THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Film Guidance Society of Kerala announced the FGSK film awards-2013 here on Wednesday.
‘Amen’ directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery bagged the award for best feature film. ‘Punyalan Agarbattis’ directed by Ranjith Sankar was adjudged the best popular film.
Fahadh Fazil bagged the award for the best actor for his performances in ‘Amen’ and ‘Artist’. Ann Augustine bagged the award for best actress for her performance in ‘Artist’.
“The awards were selected by a jury with noted producer P V Gangadharan as chairman and Justice D Sreedevi and Kerala Language Institute director M R Thampan as members. The awards, with a cash prize of Rs 25,000, will be presented at a function to be held early next month in the city. Special jury award will be of cash prize of Rs 10,000,” said Attingal Vijayakumar, president of Film Guidance Society of Kerala.
Other awards: Best director - Shyamaprasad (Artist), Supporting actor - Joy Mathew (Amen), Supporting actress - Lena (Left Right Left), Music director - Viswajith (Teens), Male Singer - Najeem Arshad (Immanuel), Female Singer - Vaikkom Vijayalakshmi (Nadan), Screen writer - Murali Gopy (Left Right Left), Cinematographer - Abhinandhan Ramanujam (Amen).
Popular actor - Jayasurya (Punyalan Agarbattis), Popular actress - Swetha Menon (Kalimannu), Popular director - Ranjith Sankar (Punyalan Agarbattis), Popular music director - Gopi Sunder (ABCD, Sound Thoma), Popular singer male - Sachin Warrier (Neram), Popular singer female - Saptaparna (Immanuel), Youth Icons - Nivil Pauly and Nazriya Nazim (Neram), Trendy director - Alphonse Puthran (Neram).
Special jury awards - Lijo Jose Pellissery (Amen), Kalabhavan Mani (Amen), Afsal Yuseff (Immanuel) and Jyotsna (Zakkariyayude Garbhinikal).