Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value
No Year Film Producer Director
1 1976 Swami Ayyappan P. Subramaniam P. Subramaniam
3 1978 Rappadikalude Gadha M. Subramaniam K. G. George
4 1979 Idavazhiyile Poocha Mindappoocha Priyadarsini Films Hariharan
5 1980 Manjil Virinja Pookkal Navodaya Appachan Fazil
6 1981 Gaanam Sreekumaran Thampi Sreekumaran Thampi
8 1983 Koodevide Prem Prakash Padmarajan
9 1984 Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu Ouseppachan , Khayas , Kurian Fazil
10 1985 Yathra Joseph Abraham Balu Mahendra
11 1986 Ennennum Kannettante Sajan Fazil
12 1987 Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam Gopinath Panthalam , Babu Thiruvalla Bharathan
13 1988 1921 Mohammed Mannil I. V. Sasi
14 1989 Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha P. V. Gangadharan Hariharan
15 1990 Perumthachan G. Jayakumar Ajayan
16 1991 Godfather Swargachitra Appachan Siddique-Lal
17 1992 Venkalam V. V. Babu Bharathan
18 1993 Manichitrathazhu Swargachitra Appachan Fazil
19 1994 Thenmavin Kombath N. Gopalakrishnan Priyadarshan
20 1995 Mazhayethum Munpe Madhavan Nair Kamal
Winners
The Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value is an award, begun in 1976, presented annually at the Kerala State Film Awards of India to the best film with popular appeal and aesthetic value in Malayalam film industry. Until 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Government of Kerala. Since 1998, the awards have been controlled by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous, non-profit institution functioning under the Department of Cultural Affairs. The winner, producer and director, receives a certificate, statuette and a cash prize of ₹100,000 each.