63rd National Award winners
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The list of winners of the 63rd National Film Awards was announced Monday, March 28, and movie-goers have been lauding the awardees for their notable performances in 2015. 

Mammootty's "Pathemari" has been selected as the Best Malayalam movie of the year and the movie was opened to tremendous response from the movie-goers for portraying the realistic story of many Keralities, who moved to Gulf countries for livelihood. The megastar's performance in the flick is considered as his career best to date. 

Actor Jayasurya got a special mention in the best actor category for his performances in the movies "Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam" and "Lukka Chuppi." The versatile actor, who was recently called as the Lio DiCaprio of Mollywood for failing to get many prestigious awards, considers the recent award as his Oscar. "This is like an Oscar for me and this is an award for the entire industry. I can't find words to describe my happiness. Isn't it a proud moment to see my name along with legends Amitabh Bachchan and many others? That itself is a big achievement," Jayasurya told Manorama News.

After winning the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artiste this year, Gourav Menon aka Jugru has bagged the National Award as well for his performance in Vipin Atley's movie "Ben," which was opened to positive response from the critics. "Thank You all for the Support and Love. Thank You Jury â€ª#‎National_Awards‬," Gourav posted on his Facebook page after the National Award announcement. 

Meanwhile, celebrities, including Mammootty, Mohanlal, Dulquer Salmaan, Indrajith Sukumaran, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Anoop Menon, Aju Varghese, Ranjith Sankar, Anjali Upasana, Srinda Arhaan, Bijibal among others, have congratulated the winners for bagging the prestigious award this year.

Check out celebrity response of Mollywood celebs here:

Mohanlal

Heartiest Congratulations to all National award winners

Dulquer Salmaan

Congrats Team Pathemari, Jayettan for Su Su Vathmeekam , VKP sir for Nirnaayakam and all other winners of the National Awards !!!

Indrajith Sukumaran

Congratulations to Jayasurya, M Jayachandran, Salim Ahmed, Dr. Bijukumar Damodaran, V. K. Prakash, Gaurav Menon, Vinod Mankara, Aliyar Sir and all other national award winners! 

Anoop Menon

Jayasuryaaaa...so happy for you dearest...the nation finally celebrates the fine actor that you are....special mention at the national awards is no mean feat....i have seen you grow as an actor in close quarters from cocktail ,beautiful ,tvm lodge,david and goliath to stellar performances in iyyob,su su sudhi ,lukkachuppi and a lot others....this is a much awaited recognition...every bit of it well earned and deserved.....congratssss dear one...

 

Ranjith Sankar

When I offered susu to jayan I told him sudhi has potential to bring him state and national honours if we made him well. Although dint get the exact expected rewards it came close:) Congrats to jayan and the whole team who made it possible! A small film made for theaters reached national awards is a satisfying experience indeed.

Gopi Sunder

"Kaathirunnu kaathirunnu " ... Such a beautiful composition by my chettan m jayachandran . Congratulations for national award . Well deserved award . I am so proud of you Chettaa. ☺☺☺ Am waiting for such melodies. Keep rocking .

Srindaa Arhaan

Congrats Jayasurya Jayan chetaaa u deserve it . Very very Happy

Vinay Govind

Vk Prakash sir and team Nirnayakam...!!! congrats on the national award...!!! Jayasurya Jayan...!! An accolade that u deserved and many more to come...!! Congrats jayetta...!!

Pearle Maaney

Congrats Team Pathemari for winning the National award for best Malayalam film! Congrats to all the other winners.. Jayasurya for receiving special Jury Mention... Nirnayakam for best social film.. M Jayachandran sir for best Music composer. #Mammootty ‪#‎celebration‬ ‪#‎congratulation‬!! Jewel this being your first movie!

Aby Tom Cyriac 

Jayetta.. Porichu....!!!!!! Congrats from the bottom of my heart... !!! Happy to be associated with you again....

Vivek Ranjit

Hearty congratulations to Vk Prakash Sir, Asif Ali, Bobby-Sanjay, Mridul Nair, Adil Ibrahim, Shehnad Jalal, Mahesh Narayanan and the entire team of Nirnayakam for the National Award! Great going! And glad to know a film I subtitled won at the National Awards - Nirnayakam. ‪#‎littlepleasures‬