North American Film Awards

North American Film Awards (NAFA)
Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements for Malayalam cinema
Country  United States
Presented by Flowers TV
First awarded 2016
Website http://www.nafaawards.com/

The North American Film Awards (NAFA) is an annual award ceremony to honor talents in Malayalam film Industry and excellence in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu cinema Industires, presented annually by the Houston-based company Freedia Entertainment.[1][2]

The first ceremony (NAFA 2016) was held in July 2016 at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in New York and will be followed up by a ceremony the following year in New York City and Chicago.[3][4] The second edition of North American Film Awards (NAFA 2017) was held at Bronx Lehman College in New York on 22 July 2017. [5]

The winners were selected through an online voting among the North American Malayalis.[6] The film Maheshinte Prathikaaram bagged maximum number of awards in 2017. Apart from the Best Movie Award, award for new sensational heroine, best comedian, debut director, screenplay, music director and cinematographer categories also were bagged by this film. [7]

Award categories

  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Character Actor
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Comedian
  • Best Debut Director
  • Best Debut Hollywood
  • Best Director
  • Best Entertainer
  • Best Female Singer
  • Special Jury
  • Best Male Singer
  • Best Music Director
  • Best Popular Movie
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Villain
  • New Sensational Hero
  • New Sensational Heroine
  • Outstanding performance
  • Popular Hero of the Year

Title sponsors

Year group Notes
2017Confident Group
2016Confident Group

Channel Partners

Year Channel Notes
2017Flowers TV
2016Flowers TV

Best actor

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Male Actor has been awarded since 2016. [8]

Year Actor Film
2018 Fahadh Faasil (critics)
Dulquer Salmaan (popular)		 Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Solo (2017 film) , Parava (film) , Jomonte Suvisheshangal
2017 Nivin Pauly Jacobinte Swargarajyam, Action Hero Biju
2016 Dulquer Salmaan [9] Charlie

Best Female Actor

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Female Actor has been awarded since 2016.

YearActressFilm
2018Parvathy (Critics)

Manju Warrier(popular)

 Take Off
Udaharanam Sujatha
2017Manju WarrierKarinkunnam 6'S,Vettah
2016ParvathyCharlie, Ennu Ninte Moideen

Best Director

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Director has been awarded since 2016.

YearDirectorFilm
2018Lijo Jose PellisseryAngamaly Diaries
2017Rajeev RaviKammatipaadam
2016M. PrakkattCharlie

Best Debut Director Hollywood

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Debut Director Hollywood is introduced from 2017.

YearDirectorFilm
2017Meera MenonEquity

Best Male Singer

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Male Singer has been awarded since 2016.

2018Vijay Yesudas
2017Unni MenonJacobinte Swargarajyam
2016Vijay YesudasPremam

Best Female Singer

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Female Singer has been awarded since 2016.

YearPlayback singerFilm
2018Sithara Krishna KumarUdaharanam Sujatha
2017Vani JairamAction Hero Biju
2016Divya S. MenonCharlie

Best Music Director

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Music Director has been awarded since 2016.

YearMusic directorFilm
2017Bijibal"Maheshinte Prathikaaram"
2016Gopi SunderCharlie, Ennu Ninte Moideen

Best Movie

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Movie has been awarded since 2016.

YearMovie
2017Maheshinte Prathikaaram
2016Charlie

Best Supporting Actor

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Supporting Actor has been awarded since 2016.

YearActorFilm
2018Alencier Ley LopezThondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
2017Renji Panicker"Jacobinte Swargarajyam"
2016Joju GeorgeLukka Chuppi

Best Supporting Actress

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Supporting Actress is introduced from 2017.

YearActressFilm
2018Santhi KrishnaNjandukalude Nattil Oridavela
2017Asha Sarath"Paavada","AKV"
2016KalpanaCharlie

Best Cinematographer

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best Cinematographer has been awarded since 2016.

YearCinematographerFilm
2018Madhu NeelakandanUdaharanam Sujatha
2017Shyju Khalid"Maheshinte Prathikaaram"
2016Jomon T. JohnEnnu Ninte Moideen

Best scriptwriter

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Best scriptwriter has been awarded since 2016.

YearWriterFilm
2018Syam Pushkaran , Dileesh NairMayaanadhi
2017Syam Pushkaran"Maheshinte Prathikaaram"
2016Unni R.,Martin PrakkatCharlie

New Sensational Hero

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for New Sensational Hero is introduced from 2017.

YearHeroFilm
2017Tovino ThomasGuppy

New Sensational Heroine

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for New Sensational Heroine is introduced from 2017.

YearHeroineFilm
2017Aparna BalamuraliMaheshinte Prathikaaram

Outstanding performance

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Outstanding performance is introduced from 2017.

YearActorFilm
2017VinayakanKammatipaadam
2018Tovino Thomas
Aishwarya Lekshmi		Mayanadhi

The North American Film Award (NAFA) for Popular Hero of the Year is introduced from 2017.

YearActorFilm
2017Biju MenonAnuraga Karikkin Vellam
2018Kunchako BobanTake Off

References

  1. ↑ "Nivin Pauly And Manju Warrier Bag Top Honours At NAFA 2017!". Filmibeat. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  2. ↑ James, Anu. "North American Film Awards (NAFA) 2017: Nivin Pauly, Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and others in winners list". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  3. ↑ James, Anu. "Dulquer Salmaan-Parvathy's 'Charlie' sweeps first edition of North American Film Award (NAFA) 2016 in US [winners list]". International Business Times, India ]. Archived from the original on 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  4. ↑ "Nivin Pauly, Manju Warrier best actors at NAFA". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  5. ↑ Manju Warrier basks in NAFA glory Retrieved from manoramaonline.com on 24 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Voting for selection of winners".
  7. ↑ James, Anu. "North American Film Awards (NAFA) 2017: Nivin Pauly, Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and others in winners list".
  8. ↑ "WN - north american malayalam film awards (nafa)". wn.com.
  9. ↑ "Dulquer Salmaan At NAFA 2016 - Filmibeat". www-filmibeat-com.cdn.ampproject.org.
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