J.C.Daniel Award
The J.C.Daniel Award is Kerala’s highest award in Malayalam cinema.it is presented annually by the Kerala State chalachitra Academy,non Profit institution under the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government Of Kerala.Instituted in 1992,the award is given to honour the recipient for their Outstanding contribution to Malayalam Cinema.First recipient of J.C.Daniel Award T.E.Vasudevan
- 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 Prakash
- 2012 – J. Sasikumar
- 2013 – M.T.Vasudevan Nair
- 2014 – I.V. Sasi
- 2015 – K.G. George
- 2016 – Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- 2017 – Sreekumaran Thampi
- 2018 – Sheela