| Asianet Film Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievements for Malayalam cinema |
| Country | India |
| Presented by | Asianet TV Channel |
| First awarded | 1998 |
| Website | http://asianetfilmawards.com/ |
| Artist | Wins | Nominations |
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| 16 | —
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| Film | Wins | Nominations |
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9 | 11 |
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8 | 12 |
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8 | 8 |
The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. Asianet says an awards ceremony has been instituted to honour artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam language film industry.
The awards ceremony was co-sponsored by Johnson & Johnson in 1998 later Lux took up the sponsorship in the next 5 years. Then there was Jiva soap in 2004 and then Ujala for many years. Since 2016, the function has been sponsored by Nirapara. Bhima Jewellers took the title sponsor in the 2018 event. The function is normally held in Kochi, Angamaly and Thiruvananthapuram, the cities in Kerala. It was also held twice in Dubai.
The most recent award was the 21st Asianet Film Awards held on 6 and 7 April 2019 at Kochi.