kumbalangi Nights, Android Kunjappan)

Special jury award : Visual effects -Sidharth Priyadarshan (Marakkar)

Special jury Mention : Music -Music: V Dakshinamoorthy (Shyamaragam)

Winners of Kerala State Film awards 2020

Non fiction : 

Best book: Cinema Sandharbhangal cinema salayum keraleeya pothumadhalavum (Dr.P.K . Rajasekharan)

 Best Article: Madamballiyile manorogi, Komali Melkai Nedunna Kalam (Bipin chandran)

Special Jury awards :Cinema Mukhavum mukhammoodiyum(Dr. Rajesh M. R) ; Jellikettinte Charithrapadangal (Dr Sabastian Joseph, Sudha C.)

Najim Arshad -wins best singer award at the 50th Kerala State film awards

Najim Arshad is the  Winner  of  Kerala State Film Awards 2020 for  best singer (male)

Najim Arshad is the winner of the Best Singer (male) award at the 50th Kerala State Film Awards.  He won the award for the song 'Athmavile vanagalil' composed by  William Francis for the movie ‘Kettyloaanu Ente Malakha'.

When Najim heard the news and the congratulatory messages following the anouncement of the award by Cultural Minister A K Balan, his first reaction was   ‘I can’t believe it'. He mentioned in his social media page that 'Thanks to jury members ❤️, Thank you dear Williams for giving such a great song.

Thanks to almighty'. 

‘Kettyloaanu Ente Malakha,’ starring Asif Ali and Veena Nandakumar in the lead, is a drama film that was directed by debutant filmmaker Nissam Basheer. The film was written by Aji Peter Thankam and also had Manohari Joy, Jaffar Idukki, Basil Joseph and more as supporting actors. The film, which explores the story of a shy Malayali rustic villager named Sleevachan and his newlywed wife Rincy, ponders on the topic of marital rape and was critically acclaimed too. The film was released on November 22, 2019.

Najim Arshad  is now established as a playback singer with more than 100 songs and many awards to his credit. Najim's journey as a singer was noted following his success in Asianet's idea star singer.  He was the winner of the most popular reality show Idea Star Singer 2007 on Asianet. Mission 90 Days was his debut film as a playback singer. The song from Lal Jose movie 'Diamond Necklace' Thottu thottu composed by Vidya sager was a big break for him. He has many hit songs to his credit including songs from  recent movies. In the mean time he also made debut in bollywood through his hindi song 'Kaafiron Ki Namaaz'. He has been considered for the play singer award in many years. This year he got it.  

50th Kerala State Film awards 2020-Winnners List : Read here for full list 

Najim Arshad

Congratulations!!

 

Winners of 50th Kerala State film awards 2020 in music category

Best Music Director – Sushin Shyam (Kumbalangi Nights) 

Music Director for BGM – Ajmal Hassbulla  (Vrithakrithiyulla Chathuram) 

Best Lyricist: Sujesh Hari (Sathyam Paranja Viswasikkuvo) 

Best Singer (Male) – Najeem Arshad (Kettiyolaan Ente Malakha) 

Best Female Singer – Madhusree Narayanan (kolambi)

Najim Arshad -Biography
Najim Arshad is the son of Tirumala Shahul (retired as administrative officer from Vigilance Department) and Rehma (music teacher). He has two elder brothers Ajim Shad & Sajim Shad.  He is the native of Valiyavila, Trivandrum district in Kerala. Najim Arshad has completed his a post-graduation in music with first rank, from Sree Swati Tirunal College of Music, Kerala University. Najim  is married to Thazni Thaha is a dentist by profession. Their wedding and  engagement  photos were posted earlier. They were blessed with a baby boy in 2019.

Halal Love Story Movie digital Release on Amazon Prime on 15th October 2020

Halal Love Story Movie online on Amazon Prime

Halal Love Story is the new malayalamm movie getting ready for digital online release. This movie directed by Zakariya Mohammed will be premiered on 15th October 2020 . His debut movie 'Sudani from Nigeria' was a huge success.

After the successful release of Sufiyum Sujatayum and  CU Soon Amazon Prime announced the direct-to-service world premiere of Malayalam Family Comedy Drama Halal Love Story. Trailer out now:http://amzn.to/HalalLoveStoryTrailer . Amazon Prime Members in India and 200 countries and territories can stream the film starting October 15 on Amazon Prime Video. Another movie recently released was Maniarayile Ashokan on Netflix. 

Amazon Prime also release of nine Indian movies including six South Indian movies in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. Halal Love Story, Maara, Middle Class Melodies and Bheema Sena Nala Maharaja are some of the films that will directly stream on the OTT platform starting from October 15. Earlier, Tamil film Ponmagal Vandhal, was released by  Amazon Prime Video announced the release of which was followed by the release of six South films.

