The Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value is an award, begun in 1976, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best film with popular appeal and aesthetic value in Malayalam film industry . Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala . Since 1998, the awards have been controlled by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy , an autonomous, non-profit institution functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs. The winner, producer and director, receives a certificate, statuette and a cash prize of ₹100,000 each.
Superlatives [ edit ] Winners [ edit ] No Year Film Producer Director 1 1975 Swami Ayyappan P. Subramaniam P. Subramaniam 2 1976 Mohiniyaattam Raji Thampi Sreekumaran Thampi 3 1977 Guruvayur Kesavan M. O. Joseph Bharathan 4 1978 Rappadikalude Gadha M. Subramaniam K. G. George 5 1979 Idavazhiyile Poocha Mindappoocha Priyadarsini Films Hariharan 6 1980 Manjil Virinja Pookkal Navodaya Appachan Fazil 7 1981 Gaanam Sreekumaran Thampi Sreekumaran Thampi 8 1982 No Award 9 1983 Koodevide Prem Prakash Padmarajan 10 1984 Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu Ouseppachan, Khayas, Kurian Fazil 11 1985 Yathra Joseph Abraham Balu Mahendra 12 1986 Ennennum Kannettante Sajan Fazil 13 1987 Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam Gopinath Panthalam, Babu Thiruvalla Bharathan 14 1988 1921 Mohammed Mannil I. V. Sasi 15 1989 Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha P. V. Gangadharan Hariharan 16 1990 Perumthachan G. Jayakumar Ajayan 17 1991 Godfather Swargachitra Appachan Siddique-Lal 18 1992 Venkalam V. V. Babu Bharathan 19 1993 Manichitrathazhu Swargachitra Appachan Fazil 20 1994 Thenmavin Kombath N. Gopalakrishnan Priyadarshan 21 1995 Mazhayethum Munpe Madhavan Nair Kamal 22 1996 Kulam V. S. Gangadharan Lenin Rajendran 23 1997 Kaliyattam K. Radhakrishnan (Jayalakshmy Films) Jayaraj 24 1998 Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala C. Karunakaran Sreenivasan 25 1999 Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal P. V. Gangadharan Sathyan Anthikkad 26 2000 Devadoothan Siyad Koker Sibi Malayil 27 2001 Raavanaprabhu Antony Perumbavoor Ranjith 28 2002 Nammal David Kachapilli Kamal 29 2003 Ente Veedu Appuvinteyum Prem Prakash Sibi Malayil 30 2004 Kaazcha Noushad Xavy, Manoj Mathew Blessy 31 2005 Achuvinte Amma P. V. Gangadharan Sathyan Anthikkad 32 2006 Classmates Prakash Damodaran, P. K. Muralidharan Lal Jose 33 2007 Katha Parayumbol Sreenivasan , Mukesh M. Mohanan 34 2008 Innathe Chintha Vishayam Antony Perumbavoor Sathyan Anthikkad 35 2009 Evidam Swargamanu Antony Perumbavoor Rosshan Andrrews 36 2010 Pranchiyettan and the Saint Ranjith Ranjith 37 2011 Salt N' Pepper Sadanandan Rangorath , Debobroto Mandal Aashiq Abu 38 2012 Ayalum Njanum Thammil Prem Prakash Lal Jose 39 2013 Drishyam Antony Perumbavoor Jeethu Joseph 40 2014 Om Shanti Oshana Alvin Antony Jude Anthany Joseph 41 2015 Ennu Ninte Moideen Suresh Raj, Binoy Shankarath, Ragy Thomas R. S. Vimal 42 2016 Maheshinte Prathikaaram Aashiq Abu Dileesh Pothan 43 2017 Rakshadhikari Baiju Oppu 100th Monkey Movies Ranjan Pramod 44 2018 Sudani from Nigeria Sameer Thahir , Shyju Khalid Zakariya Mohammed 45 2019 Kumbalangi Nights Fahadh Faasil , Nazriya Nazim , Dileesh Pothan , Syam Pushkaran Madhu C. Narayanan 46 2020 Ayyappanum Koshiyum Ranjith , P.M Sasidharan Sachy 47 2021 Hridayam Visakh Subramaniam Vineeth Sreenivasan 48 2022 Nna Thaan Case Kodu Santhosh T. Kuruvilla Ratheesh Balakrishnan Poduval
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