The National Film awards 2010 will be announced today

May 19, 2011: The National Film awards 2010 will be announced today. Seven Malayalam films, Pranchiyettan, Makara Manju, Gaddama, Veetilekkulla Vazhi, Athmakatha, Janaki and Adaminte Makan Abu have been nominated for the National Film Awards, 2010.

However, TD Dasan Standard VI B, Electra and Yugapurushan, did not figure in the list of nominations. The national film awards jury reportedly has no film personalities from Kerala this time.

Kerala Latest News Breaking news Malayalam film get national award committee permission for only seven

Kerala Latest News Breaking news Malayalam film get national award committee permission for seven movies

Tuesday, May 10, 2011: Seven films from Malayalam, including ‘Makara Manju’ (Mist of the Capricorn) by noted film-maker Lenin Rajendran, have been chosen by the South zone selection committee of the jury to compete in this year’s National Film Awards.

Other films from Malayalam are ‘Pranchiyettan and the Saint’ by Ranjith, ‘Veetilekkulla Vazhi’ by Biju, ‘Gaddama’ by Kamal, ‘Atmakatha’ by Premlal, ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’ by Salim Ahamed and ‘Janaki’ by M G Sasi.

Culture department sources said three other critically acclaimed films ‘Yugapurushan’ (R Sukumaran), ‘T D Dasan standard B’ (Mohan Raghavan) and ‘Electra’ (Shyamaprasad) failed to make it to the list.