Malayalam cinema wins 4 honours at National Film Awards; Urvashi and Vijayaraghavan get finest supporting actor awards

Malayalam cinema didn’t precisely shine on the National Film Awards for the yr 2023, which was declared on Friday, however the nods to some deserving winners introduced quite a lot of cheer to the business.

Urvashi received the very best supporting actor (feminine) for her efficiency in Ullozhukku and Vijayaraghavan received the award for the very best supporting actor (male) for Pookkaalam, though technically each of them performed the lead roles in these movies.

Ullozhukku, directed by Christo Tomy, received the award for the very best Malayalam movie. Art director Mohandas Pallakkotti received the very best manufacturing design award for the movie 2018, through which he recreated the floods that hit Kerala in 2018. The technically stable recreation of the floods in a set constructed on an empty plot elevated the movie.

Midhun Murali received the award for the very best editor for his seamless work in Pookkaalam.

In Ullozhukku, Urvashi performs Leelamma, who shares a fraught relationship together with her daughter-in-law. Devastated by the loss of life of her son and caught amid the revelation of disagreeable truths, the lady digs deep into her reserves of power to navigate the troubled waters.

Urvashi delivers a masterclass of managed performing, together with her use of refined gestures, including unusual depth to the scenes. The efficiency received her the Kerala State Film Award for the very best feminine actor for a record-setting sixth time.

Vijayaraghavan, one other seasoned performer, is in the course of a rewarding interval in his lengthy profession, with a bunch of roles that challenged the actor in him. In Pookkaalam, he performs the virtually 100-year-old Ittoop who discovers an outdated letter on the day of his granddaughter’s betrothal, a letter which threatens to forged a cloud on the blissful event, bringing as much as the floor the household’s buried secrets and techniques.

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Vijayaraghavan, together with KPAC Leela, put in transferring performances as a pair who’re going through a disaster late of their lives. He was in a position to make the age of the character plausible via minutely portrayed actions of the physique.

In the non-film class, M.Ok. Ramdas received a particular point out for the documentary Nekal-Chronicle of the Paddy Man.