National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam

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(Silver Lotus Award) for Best Feature Film in Malayalam winners:

Year	Film	Director
2011	Veettilekkulla Vazhi Veettilekkulla Vazhi Veettilekkulla Vazhi is a 2010 Indian Malayalam adventure drama film written and directed by Dr. Biju. The film is about terrorist organizations operating in India and how they recruit young Keralites...	Dr. Biju
2010	Pazhassi Raja	Hariharan Hariharan (director) Hariharan is a Malayali film director. His movies mainly revolved around the cultural and relational aspects of a typical Kerala society. His notable works include Pazhassi Raja, Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, Sargam, Parinayam, Amrutham Gamaya and Nakhakshathangal, which won him national...
2009	Thirakkatha Thirakkatha Thirakkatha is a 2008 Malayalam romantic drama film co-produced, written, and directed by Ranjith....	Ranjith
2008	Ore Kadal Ore Kadal Ore Kadal is a 2007 Malayalam film written and directed by Shyamaprasad. The film examines the extra martial relationship between an intellectual economist and a housewife...	Shyamaprasad Shyamaprasad Shyamaprasad is an Indian film director. Directing highly acclaimed and complex films such as Agnisakshi, Akale, Ore Kadal and Elektra, he has won several state, national and international film awards.-Biography:...
2007	Drishtantham	M. P. Sukumaran Nair
2006	Thanmathra Thanmathra Thanmathra is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by Blessy, based on Padmarajan's short story Orma, which portrays the effects of Alzheimer's disease on the life of an individual and his family...	Blessy Blessy Blessy is an Indian film director and screenwriter who has made several critically acclaimed films in Malayalam. As a film director, he is influenced by Padmarajan and Bharathan.- Career :...
2005	Akale Akale Akale is a 2004 Malayalam film by Shyamaprasad, inspired by the American classic play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. The movie stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Sheela and Geetu Mohandas in lead roles.-Plot:...	Shyamaprasad Shyamaprasad Shyamaprasad is an Indian film director. Directing highly acclaimed and complex films such as Agnisakshi, Akale, Ore Kadal and Elektra, he has won several state, national and international film awards.-Biography:...
2004	Sabhalam	Asok R. Nath
2003	Nizhalkkuthu	Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan Moutatthu "Adoor" Gopalakrishnan Unnithan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of India.. Adoor's first film Swayamvaram pioneered the new wave cinema...
2002	Danny Danny (film) Danny is a 2001 National award winning Indian Malayalam political-drama film written, directed and produced by T.V. Chandran with Mammootty in the title role. Also starring in the film are noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, Vani Viswanath, Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Ratheesh, popular television...	T. V. Chandran T. V. Chandran T. V. Chandran is an Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actor. He is most known for his art-house films which have references to history and undertones of politics and feminism...
2001	1.Sayanam 2.Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal is a 2000 Malayalam film by Sathyan Anthikkad starring Jayaram and his real-life son Kalidasan Jayaram. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.-Plot:...	M. P. Sukumaran Nair Sathyan Anthikkadu
2000	Punaradhivasam Punaradhivasam Punaradhivasam is a Malayalam movie by V. K. Prakash starring Nandita Das and Manoj K. Jayan released in the year 2000. This movie bagged the awards for National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam, Kerala State Film Award for Best Debut Director and Kerala State Film Award for Best...	V. K. Prakash V. K. Prakash V.K Prakash is a renowned advertisement film director who has also directed movies in Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. He is mainly active in Malayalam film industry. He is the director of Bollywood film called Freaky Chakra in 2003 starring Ranvir Shorey and Deepti Naval. Currently based in Bangalore,...
1999	Agni Sakshi	Shyamaprasad Shyamaprasad Shyamaprasad is an Indian film director. Directing highly acclaimed and complex films such as Agnisakshi, Akale, Ore Kadal and Elektra, he has won several state, national and international film awards.-Biography:...
