Ujala-Asianet Film Awards 2013 concludes with a glittering event

The 15th Ujala-Asianet Film Awards 2013 were distributed at a glittering function was held recently at Port Trust Stadium, Willington Island Cochin..The show was witnessed by  25,000 strong crowd. Several prominent persons from the film industry and socio-cultural spheres were present on the occasion.

Universal Star Kamala Hassan was felicitated by mega star Mammootty and Asianet Managing Director K.Madahan for his outstanding contributions to Indian Film Industry. The event was attended by cross section of stars from South Indian film industry and have colourful programmes performed by leading Malayalam artistes along with a mix of stars from tollywood & bollywood. Priyadarsan, Bhumika Chawla, Meena, Nedumudi Venu,Suraj venjaramoodu, Prathap Pottan, Suman, Honey Rose, Meera Nandan, Vineeth, Jagadhesh, Sukumari, KPAC Lalitha, Lalu Alex, Mythili, Shamna Khasim, Riyaz Khan, Babu Antony, Edavela Babu, Kadhal Sandhya, Ajmanl , Asha Sarath, Sheela, Maniyan Pillai raju,Suresh Krishna, Nanu, Archana Kavi, Hemand, Munna, Mallika, director Sibi Malayil, director Sathyan Anthikadu, director Kamal AMMA celebrity cricket league players are some of the personalities who attend the function. Also Director Priyadarsan was felicitated by Asianet managing director K. Madhavan for his contributions to Indian Cinema.

‘Usthad Hotel’ won the award for the best film, which was accepted by its producer  Listen Stephen & director Anwar Rasheed  and Ranjith won the award for the best director for the movie ‘ Spirit. ’Mohanlal won the best actor award for his role in ‘Spirit & Run Baby Run’ and  Kavya Madhavan for the best female actress for the film ‘ Bavoottiyude Namathil.’ Prithwi Raj and Mamta Mohandas was on hand to collect the popular actors award for their outstanding performance in various movies. “Spirit “won the award for the best popular film.

Others who won awards include Vijay Yesudas ( best male singer) , K.S.Chithra (best female singer), Swetha Menon Sunil (best character artiste-female), Biju Menon (best character artiste-male), Babu Raj (best actor in a comic role) and Nivin Poli-Isha Thalwar (best star couple). Rafeeq Ahammed (lyricist ), Gopi Sundar (music director), Dhananjay(child artiste), Anjali Menon ( Script Writer ), Jomon T. John (cameraman ), debut artiste Gauthami Nair , Lena ( best supporting actress) , Shankar Ramakrishnan & Indrajith ( best supporting actor ) , Ramya Nambeesan ( popular singer), Jaqueline Fernandez ( most stylish bollywood actress ) , Vineeth Sreenivasan ( Multi faceted  talent)  , Prakash raj ( Asianet Golden Star award )and  Manoj K.Jayan , Kunjacko Boban &Anoop Chandran (Special Jury awards) .

Also popular star Jayaram honored for his 25 years long outstanding film career in various languages.