Trivendrum: The 19th Asianet Film Awards 2017 were distributed at a glittering function held recently at Adlux Convention Centre, Angamali, Cochin. The show was witnessed by huge public gathering that runs into thousands. Several prominent persons from the film industry and socio-cultural spheres were present on the occasion.
Super Star Mohanl Lal’s live action sequences based on his super hit movie “Pulimurugan” & young super star Nivin Pauly’s magical performances thru his outstanding film carrier are the main attractions of Asianet Film Awards 2017
Asianet Life Time Achievement Award was felicitated to Mr. M.T. Vasudevan Nair and he was honored by Mega Star Mamootty, Actor Madhu and Asianet Managing Director K.Madahan for his outstanding contributions to Indian Film Industry.
The event was attended by cross section of stars from South Indian film industry and have colorful programmes performed by leading Malayalam artistes along with a mix of stars from Tollywood and Bollywood. Kunchacko Boban,Vineeth,Lakshmi Gopalaswami, Nadiya Moidu, Manoj K Jayan, KPAC Lalitha, Siddique,Anu Sithara, Saiju Kurup, Sunil Sugatha, Kunjan, Reenu Mathew, Divya Pillai, Edavela Babu, Sanjitha Shetty, Vanitha Krishnachandran, Parvathy, Ranjith Rajaputhra, Sathyan Anthikkad, Sibi Malayil , Tini Tom, Irshad , Sivada, Malavika Menon, Gayathri Suresh , Aparna, Malavika Nair, Kaniha, Kalabhavan Shajon , Muthumani, Maniyan Pillai Raju, John, Saju Navodaya, Sreeraman, Vinu Mohan, Sudheer Karamana , Santhosh Kizhattoor are some of the personalities who attend the function.
“Oppam” movie won the award for the best film, which was accepted by its producer Antony Perumbavoor and director Priyadarshan. Abrid Shine won the award for the best director for the movie “Action Hero Biju”. Mohan Lal won the best actor award for his roles in “Oppam” and “Pulimurugan” and Manju Warrier for the best female actress for the films “Vetta & Karikunnam Sixes”. Nivin Pauly & Sai Pallavi was on hand to collect the popular actor/actress awards for their outstanding performance in various movies. While, “Pulimurugan” won the award for the best popular film.
Others who won awards include Jagapathi Babu (Best actor in negative role), Unnimenon & Sthara (Popular Song), Anusree (best character artiste-female), Biju Menon (best character artiste-male), Sharaffudeen (best actor in a comic role). Harinarayan (lyricist), 4 Music (music director), Rudrakash (child artiste), Vishnu & Bipin (Script Writer), Shaji Kumar (cameraman), debut artistes Gokul & Aparna Murali, Sethulakshmi best supporting actress), Ranji Panicker (best supporting actor), Ayyappan & John Kutty (best editor), Vineeth Sreenivasan ( Youth Icon ), Mukesh (Multifaceted personality of the year), Dulquer Salman (Critics Award Best Actor), Ashiq Abu (Critics Award Best Film), Asif Ali & Rejisha ( Star Pair) and Peter Hein & Sijoy Varghese (Special Jury awards).
Tamil Actress Thamannah won the award for popular tamil actress award for her outstanding performance in movie “Devi”
Asianet is all set to telecast “Asianet Film Awards 2017” on February 11th & 12th , 2017 (Saturday & Sunday), from 6.30PM onwards.
