Meera Jasmine gets sreevidya best actress award.

South Indian actress Meera jasmine thursday bagged the first sreevidya award for the best actress in the Malayalam film industry. K.B.Ganesh kumar, chairman of the MLV sreevidya charitable trust, said that a jury comprising veteran director of malayalam cinema siddiq chose meera jasmine for this award.
Kumar said she has been chosen for the first sreevidya award for her role in "orae kadal".the award would be given on actress Sreevidya's second death anniverssary. Sreevidya died on oct 19,2006, at the age of 53.she had acted in many south indian films.however it was in the malayalam film industry that she made a huge impression.
Charitable society also decided to set up cancer foundation in sreevidya's memory and would work in tandem with the regional cancer centre here by financially supporting women patients who cannot meet the treatment costs.