Rahman wins Satyan Memorial Award

Actor Rahman won the Satyan Memorial special Award for his 27 year contribution to Malayalam Cinema. Innocent and Kaviyoor Ponnama are others who won the special Award. The Award for Best actor in 2009 goes to Tamil actor Sarathkumar, who recently made his acting debut in Malayalam with superstar Mammootty's historical film Pazhassi Raja. He shares the award with actor Manoj K. Jayan, who also played a meaty role in Pazhassi Raja.

Actress Padmapriya and Archana Kavi won the best actress award, while Oscar Award winner Resul Pookutty was chosen for a special award. Veteran actor Madhu got an award for his contributions to Malayalam films. The awards were announced in Kollam by actor Kalpana, a committee member from the jury that selected the award winners.

Gokulam Gopalan is the best producer. M.G. Sreekumar is the best singer (male) and Gayatri the best singer (female). V.G. Muralikrishnan is the best supporting actor (male) and Rima Kallingal the best supporting actor (female).

Club president A. Sharafudeen said that the Rotaray District Governor K.S. Sasikumar had been selected for the best social welfare award and Nissar Syed for the best media award. The awards will be presented by Ministers P.K. Gurudasan and N.K. Premachandran at a function at the club grounds on February 10. Sathyan Memorial Film Awards are instituted in memory of late Malayalam actor Sathyan.