Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor


The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor is an honour, begun in 1969, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to an actor for best performance in a Malayalam film. Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the awards have been constituted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous, non-profit institution functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs. The awardees are decided by an independent jury constituted every year. They are announced by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister.
Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of Kerala has presented a total of 54 Best Actor awards to 32 different actors. The recipients receive a figurine, a certificate, and a cash prize of. Several actors have won the honour for more than one film in a given year. As of 2018, the only actor to have won the prize in consecutive years is Bharat Gopy, in 1982 and 1983.
The first Kerala State film Awards ceremony was held in 1970 with Sathyan receiving the award for Kadalpalam. In 1981, Nedumudi Venu received the honour for his performance in various films released that year. As of 2018, Mohanlal is the most honoured actor with six awards, followed by Mammootty with five. Two actorsBharat Gopy and Muralihave won the award four times. Prithviraj Sukumaran is the youngest recipient at age 24 for Vaasthavam ; he replaced Mohanlal, who held this distinction for twenty years from 1986. There were four years when there was a tie for the winnerRajit Kapur and Murali shared the honour in 1998, Fahadh Faasil and Lal in 2013, Nivin Pauly and Sudev Nair in 2014, and the most recent winners Jayasurya and Soubin Shahir in 2018.

Superlatives

Winners

Indicates a joint award for that year

YearRecipientFilm
1969SathyanKadalpalam
1970Kottarakkara Sreedharan NairAranazhika Neram
1971SathyanKarakanakadal
1972Thikkurissy Sukumaran NairMaaya
1973P. J. AntonyNirmalyam
1974Adoor BhasiChattakari
1975SudheerSathyathinte Nizhalil
1976M. G. SomanThanal
Pallavi
1977Bharat GopyKodiyettam
1978SukumaranBandhanam
1979Adoor BhasiCheriyachante Kroorakrithyangal
1980AchankunjuLorry
1981Nedumudi Venu
1982Bharat GopyOrmakkayi
1983Bharat GopyEnte Mamattukkuttiyammakku
Rachana
Kattathe Kilikkoodu
Eenam
1984MammoottyAdiyozhukkukal
1985Bharat GopyChidambaram
1986MohanlalT. P. Balagopalan M. A.
1987Nedumudi VenuOru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam
1988PremjiPiravi
1989MammoottyOru Vadakkan Veeragatha
Mrigaya
Mahayanam
1990ThilakanPerumthachan
1991MohanlalAbhimanyu
Ulladakkam
Kilukkam
1992MuraliAadhaaram
1993MammoottyVidheyan
Ponthan Mada
Vatsalyam
1994ThilakanGamanam
Santhanagopalam
1995MohanlalSpadikam
Kaalapani
1996MuraliKaanaakkinaavu
1997Suresh GopiKaliyattam
1998MuraliThalolam
1998Rajit KapurAgnisakshi
1999MohanlalVanaprastham
2000O. MadhavanSayahnam
2001MuraliNeythukaran
2002Oduvil UnnikrishnanNizhalkuthu
2003Nedumudi VenuMargam
2004MammoottyKaazhcha
2005MohanlalThanmathra
2006Prithviraj SukumaranVaasthavam
2007MohanlalParadesi
2008LalThalappavu
2009Mammootty
2010Salim KumarAdaminte Makan Abu
2011DileepVellaripravinte Changathi
2012Prithviraj SukumaranCelluloid
Ayalum Njanum Thammil
2013Fahadh FaasilArtist
North 24 Kaatham
2013LalAyaal
Zachariayude Garbhinikal
2014Nivin Pauly1983
Bangalore Days
2014Sudev NairMy Life Partner
2015Dulquer SalmaanCharlie
2016VinayakanKammatipaadam
2017IndransAalorukkam
2018JayasuryaNjan Marykutty
Captain
2018Soubin ShahirSudani from Nigeria