Aravindan Puraskaram


Aravindan Puraskaram is an award instituted in 1991 in the memory of iconic Malayalam filmmaker G. Aravindan for the best debutant director in Indian languages. The award comprises Rs. 25,000, a memento and a citation. The award is facilitated by Kerala Chalachitra Film Society. The award is presented on March 15 every year on the death anniversary of Aravindan, who is considered one of the pioneers of parallel cinema in Malayalam.

Recipients

YearRecipientFilmLanguage
1999ShyamaprasadAgnisakshiMalayalam
2000Kavitha LankeshDeveeriKannada
2001P. SheshadriMunnudiKannada
2004Anup KurianManasarovarEnglish
2005Alberrt AntoniKanne MadangukaMalayalam
2009Atanu GhoshAngshumaner ChhobiBengali
2010Nila Madhab PandaI am KalamHindi
2012Kamal KMI.D.Hindi
2015Bauddhayan MukherjiTeenkahonBengali
2016P. S. ManuMundrothuruthMalayalam
2017Sagar Chaya VanchariReduMarathi
2018Zakariya MohammedSudani from NigeriaMalayalam
2019Madhu C. NarayananKumbalangi NightsMalayalam
2021Sanu John VargheseAarkkariyamMalayalam
2022Brijesh Chandhra Tangi#Viral WorldTelugu