Award for Santhosh Sivan

Thiruvananthapuram: Santhosh Sivan's Ananthabhadram has bagged the Atlas-Film Critics award 2005, announced here on Thursday.

The best director award also went to Santhosh Sivan for his film Ananthabhadram, Atlas Groups Chairman M M Ramachandran and Critics Association President Thekkinkad Joseph told reporters here.

Best actor award was shared by Dileep and Manoj K Jayan for Chanthupottu and Ananthabhadram respectively. Kavya Madhavan was best actress for her roles in Ananthabhadram and Sheelavathi.

Blessy's Thanmathra and Hariharan's Paranju Thiratha Visheshangal were the second best films. Veteran actor Thilakan has been chosen for the Chalachitra Ratna award for his contribution to filmdom, they said. They said the popular actor award went to Mohan Lal for his films Thanmatra and Naran.