Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress
The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969 to an actress for the best performance within the Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit organisation functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs, has been exercising control over the awards. The awardees, decided by a jury formed by the academy, are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister.
Shobana is the first Actress to win both the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress and National Film Award for Best Actress for the first time for the same Movie.
Image: Jayabharathi at 61st FF
Image: Lakshmi at Naan Suvasikkum Sivaji Book Launch
Image: Seema at 62nd FF (cropped)
The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs.
Kerala State Film Award Sculptures
Award statuette, officially denoted as "replica" won by cinematographer Ramachandra Babu for Dweepu (1976).