The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.

Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the national scale of the National Film Awards, it is considered to be the equivalent of the American Academy Awards.

The Awards were first presented in 1954. The Government of India conceived the ceremony to honor films made across India, on a national scale, to encourage the furthering of Indian art and culture. Since 1973, the Indian Directorate of Film festivals administers the ceremony along with other major film events in India annually. It is the highest award given for films in India.

This is a list of groups, organizations and festivals that recognize achievements in cinema, usually by awarding various prizes. The awards sometimes also have popular unofficial names (such as the 'Oscar' for Hollywood's Academy Awards), which are mentioned if applicable. Many awards are simply identified by the name of the group presenting the award.

Awards have been divided into three major categories: critics' awards, voted on (usually annually) by a group of critics; festival awards, awards presented to the best film shown in a particular film festival; and industry awards, which are selected by professionals working in some branch of the movie industry.

FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique) or International Film Critics Award given by the International Federation of Film Critics at various film festivals

(This is not intended to be a complete list of film festivals, but to showcase the distinctively named awards given at some festivals.)

Laurence Olivier Awards

Suraj Venjaramood is a Malayalam film actor and mimicry artist. He mainly plays comic roles, though he has played some lead roles as well.

Venjaramood V. Suraj is the second son of Venjaramood Vasudevan Nair, a retired soldier with the Indian Army.He was called by his father,mother and relatives by the name "Kuttappan". His elder brother V. V. Saji is currently serving in the Indian Army. Suraj also wanted to serve after completing his Secondary School Leaving Certificate but had to give up as he broke his arm by falling from a bicycle. He completed his Mechanical course from Attingal Government ITI and turned to mimicry acting soon after that. His breakthrough came when he acted in Jagapoka, a comedy program which was broadcasted on Kairali TV.

As of 2005, Suraj married his shorttime girlfriend Supriya at Vaikuntam Auditorium, near Shri. Padmanabha Swamy Temple. They have two children: Kashinathan and Vasudev.

Suraj started his career as a stand-up comedian. His mimicry shows were success. He first acted in a film named Jagapoga which was a spoof of movies. He played an important role of Pachan as well as Dadasahib in this film. He is generally regarded for his effective mockery of the Thiruvananthapuram accent and his contributions to the blockbuster movie, Rajamanikyam, where the hero heavily uses the accent. So far Suraj has acted more than 100 films and played the hero role in the hit films Duplicate. He was again given a lead role in Thaskara Lahala. He is known for acting in the films Arabikatha, Ivar Vivahitharayal, Annan Thambi, Veruthe Oru Bharya, LollyPop, Gulumal: The Escape and Sakudumbam Shyamala.