Kerala State Cine awards was announced today at 12.00 Pm by Hon: Min MA Baby,As usual Giants like Adoor gopalakrishnan, Mohanlal etc were in the finals.Owing the disputes raised after the Kerala Sahithya Academy Awards,this one was held with perfection and Vigilance(MA BABY said so).

Anyways some of  the results were totally fresh replacing the old giants ,i was shocked to hear that LAL grabbed the award for Best Actor,it may be several factors , The Worlds best Actor (Mohanlal) was competing LAL through his movie PakalNakshathrangal which was critically acclaimed very much,Above all If we check the history of state awards we might doubt whether its made for Mohanlal only! In Mind I too had wish that Mohanlal should grab it as he was my Favorite actor.Anyways coming to LAL i think that he was truly deserving it,While coming out from the Theater after watching Thalappavu ,his character haunted me,And I was damn sure that LAL will get lots of appreciations for his Finest performance in his LIFE,the agony of policeman who was forced to commit a crime was delivered wonderfully,Perfectly by him.2009 happens to be golden year for LAL ,his 2 harihar nagar (As director) is breaking all the collectiion records and is still topping the box office.LAL is a man which I think is a perfect example for Success in Life,What ever field Direction,Acting,Distribution,Production with his golden midas touch was made great successes.He was compelled to act by director jayaraj in the movie KALIYATTOM and for that movie he was rejected in final round for the best supporting actor ,now with the best actor award he has proved once again that he is truly a gold for Malayalam cinema.

Coming to thalappavu,MadhuBal got the award for the best new director,I wont be excited if he got the award for the best director replacing Adoor Gopalakrishnan as because of that Thalappavu was that perfect in direction,The Wayanadan forests and Kuttanad at the same time were picturized beautifully.The only draw back which I found (this may be the reason that Thalappavu wasnt a great success) was that The runtime was limited to  1 hours and 45 minutes ,where as the movie content demanded more than 3 hours(In its perfection),it may have done to reduce the budget.Or thinking  by the  side of Script writer Babu janardanan,The movie might have meant to show the AGONY of LAL rather than showing the WAYANADAN riots(which demanded  3 hrs+ as i said above).Coming to Babu Janardanan,the script was brilliant,I think he is still very much underrated in Malayalam Cinema.Next one is Prithviraj,Whatever he or his acting  be ,but his attitude to Cinema is very much Adorable.He acted in two films which were released simultaneously both of in which he was the second HERO,(THIRAKATHA and THALAPPAVU) both of them were good movies and presence of Prithviraj gave some Profit to both movies(Utilising the star value of PrithviRaj),he has also done this before in lots of other movies like Achanurangatha veedu and all.Just think where he is now, his next movie is  gonna release soon with no one other than   MANIRATHNAM! How many of the actors have this attitude to cinema,In his own words : “Rather than being a Superstar,being a part of good cinema gives me more satisfaction:” And here comes the Quality of Prithviraj.

Anyways I think this years state awards did justice to some extent(Even though Gulmohar was rejected completely).Lets hope for more good cinemas in the Mallu industry,and the words of MA BABY today that Cinema Study will be started in between the studensts is very much promising(EVEN if no good film makers arise,this move will help to mould a good bunch of Sensible Audience!)