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North American Film Awards (NAFA)
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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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Year group Notes
2017 Confident Group
2016 Confident Group

Channel Partners[edit]

Year Channel Notes
2017 Flowers TV
2016 Flowers TV

Best actor[edit]

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[edit]

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

Year Actress Film
2018 Parvathy (Critics)

Manju Warrier(popular)

Take Off
Udaharanam Sujatha
2017 Manju Warrier Karinkunnam 6'S,Vettah
2016 Parvathy Charlie, Ennu Ninte Moideen

Best Director[edit]

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

Year Director Film
2018 Lijo Jose Pellissery Angamaly Diaries
2017 Rajeev Ravi Kammatipaadam
2016 M. Prakkatt Charlie

Best Debut Director Hollywood[edit]

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

Year Director Film
2017 Meera Menon Equity

Best Male Singer[edit]

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

2018 Vijay Yesudas
2017 Unni Menon Jacobinte Swargarajyam
2016 Vijay Yesudas Premam

Best Female Singer[edit]

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

Year Playback singer Film
2018 Sithara Krishna Kumar Udaharanam Sujatha
2017 Vani Jairam Action Hero Biju
2016 Divya S. Menon Charlie

Best Music Director[edit]

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

Year Music director Film
2017 Bijibal "Maheshinte Prathikaaram"
2016 Gopi Sunder Charlie, Ennu Ninte Moideen

Best Movie[edit]

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

Year Movie
2017 Maheshinte Prathikaaram
2016 Charlie

Best Supporting Actor[edit]

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

Year Actor Film
2018 Alencier Ley Lopez Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
2017 Renji Panicker "Jacobinte Swargarajyam"
2016 Joju George Lukka Chuppi

Best Supporting Actress[edit]

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

Year Actress Film
2018 Santhi Krishna Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela
2017 Asha Sarath "Paavada","AKV"
2016 Kalpana Charlie

Best Cinematographer[edit]

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

Year Cinematographer Film
2018 Madhu Neelakandan Udaharanam Sujatha
2017 Shyju Khalid "Maheshinte Prathikaaram"
2016 Jomon T. John Ennu Ninte Moideen

Best scriptwriter[edit]

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

Year Writer Film
2018 Syam Pushkaran , Dileesh Nair Mayaanadhi
2017 Syam Pushkaran "Maheshinte Prathikaaram"
2016 Unni R.,Martin Prakkat Charlie

New Sensational Hero[edit]

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

Year Hero Film
2017 Tovino Thomas Guppy

New Sensational Heroine[edit]

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

Year Heroine Film
2017 Aparna Balamurali Maheshinte Prathikaaram

Outstanding performance[edit]

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

Year Actor Film
2017 Vinayakan Kammatipaadam
2018 Tovino Thomas
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Mayanadhi

Popular Hero of the Year[edit]

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

Year Actor Film
2017 Biju Menon Anuraga Karikkin Vellam
2018 Kunchako Boban Take Off

References[edit]

  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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