Awards

As Jury.

• Chairman of the Film Award Jury – Kerala State – 1991
• Chairman of the National Jury for the selection of the Best Book on Cinema – 2002

Film Awards.

International awards and honours.

• Special Jury Award at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival, Tokyo for Kattathe Kilikkoodu in 1985.
• A five-film retrospective of Bharat Gopy’s films was held in Paris, France by the Government of France in 1985. { The only other Indian actors to be awarded this honour have been Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Amitabh Bachchan.}

Civilian awards.

• Padma Shri (1991).
• Senior Fellowship of the Cultural Ministry (1993).
• Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Fellowship (1994).
• Abhinava Puraskaram Award from SANGEETHA – UK – 2002
• Chalachitra Saparya Award from Mathrubhumi – 2002

National Film Awards

• Best Actor – Kodiyettam – 1977
• Best Film on Other Social Issues – Yamanam – 1991
• Best Book on Cinema – Abhinayam Anubhavam – 1995
• V. Shantaram Award for the Best Film – Padheyam – 1991 (as Producer)

Kerala State Film Awards

• Best Actor – Kodiyettam – 1977
• Best Actor – Ormakkayi – 1982
• Best Actor – Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku, Eenam, Ettillam, Kattathe Kilikoodu – 1983
• Best Actor – Chidambaram – 1985

Filmfare Awards

• Best Actor – Ormakkayi – 1982
• Best Actor -Kattathe Kilikkoodu – 1985

Kerala Film Critics’ Awards

• Best Supporting actor – Kallan Pavithran – 1981
• Best Actor                       –  Ormakkayi , Yavanika – 1982
• Best Actor                       –  Sandhya Mayangum Neram – 1983
• Best Actor                        –  Kattathe Kilikkoodu, Rachana – 1984
• Chalachitra Ratnam     – For Contributions to Malayalam Cinema – 2002

Bombay  Malayalam Film Critics Association Award

• Super Actor – 1983

Kerala Film Fans Association Award

• Best Actor – Yavanika – 1982

Theatre Awards.

Kerala State  Awards for Professional Theatre.

• Best Book on Dramatics and Theatre – Nadaka Niyogam – 2002

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