The 65th National Film Awards have been announced and
among various winners, Late Vinod Khanna was conferred with Dada Saheb Phalke
Award.
The Best Actress trophy was awarded to late actress
Sridevi for Mom. Rajkummar Rao’s Newton has been given the Best Film
Award.
The jury was headed by renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.
The 10-member panel comprised screenwriter Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob,
actress Gautami Tadimalla, Kannada director P Sheshadri, Aniruddha Roy
Chowdhury, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffrey.
Before the award ceremony is held on May 3, let’s
take you through the complete list of winners:
Best Anthropological film: Name Place Animal Thing
Best Critic on Cinema: Girdhar Jha (Swarn Kamal)
Special Mention: Mhorkya (Marathi), Hello Arasi (Oriya), Take Off (Malayalam), Newton (Hindi),
Best Ladakhi Film: Walking With The Wind
Best Jasari Film: Sinjar
Best Tulu Film: Paddayi
Best Odiya Film: Hello Arsi
Best Kannada Film: Hebbet Ramakka
Best Hindi Film: Newton
Best Bengali Film: Mayurakshi
Best Marathi Film: Kachcha Limbu
Best Malayalam Film: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Best Telugu Film: Ghazi
Best Assamese Film: Ishu
Best Tamil Film: To Let
Best Gujarati Film: Dhh
Best Action Direction: Abbas Ali Moghu for Baahubali 2
Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya for 'Gori Tu Latth Maar' for Toilet - Ek Premkatha.
Best Special Effects: Baahubali 2
Best Music Director: Kaatru Veliyidai
Best Background Score: Mom
Special Jury Award: Nagarkirtan
Best Lyrics: JM Prahalad for Muthuratna song
Best Make Up Artist: Ram Rajjak (Nagarkirtan)
Best Production Design: Santhosh Raman (Malayalam movie Take Off)
Best Screenplay (Original): Sajeev Pazhoor (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
Screenplay Writer (Adapted): JAYARAJ (Bhayanakam)
Best Dialogues: Sambit Mohanty (Hello Arsi)
Best Cinematography: Bhayanakam
Best Cameraman: Nikhil S Praveen
Best Actress: Sridevi for Mom
Dada Saheb Phalke: Vinod Khanna
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Baahubali 2
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director: Sinjar
Best Feature Film: Village Rockstars
Best Male Playback Singer: KJ Yesudas
Non-feature Films: (Special Mention) - Rebirth, Cake Story and Afternoon
Best Narration/Voice Over: Francois Castellino for The Lion of Laddak
Best Music: Ramesh Narayanan for Shored of Liberty
Best Editing: Sanjiv Monga and Tenzin Kunchok for Mrityubhoj The Death Feast
Best On location Sound Recordist: Samarth Mahajan (The Unreserved)
Best Audiographer: Avinash Sonawane for Pavasacha
Nibandha
Last year, the jury was headed by filmmaker Priyadarshan
last year and Akshay Kumar had bagged the Best Actor award for his performance
in Rustom while Malayalam actor Surabhi Lakshmi won the Best Actress award for
Minnaminungu.
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