1998	Mangamma Mangamma (film) Mangamma is a 1997 Malayalam film written and directed by T. V. Chandran, and produced by National Film Development Corporation of India . It stars Revathi, Nedumudi Venu, Vijayaraghavan and Thilakan in major roles....	T. V. Chandran T. V. Chandran T. V. Chandran is an Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actor. He is most known for his art-house films which have references to history and undertones of politics and feminism...
1997	Deshadanam	Jayaraj Jayaraj Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair, often credited as Jayaraj, is an award-winning Indian Malayali filmmaker who has marked his presence in mainstream as well as art house films...
1996	Ormakal Undayirikkanam Ormakal Undayirikkanam Ormakalundayirikkanam is a 1995 Malayalam political drama film directed by T. V. Chandran. Starring Mammootty, Master Nitin, Bharath Gopi, Priyambada Ray, Nedumudi Venu, Kukku Parameswaran and Sreenivasan, the film portrays the rise of the Communists to power in 1957 and the infamous Vimochana...	T. V. Chandran T. V. Chandran T. V. Chandran is an Indian filmmaker, script writer, and actor. He is most known for his art-house films which have references to history and undertones of politics and feminism...
1995	Sukrutham Sukrutham Sukrutham is a 1994 Malayalam film directed by Harikumar, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, with background music by Johnson. It is considered one of the outstanding Malayalam films of the mid-1990s...	Harikumar
1994	Vidheyan Vidheyan Vidheyan is a 1993 Indian Malayalam film directed and co-written by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is a cinematic adaptation of the novel Bhaskara Pattelarum Ente Jeevithavum by Malayalam writer Paul Zacharia. The film explores the master-slave dialectic in a South Karnataka setting...	Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan Moutatthu "Adoor" Gopalakrishnan Unnithan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of India.. Adoor's first film Swayamvaram pioneered the new wave cinema...
1993	Swaroopam Swaroopam Swaroopam is a 1992 Malayalam film written and directed by K. R. Mohanan, and starring Sreenivasan, Sandhya Rajendran and V. K. Sriraman. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.- Plot :...	K. R. Mohanan K. R. Mohanan K. R. Mohanan is a Malayalam film director best known for his critically acclaimed works, Ashwathama , Purushartham and Swaroopam . He studied at the Pune Film Institute....
1992	Kadavu Kadavu (film) Kadavu is a 1997 Indian Malayalam film scripted, directed and produced by M. T. Vasudevan Nair based on S. K. Pottekkatt's story Kadathuthoni...	M. T. Vasudevan Nair M. T. Vasudevan Nair Madathil Thekkepaattu Vasudevan Nair , popularly known as MT, is an Indian author, screenplay writer and film director. He was born in Kudallur, a small village in the present day Palakkad District, which was under the Malabar District in the Madras Presidency of the British Raj...
1991	Vasthuhara Vasthuhara Vasthuhara , a Malayalam film by the late G. Aravindan is a social film which looks into the lives of partition refugees from East Bengal to West Bengal. At a larger level, it's the universal story of refugees.- Plot :...	G. Aravindan G. Aravindan Govindan Aravindan who was popularly known as G. Aravindan was a national award winning film director, screenwriter, musician and cartoonist from Kerala, India. He was known for his unorthodox way of film-making; he changed his cinematic forms consistently and experimented in story telling without...
1990	Mathilukal Mathilukal This article has details about the novel as well as its film adaptation.Mathilukal is a Malayalam novel written by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in 1965. It is one of the most cherished and well-known love stories in Malayalam. Its hero, Basheer himself, and heroine, Narayani, never meet, yet they love...	Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan Moutatthu "Adoor" Gopalakrishnan Unnithan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of India.. Adoor's first film Swayamvaram pioneered the new wave cinema...
1989	Rukmini	K. P. Kumaran K. P. Kumaran K. P. Kumaran is a Malayalam film maker. He co-authored the script of Swayamvaram directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. Kumaran's first directorial venture was Athithi. His major films include Rugmini , Thenthulli, Laxmivijayam and Thottam...
