Bhavana was adjudged the second best actress for her performance in `Daivanamathil.' `Achan Urangatha Veedu' directed by Lal Jose was chosen the second best film and Salim Kumar got the award for second best actor for his role in the film.

`Ananthabhadram', directed by Santosh Sivan, got five awards, including that of best cinematographer for the director. Other awards for the film are for music direction for song (M G Radhakrishnan), editing (Sreekar Prasad), art direction (Sunil Babu) and make-up (Pattanam Rasheed).

Music Director M Jayachandran was chosen the best playback singer for his song in `Nottam' for which he himself did the music. K S Chithra was selected as the best female playback singer for her song in the same film.

`Achuvinte Amma' directed by Sathyan Anthikkad was chosen the best popular film with aesthetic appeal while Roshan Andrews was adjudged the best debut director for the film `Udayananu Tharam.