Halal Love Story 

Halal Love Story -Cast and Crew 

 Halal Love Story, directed by Zakariya Mohammed, features Indrajith Sukumaran, Parvathy, Joju George and Soubin Shahir in the lead roles alongside Sharaf U Dheen and Grace Antony. The film is bankrolled by Aashiq Abu under the banner OPM Cinemas, Jesna Ashim and Harshad Ali under Papaya Films. 

Halal Love Story narrated the life of  Thoufeek, an unmarried young man from a very orthodox family, is highly passionate about filmmaking. He is an active member and plays a key role in one of Kerala’s popular Islamic Organizations, which has kept his cinema dreams in halt. He’s approached by Raheem and Shereef with the idea of making a film as an initiative of the cultural wing of his organization. They soon approach Siraj, a popular associate director to don the cap of the director.

 Directed by- Zakariya Mohammed

 Produced byAashiq Abu,    Jesna Ashim,    Harshad Ali 

 Screenplay by Zakariya Mohammed,    Muhsin Parari

  Music by Bijibal,    Shahabaz Aman,    Rex Vijayan,    Yakzan-Neha 

 Cinematography -Ajay Menon 

 Edited by Saiju Sreedharan 

 Production company Papaya Films,  OPM Cinemas,    Ourhood Movies 

 Distributed by Amazon Prime Video 

 Release date 15 October 2020

Starring:     Indrajith Sukumaran,    Joju George,    Parvathy Thiruvothu,    Sharaf U Dheen,    Grace Antony,    Soubin Shahir 

Mr And Mrs on Zee Keralam-Contestants, Judges and Achors | Malayalam Reality Show for Couples

Malayalam GEC Zee Keralam launched a new couple reality show Titled as Mr and Mrs on October 4th 7 PM. This show is telecasted after the successful season of SaReGaMaPa-Keralam. The show titled, Mr & Mrs will have many exciting elements from its presenters, judges, and famous couple pairs. This show is similar to  Made for each other  and  Veruthe Alla Bharya -a popular show on Mazhavil Manorama

 Popular Malayalam TV, anchor Govind Padmasoorya is back with this brand new show. The actor-turned-TV host will be seen as a judge in this show for couples. The show is expected to be a fun roller-coaster ride featuring 8 viral couples who are already extremely popular in the social media circles. Some of whom have over million followers on Social platforms.

Interestingly, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam fame Jeeva Joseph and wife Aparna Thomas will be hosting the show. This is the first time that the most adored couple in social media will be sharing screen space in a television reality show.

Mr And Mrs on Zee Keralam

ZEE Keralam promises this show to be an amazing show in a unique setting. Mr and Mrs is a unique show featuring competition between the happy couples. The show has selected 8 couples . They will compete with each other to win the title of the best Mr. & Mrs. Their special skills and hidden talents including their hilarious original content will be showcased through various outdoor and indoor tasks. The show promises to be a fun ride for the audience. 

Anchors 

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Keralam fame Jeeva Joseph and wife Aparna Thomas 

Judges

Govind Padmasoorya

Contestants

Ajith – Dona [Thodupuzha Idukki]

Bibin – Jesna [Perumbavoor, Ernakulam District]

Meeth - Miri [ Kannur District ]

Nikhil – Lena [Varkkala of Trivandrum District]

Nishar – Shejitha [Thrissoor District ]

Renjith – Riji [Kottayam District]

Sanju – Lakshmi [ Adoor, Pathanamthitta District]

Sumith – Hima [ Kodungalloor, ThrissurDistrict ]

Mr And Mrs on Zee Keralam-Contestants

#ZeeKeralam #JeevaJoseph #GovindPadmasoorya #AparnaThomas #ZKMrandMrs #MrandMrs 

Nobel Prize 2020-Winners List

The Nobel Laurates of the year 2020 are given below :

 The Nobel prizes are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Nobel Prize in Physics and Chemistry, Karolinska Institutet for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Swedish Academy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and a Committee of five persons to be elected by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting) for the Nobel Peace Prize.A person or organization awarded the Nobel Prize is called Nobel Laureate. The word "laureate" refers to being signified by the laurel wreath. In ancient Greece, laurel wreaths were awarded to victors as a sign of honor.

 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was given the task to select the Laureates in Economic Sciences starting in 1969.In 1968, the Sveriges Riksbank established the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

Peace

World Food Programme (WFP)

The Nobel Peace Prize 2020

Prize motivation: "for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict."

Literature 

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2020 was awarded to Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." . Louise is from New York, NY, USA

Medicine 

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 was awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus."

Charles M. Rice-Affiliation now: Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

Michael Houghton-Affiliation : University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Harvey J. Alter-Affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Prize motivation: "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus."

Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was divided, one half awarded to Roger Penrose "for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity", the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy."

Roger Penrose-Affiliation : University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Reinhard Genzel-Affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany

Andrea Ghez-Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Chemistry

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing."

Emmanuelle Charpentier-Affiliation : Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany

Jennifer A. Doudna-Affiliation : University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

Economics

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 was awarded jointly to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats."