J. C. Daniel Award List

The J. C. Daniel Award is Kerala's highest award in Malayalam cinema. It is presented annually by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, a non-profit institution under the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala, India. Instituted in 1992, the award is given to honour the recipients for their "outstanding contributions to Malayalam cinema".

1992
T. E. Vasudevan
Distributor, producer

1993
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Actor, director, screenwriter, lyricist

1994
P. Bhaskaran
Lyricist, director

1995
Abhayadev
Lyricist

1996
A. Vincent
Cinematographer, director

1997
K. Raghavan
Composer   

1998
V. Dakshinamoorthy
Composer   

1999
G. Devarajan
Composer

2000
M. Krishnan Nair
Director

2001
P. N. Menon
Director, art director

2002
K. J. Yesudas
Playback singer

2004
Madhu
Actor, director, producer

2005
Aranmula Ponnamma
Actress

2006
Mankada Ravi Varma
Cinematographer, director

2007
P. Ramdas
Director

2008
K. Ravindran Nair
Producer

2009
K. S. Sethumadhavan
Director, screenwriter

2010
Navodaya Appachan
Producer, director

2011
Jose Prakash
Actor, singer

2012
J. Sasikumar
Director

2013
M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Screenwriter, director

2014
I. V. Sasi
Director, screenwriter

2015
K. G. George
Screenwriter, director

2016
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Director, screenwriter

2017
Sreekumaran Thampi
Lyricist, director, screenwriter, producer