Asianet Film Awards 2018

The 20^th Asianet Film Awards 2018 were distributed at a glittering function that was held recently at Adlux Convention Centre, Angamali, Cochin. The show was witnessed by a 10,000 strong crowd. Several prominent persons from the film industry and socio-cultural spheres were present at the occasion.

Popular Star Jayaram’s magical performances during his 30 year outstanding film carrier in various languages have entertained viewers numbering in the thousands. Also, Jayaram was honored for his 30 years long outstanding film career in various languages.

Nedumudi Venu (Asianet Life Time Achievement Award) was felicitated by Kamal Hassan for his outstanding contributions to the Indian Film Industry.

The event was attended by a cross section of stars from the South Indian film industry and have colourful programmes performed by leading Malayalam artistes along with a mix of stars from Tollywood & Bollywood. Nadiya Moidu, Aju Varghese, Anusree, Ananya, Sheela, Deepthi Sathi, Aparna Balamurali, Ranjith Shankar, Cippy, Ranjith, Menaka, Suresh Kumar, Muthumani, Siju Wilson, Irshad, Rajeesha Vijayan, Dinesh Nair, Anoop Chandran, Mamukoya, Salim Kumar, Prem Kumar, Antony Perumbavoor, Chemban Vinod, Sunil Sugatha, Kottayam Pradeep, Mareena, Balu, Kichu, Sabareesh Varma, Vijay Babu, Santhosh Kizhattoor  are some of the personalities who attended the function.

Fahad Fazil is the best actress and Parvathy was selected as the best actress of the year. ‘Thodimuthalum Drisakshiyum” won the award for best film, which was accepted by its producers Sandeep Senan & Anish. Mahesh Narayanan won the award for the best director for the movie “Take off”. Jayasurya, Anu Sithara & Prayaga Martin were on hand to collect the popular award for their outstanding performance in various movies. “Take off & Aadu 2” won the award for the best popular film.

Others who won awards included Dulquer Salmaan (Golden Star), Kunchako Boban (Critics’ Choice : Best Actor) ,Keerthi Suresh (Popular tamil actress), Shahbaz Amen (best male singer) ,Swetha Mohan (best female singer), Shanthi Krishna (best character artiste-female), Suraj Venjaramoodu (best character artiste-male), Dharmajan (best actor in a comic role)). Rafeeq Ahammed (lyricist), Bijibal (music director), Aniha (child artiste), Sajeev Pazhoor (Script Writer), debut artistes Appani sarath & Aiswarya Lakshmi , Srinda ( best supporting actress) ,Alencier(best supporting actor) , Kiran Das ( best editor), Tovino Thomas (Performer of the year), and  Saubin & Joju Mala (Special Jury awards).

Other cine Stars such as Anusree, Anu Sithra, Nimisha, Durga, Paris Laxmi, Parvathy Nambiar, Aima, Neha Saxena, Elizabeth Thadikkaran, Saranya Anand, Vijay Yesudas , Sakshi Agarwal and other comedy artistes Jagadheesh, Suraj Venjaramoodu , Salim Kumar, Ramesh Pisharadi, Dahrmajan, Sunil Sugatha, Mamukoya, Kochu Preman, Prem Kumar, Playback Singers in the lines of  Bollywood Singer  Stephen Devasya & team, Shwetha Mohan, Shababaz Amen  are the main attractions of the show.

Asianet is all set to telecast “Asianet Film Awards 2018” on June 2 & 3, 2018 (Saturday & Sunday), from 7.00PM onwards.