 | Actor Alencier's remarks were reflection of patriarchal consciousness, says Kerala Minister BinduAfter receiving the Kerala government's special jury award for his acting in the Malayalam movie 'Appan', the actor said, "Don't tempt (us) with this female sculpture," referring to the award. |
 | Pinarayi rues films that promote social evils, disinformationRecalling M T Vasudevan Nair’s Nirmalyam, the CM expressed dismay that films of that genre and class are not being made now. |
 | Ranjith should step down, director Vinayan says amid lingering Kerala State Film Awards’ declaration rowDirector Vinayan, took to Facebook on Monday to assert that the chairman of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, director Ranjith should step down from his role. |
 | No evidence to prove allegations of bias in declaring state film awards, says Kerala HCThe court said that no material had been placed by director Lijeesh M J in support of his allegations, and no affidavit in support of the appellant had been filed by the members of the main jury. |
 | Vinayan calls on Pinarayi seeking action against RanjithCultural Affairs Minister Saji Cherian had defended Ranjith, asserting that awards were given to deserving recipients, and there is no need for a probe. |
| Film awards row: Saji Cherian backs Ranjith, rejects demand for probeDirector Vinayan brought to light an audio clip of jury member Nemom Pushparaj to prove his allegations against Ranjith of manipulating the jury’s decisions. |
 | Mammootty edges past Kunchacko to land 6th best actor award at Kerala State Film AwardsPerformance in ‘Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam’ tilted scales in Mammootty’s favour. On the other hand, Vincy Aloshious had it easy with her performance in ‘Rekha’. |
 | Glad to see technicians getting acknowledged: Director Ratheesh Balakrishnan PoduvalThe filmmaker laments the absence of a category to reward production designers as it’s an area in the film that, as any discerning viewer can see, is immaculate. |
 | Kerala State Film Awards: There were very few exceptional films, says chairperson Goutam GhoseSpeaking to TNIE, Ghose said though exceptional movies were comparatively few, there were some experimental films that did carry forward the legacy of Adoor, Aravindan, Shaji N Karun and T V Chandran |
 | Goutam Ghose to head Kerala state film awards juryThis time around a total of 154 films, including 8 children’s movies, are competing for the awards. |
