Ujala-Asianet Film Awards 2010 Announced

The 12th Ujala-Asianet Film Awards is to honors the best films released in 2010 and is will be held on 16 January 2011 at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.The title sponsor of this great event is Ujala. The award are given in 25 categories. The awards will be distributed during a four-hour star night to be held at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram on January 16, 2011.

The awards are as follows:-

• Best Film: Pazhassi Raja
• Best Director: Ranjith for Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha
• Best Actor: Mohanlal for Ividam Swargamaanu, Bhramaram
• Best Actress: Kavya Madhavan for Banaras
• Best Supporting Actor: Sreenivasan for Makante Achan, Passenger
• Best Supporting Actress: Swetha Menon for Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha
• Best Screenplay: Ranjith Sankar for Passenger
• Best Cinematographer: Ajayan Vincent for Bhramaram
• Best Editor: Vijay Shanker for Bhramaram
• Best Music Director: Deepak Dev for Puthiya Mukham
• Best Lyricist: Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma for Neelathamara
• Best Male Playback Singer: Shankar Mahadevan for "Picha Vacha" (Puthiya Mukham)
• Best Female Playback Singer: K. S. Chithra for "Kunnathe Konnakkum" (Pazhassi Raja)
• Most Popular Actor: Prithviraj for Puthiya Mukham, Pappy Appacha, Kaaryasthan, Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
• Most Popular Actress: Lakshmi Rai for Ividam Swargamaanu
• Best Actor in a Villain Role: Lalu Alex for Ividam Swargamaanu
• Best Actor in a Comic Role: Jagadish for 2 Harihar Nagar
• Best Star Pair: Jayasurya & Roma for Utharaswayamvaram
• Best Child Artist: Baby Nivedita for Bhramaram, Kana Kanmani
• Best New Face of the Year (Male): Nishan for Ritu
• Best New Face of the Year (Female): Archana Jose Kavi for Neelathamara
• Special Jury Award: Kamal Haasan, Resul Pookutty, R. Sarathkumar
• Millennium Actor: Mammootty
• Lifetime Achievement Award: P. V. Gangadharan