1988	Purushartham	K. R. Mohanan K. R. Mohanan K. R. Mohanan is a Malayalam film director best known for his critically acclaimed works, Ashwathama , Purushartham and Swaroopam . He studied at the Pune Film Institute....
1987	Uppu Uppu Uppu is a 1986 Indian Malayalam film directed by Pavithran and written by K. M. A. Rahim. The film is about atavistic Muslim practice of male polygamy. Film is entirely on the side of the wronged wives, mounting a strong criticism of this aspect of the Muslim religion. It stars P. T. Kunju...	Pavithran Pavithran Vattapparambil Krishnan Pavithran, known mononymously as Pavithran was a famous Malayalam film director.-Biography:...
1986	Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam Thinkalazhcha Nalla Divasam Thinkalaazhcha Nalla Divasam is a 1985 Malayalam drama film written and directed by P. Padmarajan. It stars Mammootty, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Karamana Janardanan Nair and Srividya in pivotal roles. It tells the story of a man who wants to sell his ancestral house and put his mother in an old age home...	Padmarajan Padmarajan P. Padmarajan was an Indian author, screenwriter, and film director who contributed in Malayalam language. Padmarajan was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam, along with Bharathan, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed...
1985	Mukhamukham	Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan Moutatthu "Adoor" Gopalakrishnan Unnithan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of India.. Adoor's first film Swayamvaram pioneered the new wave cinema...
1984	Malamukalile Daivam Malamukalile Daivam Malamukalile Daivam is a 1983 Malayalam film directed by P. N. Menon. The film is set in a tribal village in Kerala where religious superstition and ignorance maintain stasis. A relatively intelligent boy escapes its oppressive confines and later returns, determined to bring enlightenment to the...	P. N. Menon P. N. Menon P. N. Menon was an Indian film director and art director in Malayalam cinema.-Early life:Born in a poor family in a small town called Vadakkaanchery in Kerala, he completed his studies at Thrissur and from School of Art in Chennai. He came to Chennai when he was only 20 years old...
1983	Chappa Chappa Chappa is a 1982 Malayalam film directed by P. A. Backer and starring Hari, Kunjandi and Beena. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam....	P. A. Backer P. A. Backer P.A. Backer was one of the "new wave" Malayalam film directors of the 1970s and 1980s. Backer was born in 1940 in Thrissur, Kerala State. Whilst still a student Backer worked as a journalist for Kuttikal and Poomottukal. He then worked as an assistant to director Ramu Kariat...
1982	Elippathayam Elippathayam Elippathayam is an Malayalam Film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is critically considered by many to be one of the most outstanding piece in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's filmography....	Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan Moutatthu "Adoor" Gopalakrishnan Unnithan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of India.. Adoor's first film Swayamvaram pioneered the new wave cinema...
1981	Yagam Yagam (1980 film) Yagam is a 1980 Malayalam black-and-white film directed, produced and co-cinematographed by Sivan and starring Babu Namboothiri, Premji, Kalpana, Aranmula Ponnamma, and Jalaja. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam. O. N. V. Kurup won the Kerala State Film Award...	Sivan
1980	Peruvazhiyambalam Peruvazhiyambalam Peruvazhiyambalam is a 1979 Indian Malayalam film by P. Padmarajan based on his novel of the same name. It marked Padmarajan's directorial debut and acting debut for Ashokan....	Padmarajan Padmarajan P. Padmarajan was an Indian author, screenwriter, and film director who contributed in Malayalam language. Padmarajan was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam, along with Bharathan, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed...
1979	Thampu Thampu Thampu is a highly acclaimed Malayalam film written and directed by G. Aravindan. Bharath Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, V. K. Sriraman, Jalaja the artistes of the Great Chitra Circus form the cast. The film deals with the roving street circus of Kerala. It is shot in black and white in a direct documentary...	G. Aravindan G. Aravindan Govindan Aravindan who was popularly known as G. Aravindan was a national award winning film director, screenwriter, musician and cartoonist from Kerala, India. He was known for his unorthodox way of film-making; he changed his cinematic forms consistently and experimented in story telling without...
