Kerala State Film Awards 2018 List of Winners

Kerala State Film Awards 2018 were declared on 8 March 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram by minister A. K. Balan. The jury for the story category was headed by ace director TV Chandran.

• Best Film – Ottamuri Velicham, directed by Rahul Riji Nair
• Best Actor (Male) – Indrans (Aalorukkam)
• Best Actor (Female) – Parvathy (Take Off)
• Best Art Director- Santhosh Raman (Take Off)
• Best Child Artist (Female) – Nakshatra (Rakshadhikari Baiju)
• Best Child Artist (Male)- Master Abhinandh (Swanam)
• Best Children’s Film- Swanam
• Best Choreographer – Prasanna Sujith (Hey Jude)
• Best Cinematographer – Manesh Madhavan (Aedan)
• Best Costume Designer – Sakhi Elsa (Hey Jude)
• Best Debutant Director- Mahesh Narayanan (Take Off)
• Best Director – Lijo Jose Pallissery ( Ee Ma Yau)
• Best Dubbing Artist (Female ) – Sneha M (Eeda)
• Best Editor- Appu Bhattathiri (Ottamurivelicham, Veeram)
• Best Laboratory / Colorist – Chitranjali Studio (Bhayanakam)
• Best Lyricist – Prabha Varma (Clint)
• Best Make-up man – Ranjith Ambady (Take off)
• Best Music Director – MK Arjunan (Bhayanakam)
• Best Playback Singer (Female)- Sithara Krishnakumar (Vimanam)
• Best Playback Singer – Shahabaz Aman (Mayaanadhi)
• Best Popular Film – Rakshadhikari Baiju
• Best Script (Adaptation) – S Hareesh, Sanju Surendran (Aedan)
• Best Script Writer – Sajeev Pazoor (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
• Best Sound Design- Ranganath Ravi (Ea.Ma.Yau)
• Best Sound Mixing- Pramod Thomas (Aeden)
• Best Story – M A Nishad (Kinar)
• Best Supporting Actor – Alancier Le Lopez (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
• Best Supporting Actress – Pouly Valsan (Ea.Ma.Yau, Ottamuri Velicham)
• Best Sync Sound – Smijith Kumar PB (Rakshadhikari Baiju)
• Best background score – Gopi Sunder (Take Off)
• Best second film – Eden, by Sanju Surendran
• Second Best Film – Aedan
• Special Jury Award – Vineetha Koshy (Ottamuri Velicham)