Kerala State Film Awards 2023: Mammootty and Shamla Hamza Take Home Best Actor Honors

The 55th Kerala State Film Awards ceremony was held at Ramanilayam, Thrissur, with Minister for Culture and Films Saji Cherian announcing the names of the winners. Mammootty and Shamla Hamza took home the acting prizes, with Mammootty breaking the record for most Best Actor wins with 7 titles, surpassing Mohanlal and Urvashi's 6 wins each.

Key Takeaways:

Mammootty won the Best Actor award for his role in 'Bramayugam', breaking the record for most Best Actor wins with 7 titles.
Shamla Hamza won the Best Actress award for her role in 'Feminichi Fathima'.
Chidambaram S Poduval won the Best Director award for 'Manjummel Boys'.
Lijomol Jose won the Best Character Artist (Female) award for 'Nadanna Sambhavam'.
Soubin Shahir and Sidharth Bharathan tied for the Best Character Artist (Male) award for 'Manjummel Boys' and 'Bramayugam' respectively.
Tovino Thomas and Asif Ali shared the Special Jury Award for Acting (Male) for their roles in 'ARM' and 'Kishkindha Kaandam'.
Jyothirmayi won the Special Jury Award for Acting (Female) for her roles in 'Bougainvillea' and Darshana Rajendran.
'Feminichi Fathima' won the Best Second Film award, with Fasil Muhammed receiving the Best Debut Director award.
'Premalu' was awarded the Best Popular Film.

Statistics:

55th Kerala State Film Awards ceremony
7 wins for Mammootti in the Best Actor category
6 wins each for Mohanlal and Urvashi
10 awards given in the acting categories
22 awards given in total

Sources:

Hindustan Times, 'Kerala State Film Awards 2023: Full list of winners'
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