1978	Kodiyettam Kodiyettam Kodiyettam is a 1977 Indian feature film production written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It is in Malayalam. The film notably does not feature any kind of film score.-Plot:...	Adoor Gopalakrishnan Adoor Gopalakrishnan Moutatthu "Adoor" Gopalakrishnan Unnithan is an Indian film director, script writer, and producer. Adoor Gopalakrishnan had a major role in revolutionizing Malayalam cinema and is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of India.. Adoor's first film Swayamvaram pioneered the new wave cinema...
1977	Manimuzhakkam Manimuzhakkam Manimuzhakkam is a 1976 Malayalam language black-and-white feature film directed by P. A. Backer and starring Hari, Veeran, Johnson, Sankaradi, Saritha, Urmila, Vani, Charulatha, Shanthakumari and Meena Ganesh. It is scripted by Backer based on the short story Murippaadukal by Sarah Thomas...	P. A. Backer P. A. Backer P.A. Backer was one of the "new wave" Malayalam film directors of the 1970s and 1980s. Backer was born in 1940 in Thrissur, Kerala State. Whilst still a student Backer worked as a journalist for Kuttikal and Poomottukal. He then worked as an assistant to director Ramu Kariat...
1976	Swapnadanam Swapnadanam Swapnadanam is a 1976 black-and-white Malayalam-language film that marks the directorial debut of K. G. George. A marital psychodrama, it rejected all the usual song-dance numbers of popular cinema, yet succeeded in reaching the common mass. The film was a commercial success while maintaining its...	K. G. George K. G. George Kulakkatil Geevarghese George is an Indian film director who work in Malayalam film. George is one of the most celebrated filmmakers of Kerala who modernized the Malayalam cinema in the seventies. He is the founder-chairman of MACTA, and continues to be an executive member...
1975	Uttarayanam Uttarayanam Uttarayanam is a 1974 Malayalam film directed by G. Aravindan and written by Thikkodiyan. Aravindan, who is considered the doyen of Malayalam parallel cinema, debuted with this film...	G. Aravindan G. Aravindan Govindan Aravindan who was popularly known as G. Aravindan was a national award winning film director, screenwriter, musician and cartoonist from Kerala, India. He was known for his unorthodox way of film-making; he changed his cinematic forms consistently and experimented in story telling without...
1974	Gayathri	P. N. Menon P. N. Menon P. N. Menon was an Indian film director and art director in Malayalam cinema.-Early life:Born in a poor family in a small town called Vadakkaanchery in Kerala, he completed his studies at Thrissur and from School of Art in Chennai. He came to Chennai when he was only 20 years old...
1973	Panitheeratha Veedu Panitheeratha Veedu Panitheeratha Veedu is a 1973 Malayalam language film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan. It stars Prem Nazir, Nanditha Bose, Baby Sumathi, N. Govindankutty, Veeran and Kaviyoor Ponnamma. It is an adaptation of Parappurath's 1964 novel of the same name. It won the Kerala State Film Awards for Best...	K. S. Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan is an Indian director of Malayalam films. He has also directed films in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Since the early 1960s he has directed over 60 movies...
1972	Karakanakkadal	K. S. Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan is an Indian director of Malayalam films. He has also directed films in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Since the early 1960s he has directed over 60 movies...
1971	Ezhuthatha Katha	A. B. Raj A. B. Raj A. B. Raj is an Indian director of Malayalam movies. Since 1951 to 1960, he directed ten Singalese movies followed by directing 65 malayalam movies from 1963 till 1984. He has also directed two Tamil movies...
1970	Adimakal Adimakal Adimakal is a Malayalam language film. It was released in 1969. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam....	K. S. Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan K. S. Sethumadhavan is an Indian director of Malayalam films. He has also directed films in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Since the early 1960s he has directed over 60 movies...
