It took another two years before he came up with his third movie , '' Amen '' , in 2013 , which had Indrajith Sukumaran , Fahad Fasil , Swathi Reddy and Kalabhavan Mani in the lead roles and the movie succeeded at the box office while drawing good critical response . After a gap of almost two years , Pellissery released his fourth film , '' Double Barrel '' , a comic thriller , with Prithviraj Sukumaran , Indrajith Sukumaran , Arya , Sunny Wayne and Asif Ali in the lead roles . However , the film did not succeed critically or commercially . The next project , '' Angamaly Diaries '' , a black comedy cloaked in a gangster plot that revolves around the locale of Angamaly , was scripted by popular actor , Chemban Vinod Jose . The film , made on a small budget of million , was received well at the box office and drew critical acclaim ; Anurag Kashyap opined that '' Angamaly Diaries '' was his film of the year . '' Ee.Ma.Yau '' , his next film based on a satire written by P. F. Mathews and with his regular composer , Prashant Pillai , scoring the music , was premiered on November 30 , 2017 but the release was delayed due to undisclosed reasons . Before it was released on May 4 , 2018 , the film received the Kerala State Film Award for Best Director at the 48th Kerala State Film Awards . The film also won him the '' Silver Peacock '' Award for the best director at the 49th International Film Festival of India ( IFFI ) , 2018 , which was held in Goa in November 2018 ( Chemban Vinod Jose , the protagonist of the film , also received the '' Silver Peacock '' Award for the best actor . ) followed by the Sinema Zetu International Film Festival Award for Best Direction
48th Kerala State Film Awards
48th Kerala State Film Awards
Lijo Jose Pellissery