12th Asianet Film Awards explained

12th Asianet Film Awards
Awarded For:	Best of cinema in 2009
Presenter:	Asianet
Location:	Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram
Previous:	11th
Main:	Asianet Film Awards
Next:	13th

The 12th Asianet Film Awards, honors the best films in 2009 and was held on 16 January 2010 at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.^[1] The winners were announced on 3 January 2010 by Asianet senior vice-president R. Sreekantan Nair. The title sponsor of the event was Ujala. The award were given in 25 categories.^[2]

Winners

• Best Film: Pazhassi Raja
• Best Director: Ranjith for Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha
• Best Actor: Mohanlal for Ividam Swargamaanu, Bhramaram
• Best Actress: Kavya Madhavan for Banaras
• Best Supporting Actor: Sreenivasan for Makante Achan, Passenger
• Best Supporting Actress: Shwetha Menon for Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha
• Best Screenplay: Ranjith Sankar for Passenger
• Best Cinematographer: Ajayan Vincent for Bhramaram
• Best Editor: Vijay Shanker for Bhramaram
• Best Music Director: Deepak Dev for Puthiya Mukham
• Best Lyricist: Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma for Neelathamara
• Best Male Playback Singer: Shankar Mahadevan for "Picha Vacha" (Puthiya Mukham)
• Best Female Playback Singer: K. S. Chithra for "Kunnathe Konnakkum" (Pazhassi Raja)
• Most Popular Actor: Dileep for Pappy Appacha, Kaaryasthan, Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
• Most Popular Actress: Lakshmi Rai for Ividam Swargamaanu
• Best Actor in a Villain Role: Lalu Alex for Ividam Swargamaanu
• Best Actor in a Comic Role: Jagadish for 2 Harihar Nagar
• Best Star Pair: Jayasurya & Roma for Utharaswayamvaram
• Best Child Artist: Baby Nivedita for Bhramaram, Kana Kanmani
• Best New Face of the Year (Male): Nishan for Ritu
• Best New Face of the Year (Female): Archana Jose Kavi for Neelathamara
• Special Jury Awards
  • R. Sarathkumar for Pazhassi Raja
  • Manoj K. Jayan for Pazhassi Raja
  • Kanika for Pazhassi Raja, Bhagyadevatha
• Special Award for his notable contribution for the Indian Film World: Resul Pookutty
• Millennium Actor: Mammootty
• Youth Icon of the Year: Prithviraj Sukumaran
• Lifetime Achievement Award: P. V. Gangadharan

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172753/http://www.keralatv.in/2010/01/ujala-asianet-film-awards-2010-announced/
• http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Kerala:+Ujala-Asianet+film+awards+announced&artid=rJBl1uotmsQ=&SectionID=1ZkF/jmWuSA=&MainSectionID=1ZkF/jmWuSA=&SectionName=X7s7i|xOZ5Y=&SEO=M%20T%20Vasudevan%20Nair,%20Mohanlal,%20Mammootty,%20R%20Sreekan

Notes and References

1. News: Film awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20100126172608/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/17/stories/2010011760050300.htm. dead. 26 January 2010. 17 January 2010. Thiruvananthapuram. The Hindu.
2. News: 'Pazhassi Raja' selected as best film . https://web.archive.org/web/20100106052709/http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/04/stories/2010010450860200.htm. dead. 6 January 2010. 4 January 2010. The Hindu. Thiruvananthapuram.