who has won the most number of kerala state film award
Mohanlal
title: Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor text: 1970 with Sathyan receiving the award for "Kadalpalam" (1969). In 1981, Nedumudi Venu received the honour for his performance in various films released that year. As of 2017, Mohanlal is the most honoured actor with six awards, followed by Mammootty with five. Two actorsBharat Gopy and Muralihave won the award four times. Prithviraj Sukumaran is the youngest recipient at age 24 for "Vaasthavam" (2006); he replaced Mohanlal, who held this distinction for twenty years from 1986. There were three years when there was a tie for the winnerRajit Kapur and Murali shared the honour in 1998, Fahadh Faasil and Lal title: Kerala State Film Award for Best Director text: academy, are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister. The 1st Kerala State Film Awards ceremony was held in 1970 with cinematographer-director A. Vincent receiving the Best Director award for his work in "Nadhi" (1969). Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of Kerala has presented a total of 47 Best Director awards to 25 different filmmakers. The late filmmaker G. Aravindan is the most frequent winner in this category with seven awards. He is followed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan (six awards), K. S. Sethumadhavan (four awards) and Shyamaprasad (four title: Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor text: the Academy. They are announced by the Minister for Cinema and are presented by the Chief Minister. Throughout the years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of Kerala has presented a total of 52 Best Actor awards to 30 different actors. The recipients receive a figurine, a certificate, and a cash prize of . Several actors have won the honour for more than one film in a given year. As of 2017, the only actor to have won the prize in consecutive years is Bharat Gopy (1982, 1983). The first Kerala State film Awards ceremony was held in title: Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress text: this category, with five awards. She is followed by Sheela and Srividya with three awards each. As of 2018, nine actressesJayabharathi, Seema, Samyuktha Varma, Suhasini Maniratnam, Navya Nair, Meera Jasmine, Kavya Madhavan, Shweta Menon and Parvathy have won the award two times in their careers. The 2005 ceremony was the only occasion when the category was tied; Kavya Madhavan and Geetu Mohandas shared the award for their performances in "Perumazhakkalam", and "Akale" and "Oridam" respectively. Parvathy is the most recent recipient, awarded for her role in "Take Off" (2017). Kerala State Film Award for Best Actress The Kerala State Film title: Kerala State Film Award for Best Director text: awards). As of 2017, five directorsShaji N. Karun, M. T. Vasudevan Nair, T. V. Chandran, Hariharan and Blessyhave won the award two times in their careers. The Academy did not present the award in the 2002 ceremony. As of the 2017 ceremony, Vidhu Vincent is the most recent recipient of the honour for her work in "Manhole" (2016). She is also the first woman to win the award. Kerala State Film Award for Best Director The Kerala State Film Award for Best Director is an honour presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India since 1969. It is