Manjummel Boys, the immensely popular survival drama directed by Chidambaram based on a real life story, won big at the 55th Kerala State Film Awards 2024, garnering awards nine, including the top honours of Best Film and Best Director, on Monday (November 3, 2025). The film also swept the awards in the technical categories, including Best Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound Designing and Sound Mixing. Actor Mammootty won his seventh Best Actor (Male) award, the most for any actor in Malayalam, for his performance as Kodumon Potty in Bramayugam, while homemaker-turned-actor Shamla Hamza won the Best Actor (Female) for her performance in Feminichi Fathima. Mammootty in ‘Bramayugam’ | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The winners Best Film – Manjummel Boys (Dir – Chidambaram) Best Actor (Male) – Mammootty (Bramayugam) Best Actor (Female) – Shamla Hamza (Film – Feminichi Fathima) Best Director – Chidambaram (Film- Manjummel Boys) Second Best Film – Feminichi Fathima (Dir – Fasil Muhammed) Special Jury Mention (Film) – Paradise (Dir: Prasanna Vithanage) Special Jury – actor (female) – Jyothirmayi (Bougainville), Darshana Rajendran (Paradise) Special …