12th Asianet Film Awards
# 12th Asianet Film Awards

The 12th Asianet Film Awards, honors the best films in 2009 and was held on 16 January 2010 at Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. The winners were announced on 3 January 2010 by Asianet senior vice-president R. Sreekantan Nair. The title sponsor of the event was Ujala. The award were given in 25 categories.

## Winners

* 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: Shwetha 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: Dileep for 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 Awards
   * R. Sarathkumar for Pazhassi Raja
   * Manoj K. Jayan for Pazhassi Raja
   * Kanika for Pazhassi Raja, Bhagyadevatha
* Special Award for his notable contribution for the Indian Film World: Resul Pookutty
* Millennium Actor: Mammootty
* Youth Icon of the Year: Prithviraj Sukumaran
* Lifetime Achievement Award: P. V. Gangadharan
