Kerala State Awards 2019: Jayasurya, Soubhin Shahir and Nimisha Sajayan win Best Actor trophy

The 49th Kerala State Film Awards was announced today (Feburary 27) by the state government. At around 12 noon, cultural minister AK Balan convened a press meet at Thiruvananthapuram Press Club to declare the awards. The State Film Awards jury was headed by noted filmmaker Kumar Shahani.

Actors Jayasurya, Soubin Shahir and Nimisha Sajayan won the 'Best Actor' awards. The jury also named Kaanthan, The Lover of Colour starring Daya Bai and Master Prajith as the Best Film and Oru Njayarazhcha as the Second Best Film.

According to multiple reports, nearly 104 films were considered for awards this year. It is quite shocking to see no big actors from the industry clinching the awards. Mohanlal, Mammootty, Nivin Pauly, Dulquer Salmaan and Fahadh Faasil's names didn't make it to the list.

Here is the list of winners:

Best Film - Kaanthan, The Lover of Colour
Second Best Film - Oru Njayarazhcha
Best Actor - Jayasurya, Soubin Shahir
Best Actress - Nimisha Sajayan
Best Director - Shyama Prasad
Best Scriptwriter - Zakariya, Muhsin Perari (Sudani from Nigeria)
Best Character Actor - Joju George (Joseph, Chola)
Best Character Actress - Savithiri Sreedharan, Sarasa Balusseri (Sudani from Nigeria)
Best Singer (male) -Vijay Yesudas ('Poomuthole' from Joseph)
Best Singer (female) -Shreya Ghoshal ('NeerAami)
Best Composer - Vishal Bharadwaj
Best Lyricist - Hari Narayanan
Best Background score - Bijibal (Aami)