JFW Movie Awards 2021 took place yesterday, Saturday 13th March 2021. The JFW Movie Awards presented by Twin Birds and Powered by Tamil Matrimony, Co-presented by Prithvi inner wears, Colour Partner Nippon Paint, Associate sponsors Amrutanjan Roll-On, Lakshmi Krishna Naturals, and Supreme Furniture. The highlight of this award is that this is the only award with the highest women-based categories.
The winners were adjudged in 15 categories based on their work in 2020. The event saw all the awardees and presenters acknowledging the importance of women in cinema, be it in front or behind the camera, and lauded JFW for initiating this platform to focus on such talents.
JFW Movie Awards 2021 Winners List
- Best actress in a women-centric film – Aishwarya Rajesh won the Best Actress in a Women-Centric Film award for her terrific performance as Ariyanachi in the film Ka Pae Ranasingam
- Best Actress in a Lead Role – Aparna Balamurali won the Best Actress in a Lead Role award for her terrific performance as Bommi in the film Soorarai Pottru
- Best Actress – OTT – Simran received the Best Actress in a lead role – OTT award for her brilliant performance in the OTT anthology Paava Kadhaigal
- Best Actress in a Lead Role – Critic – Sneha received the Best Actress in a lead role – Critic’s Choice award for her impeccable action sequences and performance in the film Pattas
- Director of the Year – Sudha Kongara bagged the Director of the Year Award for creating a film as amazing as Soorarai Pottru
- Best Women-Centric Film of the year – Ponmagal Vandhal
- Best Cinematographer – Preetha Jayaram won the Best Cinematographer award for her beautiful visuals in the film Vaanam Kottatum directed by Dhanaa
- Best Director of a Women-Centric film – JJ Fredrick
- Best Director – OTT – Director Gautham Vasudev Menon won the Best Director – OTT award for his sensitive portrayal of child sexual abuse in the film Vanmagal in the anthology Paava Kadhaigal
- Special Recognition – OTT – Kalidas Jayaram
- Best Playback Singer – Dhee
- Best Costume Designer – Poornima Ramaswamy
- Best Debutante – Ritu Varma
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Vani Bhojan
- Best Child Artist – Aangelina Abraham