1969	Adhyapika	P. Bhaskaran P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskara Menon , better known as P. Bhaskaran, was a famous Malayalam poet and lyricist of Malayalam film songs. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam feature films and 3 documentaries, produced 6 feature films and acted in several movies...
1968	Anveshichu Kandethiyilla Anveshichu Kandethiyilla Anveshichu Kandethiyilla is a 1968 Malayalam language film directed by P. Bhaskaran and starring Sathyan and K. R. Vijaya in the lead. The film recounts the quest for happiness by a nurse with the best of intentions but who is disillusioned. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in...	P. Bhaskaran P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskara Menon , better known as P. Bhaskaran, was a famous Malayalam poet and lyricist of Malayalam film songs. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam feature films and 3 documentaries, produced 6 feature films and acted in several movies...
1967	Kunjali Marakkar Kunjali Marakkar (film) Kunjali Maraikkar is a 1968 Malayalam language historical film directed by S. S. Rajan and starring Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair in the title role as one of the Kunjali Maraikkar, the naval chiefs of Samoothiri. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam....	S. S. Rajan
1966	Kavyamela Kavyamela Kavyamela is a 1965 Malayalam film written by S. L. Puram Sadanandan and directed by M. Krishnan Nair, starring Prem Nazir and Sheela in the lead roles. The film is best known for the performance by Prem Nazir and songs by Dakshinamoorthy - Vayalar team....	M. Krishnan Nair M. Krishnan Nair (director) M. Krishnan Nair was an Indian film director of Malayalam films. He directed over 100 films. His son K...
1965	Thacholi Othenan Thacholi Othenan (film) Thacholi Othenan is a 1964 Malayalam language film. The film is about the story of Thacholi Othenan. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam.-Cast:Thacholi Othenan - Sathyan Unnichara - Sukumari*Chindan Nambiar - Premji...	S. S. Rajan
1964	Ninamaninja Kalpadukal Ninamaninja Kalpadukal Ninamaninja Kalpadukal is a 1963 Malayalam language film directed by N. N. Pisharody and produced by Shobhana Parameswaran Nair. The lead role is played by Madhu, who debuted with this film. The film is based on a novel by Parappurath and portrays the trials the Indo-China war...	N. N. Pisharody
1963	No award	—
1962	Mudiyanaya Puthran Mudiyanaya Puthran Mudiyanaya Puthran is a 1961 Malayalam language film directed by Ramu Kariat. It stars Sathyan, Ambika, Kottayam Chellappan, P. J. Antony, Miss Kumari and Adoor Bhasi. It was the film adaptation of the popular stage play written by Thoppil Bhasi in 1957. The film was shot at Vijaya and Vauhini...	Ramu Kariat Ramu Kariat Ramu Kariat was a Malayali Indian film director for almost three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s. He directed many acclaimed films in Malayalam...
1961	No award	—
1960	No award	—
1959	No award	—
1958	Padatha Painkili Padatha Painkili Padatha Painkili is a 1957 Malayalam social drama film based on the novel of the same name by Muttathu Varkey and directed by P. Subramaniam from a screenplay by Varkey. The film is a social drama that revolves around marriage and dowry problems...	P. Subramaniam P. Subramaniam P. Subramaniam was an Indian director and producer of Malayalam films. Since the mid 1950s he has directed 59 films and has produced 69 films. His venture Merryland Studio was the second film production studio of Kerala...
1957	No award	—
1956	No award	—
1955	Neelakkuyil	Ramu Kariat Ramu Kariat Ramu Kariat was a Malayali Indian film director for almost three decades from the 1950s to the 1970s. He directed many acclaimed films in Malayalam... , P. Bhaskaran P. Bhaskaran Pulloottupadathu Bhaskara Menon , better known as P. Bhaskaran, was a famous Malayalam poet and lyricist of Malayalam film songs. He penned more than 3000 songs for about 250 films. He also directed 44 Malayalam feature films and 3 documentaries, produced 6 feature films and acted in several movies...

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