Kerala PSC | List of JC Daniel Award Winners

The J. C. Daniel Award is Kerala's top Malayalam film accolade. The Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, a nonprofit organisation under the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala, India, presents it every year. The 1992-instituted award recognises the winners for their "great contributions to Malayalam cinema."

JC Daniel Award

The J.C. Daniel Award is an award given by the Kerala State Film Academy to a person who has made a comprehensive contribution to the field of Malayalam cinema. The award is named after J.C. Daniel, known as the father of Malayalam cinema. Winners are selected by an independent jury established by the Academy and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Since its inception, the J. C. Daniel Award has been bestowed on 27 individuals. The prize money for the J.C Daniel Award is RS 5 lakh. List of JC Daniel Award winners are given below:-

List of JC Daniel Award Winners

Year	Recipient
1992	T. E. Vasudevan
1993	Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
1994	P. Bhaskaran
1995	Abhayadev
1996	A. Vincent
1997	K. Raghavan
1998	V. Dakshinamoorthy
1999	G. Devarajan
2000	M. Krishnan Nair
2001	P. N. Menon
2002	K. J. Yesudas
2003	No award
2004	Madhu
2005	Aranmula Ponnamma
2006	Mankada Ravi Varma
2007	P. Ramdas
2008	K. Ravindran Nair
2009	K. S. Sethumadhavan
2010	Navodaya Appachan
2011	Jose Prakas
2012	J. Sasikumar
2013	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
2014	I. V. Sasi
2015	K. G. George
2016	Adoor Gopalakrishnan
2017	Sreekumaran Thampi
2018	Sheela
2019	Hariharan
2020	P. Jayachandran
2021	K P Kumaran
2022	T. V. Chandran

JC Daniel Award Question Answers

Who received the JC Daniel Award in 2002?

KJ Yesudas

In which year JC Daniel was not awarded?

In 2003, the prize money was doubled and, as part of updating it, no award was presented that year.

Who was the First woman to receive JC Daniel Award?

Aranmula Ponnamma

When did MT Vasudevan Nair recieved JC Daniel Award

MT Vasudevan Nair won the 2013 JC Daniel Award

When did Sreekumaran Thampi recieved JC Daniel Award

2017

Points to Remembes about JC Daniel Award

J. C. Daniel Award
Awarded for	Lifetime achievement
Sponsored by	Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
Reward(s)	₹500,000
First awarded	1992
Last awarded	2020
Total awarded	28
First winner	T. E. Vasudevan
Last winner	K. P Kumaran