Watch Six National Award Winning Malayalam Feature Films

26 Dec 18 @ 11:22 AM

The National Film Award for Best Feature Film is presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals. Since its inception, Malayalam cinema has come a long way and has been a regular feature in bagging the prestigious National Film Awards. Established in 1954, the National Film Awards are the most prominent film awards in India that felicitates the best of the Indian cinema in various categories. Malayalam cinema has won the National Award for the Best Film on 66 occasions. The first winner of the ‘President’s Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Malayalam’ went to the film ‘Neelakuyil’ in 1954. Here is peekaboo at six of those films that went on to bag the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.

Chemmeen - National Award For Best Feature Film (1965)

This romantic drama film directed by Ramu Kariat is based on the novel written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai. The story set among the fishermen community of the coastal Kerala state deals with the popular belief of chastity. It is believed that if a married fisher woman is unfaithful towards her husband when he is at sea, the Sea Goddess would consume him. The film's cast includes Sheela, Madhu, Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair and Sathyan in the lead roles.

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Swayamvaram - National Award For Best Feature Film (1972)

A social drama directed by debutant Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the film features Madhu and Sharada in the lead roles. The film depicts the life of a newly married couple Vishwam (Madhu) and Sita (Sharada) who have married against their parents' wishes. The couple starts a new life at a new place but struggle to make both ends meet.

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Chidambaram - National Award For Best Feature Film (1985)

This social drama film is written, directed and produced by G. Aravindan which is an adaptation of a short story written by C. V. Sreeraman. Set in a vast cattle farm among the green hilly areas of the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu state, the story explores the various aspects of relations and emotions between men and women in their marital lives. Featuring Bharath Gopi, Smita Patil, Sreenivasan and Mohan Das.

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Pulijanmam - National Award For Best Feature Film (2006)

Directed by Priyanandanan, this social drama features Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil and Sindhu Menon. The story revolves around Prakashan (Murali) who is an educated farmer and takes active interest in solving local issues by staging plays. To enlighten the locals and end communalism in the society he plans to stage a play titled 'Pulijanmam' but unfortunately it backfires and he is left all alone once again to fight another day.

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Kutty Srank - National Award For Best Feature Film (2009)

This social drama is directed by Shaji N. Karun and stars Mammootty in the title role. The story is about Kutty Srank (Mammootty) who is a mariner operating a cargo vessel near Kochi. One fine day his body is found in a rotten state which is claimed by three women who the police interrogate. How the three women are related to Kutty forms the crux of the story.

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Adaminte Makan Abu - National Award For Best Feature Film 2010

A social drama written, directed and co-produced by debutant Salim Ahamed. It stars Salim Kumar and Zarina Wahab in the lead roles. It’s a simple story of an elderly Moplah Muslim couple in their 70’s named Abu (Salim Kumar) and his wife Aishumma (Zarina Wahab) who live in the Malabar region of Kerala and aspire to go for Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca. They are forgotten by their children but are helped by the locals to realize their dream. How they sacrifice to fulfill their long cherished dream is all about the rest of the story. Though the full movie is not available online, you can watch the best scenes from the movie.

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