J. C. Daniel Award

The J. C. Daniel Award is the highest award in Malayalam cinema, established by the Government of Kerala, India. It is presented annually by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, a non-profit institution operating under the Department of Cultural Affairs, Kerala. Instituted in 1992, the award recognizes individuals for their "outstanding contributions to Malayalam cinema".[1][2] Recipients are selected by a jury appointed by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and the Department of Cultural Affairs.[1][3] As of 2021, the honourees receive a statuette, a citation, and a cash prize of ₹500,000 (US$6,300). They are honoured at the Kerala State Film Awards ceremony.[4]

J. C. Daniel Award
Awarded forLifetime achievement
LocationKerala
CountryIndia
Presented byKerala State Chalachitra Academy
Reward(s)₹500,000 (US$6,300)
First awarded1992
Last awarded2023
Recent winnerT. V. Chandran
Highlights
Total awarded30
First winnerT. E. Vasudevan

The Government of Kerala created the award to commemorate the contribution of Indian filmmaker J. C. Daniel, who is often regarded as the "father of Malayalam cinema".[5] The J. C. Daniel Award was managed by the Department of Cultural Affairs until 1997. In 1998, the Government of Kerala constituted the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, and since that year, the Academy has hosted the award.[1][6] A cash prize of ₹50,000 (US$630) was granted with the award until 2002.[7] In 2003, the prize money was doubled and, as part of a technical correction to update it, no award was presented that year. Actor Madhu was the first recipient of the award with the increased monetary prize of ₹100,000 (US$1,300) in 2004.[8][9] Since 2016, the cash prize is ₹500,000 (US$6,300).[10]

Since its inception, the J. C. Daniel Award has been bestowed on 30 individuals. The award was first presented to film distributor and producer T. E. Vasudevan in 1992. Actress Aranmula Ponnamma was the first woman to received the honour, in 2005. The 2011 recipient, actor Jose Prakash, died before the award ceremony. His son accepted the award on his behalf. The most recent winner is filmmaker T. V. Chandran.

Recipients
List of award recipients
Year Image Recipient Field of work Ref.
1992  – T. E. Vasudevan Distributor, producer [11]
1993  – Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist [12]
1994  – P. Bhaskaran Lyricist, director [13]
1995  – Abhayadev Lyricist [14]
1996  – A. Vincent Cinematographer, director [15]
1997 K. Raghavan Composer [16]
1998 V. Dakshinamoorthy Composer [17]
1999 G. Devarajan Composer [12]
2000  – M. Krishnan Nair Director [18]
2001  – P. N. Menon Director, art director [7]
2002 K. J. Yesudas Playback singer [9]
2003 No award [19]
2004 Madhu Actor, director, producer [8]
2005  – Aranmula Ponnamma Actress [20]
2006  – Mankada Ravi Varma Cinematographer, director [21]
2007  – P. Ramdas Director [22]
2008 K. Ravindran Nair Producer [23]
2009  – K. S. Sethumadhavan Director, screenwriter [24]
2010  – Navodaya Appachan Producer, director [25]
2011  – Jose Prakash[lower-alpha 1] Actor, singer [28]
2012  – J. Sasikumar Director [29]
2013 M. T. Vasudevan Nair Screenwriter, director [30]
2014 I. V. Sasi Director, screenwriter [31]
2015 K. G. George Screenwriter, director [32]
2016 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Director, screenwriter [10]
2017 Sreekumaran Thampi Lyricist, director, screenwriter, producer [33]
2018 Sheela Actress, director, screenwriter [34]
2019 Hariharan Director [35]
2020 P. Jayachandran Singer [36]
2021  – K. P. Kumaran Director [37]
2022 T. V. Chandran Director [38]

See also

Footnotes
  1. Jose Prakash died one day after the award announcement, hence he could not receive the honour.[26] His son accepted the award on his behalf.[27]

References
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