Malayalam Film Awards 2006

Best young actor :

Mammotty, who seems to be getting younger and hep day by
day.

More Malayalee Than Most Malayalees Award

: Padmapriya, who seems to be
in every other movie with heroes from Mammotty to Srinivasan.

King Cobra Award :

Thilakan for spitting venom against almost everyone
in the film industry.

The only Malayalee heroine who can speak Malayalam Award
: Kavya Madhavan

Best Wig Award :

Siddique in various movies.

Worst Wig Award:

Mammotty in Balram vs Tharadas


Mission Impossible Award :

The dance master who taught Mammotty to
dance in Rajamanickam

Honorary DYSP Award :

Suresh Gopi, for staying in Police uniform more
than career police officers.

Honorary Don Award ;

Suresh Gopi

Best Dialogue without inhaling award :

Suresh Gopi

Best Malayalam-English dictionary :

Suresh Gopi

Best Malayalam-Hindi dictionary :

Neeraj Vohra, who writes most of
Priyadarshan's remakes.

Best award for remaking his own movies :

Shaji Kailas

Best Buy one Get one offer -

Prithviraj and Indrajith

Person Most in Need of Combat Training :

Bheeman Raghu, who got beaten
up by Dileep in Chess

National Award for acting as the idiot in Maximum number of movies:

Cochin Haneefa

Sunil Shetty of the year award:

No Winner (Everyone knows to act in Malayalam)

Person Most in Need of an Audience :

Jayaram

Best Xerox Machine Award :

Jayaraj, for making Ashwaroodan (Prajapathy)

Best Animal lover award :

Jayaraj, for making Ashwaroodan and Anachantham

The Man Who Lost his Mojo award :

Ranjith, (Chandrolsavam, Prajapathy)

The Man Who Lost his Mojo award, Runner Up :

Lohithadas

MANDRAKE AWARD: RANJAN PRAMOD

RANJAN Pramod whose miracle with Photographer is a tough act to follow who made PRODUCERS MONEY disappear.

Film which reinforced belief in God in Kerala Award:

Photographer (all
people said, Oh God after seeing it)

Movie Factory Conveyor Belt Award :

Kalabhavan Mani

Randomly Trying Various Tricks Award :

Dileep, tried to be a don, a
retard, an idiot etc. Nothing worked.

Tanmatra award for Medical condition of the year

- Brain damage caused
by seeing Pachakuthira

Best Tourist award -

Meera Jasmine who visited just to act in Rasathanthram.

Best Personal Sacrifice Award :

Mamta Mohandas (for kissing Suresh Gopi
in Lanka)

Tiger Balm Headache Award :

Kilukkam Kilukilukkam

Newcomer of the year Award :

Ha ha ha this is Malayalam cinema, we
don't like newcomers

How Maniratnam became Money Ratnam

Undisputedly, Maniratnam is the highly talented&Most admired director of his generation of directors in India.In a world of Indian Cinema ruled by meaningless stories with 6songs+4fights, he created a genre for him self with a blend of art&commercial cinema,thus reaching a wider range of audience.Not only the movie buffs but the common audience too can experience the magic of screenplay&rich technical values in his movies.abba..aa shot emi undhira! emi taking ra !kind of words are commonly heard in theatres for his movies.God of Wanna be directors!


Here is the new facet of this MBA Graduate from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies,Mumbai
Case study: GURU With highest paid cast&crew like Abhishek bachchan,Aishwarya Rai,AR Rahman,Vidya Balan, Mallika sherawat...some periodical sets&foreign locales.. Maniratnam produced this trilingual film with a budget of Rs.12Crores(Hey Tollywood!r u listening?),less than the budget of any Bollywood movie featuring the above stars&less than the Publicity budget for any big Bollywood production!
Here are the numbers from Mumbai/Chennai trade circles showing how smart producer he is!


Exhibition rights(Except Andhra&Tamil Nadu) Rs.17Crores(Ad Labs)
TV Broadcasting Rights Rs.5Crores(Star Tv)
Audio Rights Rs.3Crores(Sony Music)
Telugu Rights Rs.1.5Crores(Includes Hindi rights in AP)
Tamil Rights Rs.1.5Crores(Includes Hindi rights in TN)(approx.numbers from AP&TN)
Home Video unknown


Madras talkies made a cool table profit of Rs.16Crores+before release,a number no other South Indian Producer can imagine prior to release !


Trade Story:Contrary to trade pundits predictions,This critically acclaimed film is doing rocking business all over.
Guru posts an extraordinary opening overseas in America,grossing $843,200 its opening weekend from Jan 12-15,Ahead of the blockbusters Krrish ($643,000),Rang De Basanti ($701,666)& Don ($804,388 ).