New Delhi: The most prestigious National Film Awards have been announced and amid tough competition, the list of winners has been revealed. The jury of the renowned 65th National Film Awards is headed by veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur while the panel has as many as ten members who screen the best of Indian cinema.


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List of winners:


Sridevi—Best Actress for 'Mom' posthumously


The Dada Saheb Phalke Award has been conferred to late actor Vinod Khanna. 


Feature Films


BEST FEATURE FILM: Village Rockstars
Producer: Rima Das
Director: Rima Das


INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Sinjar
Producer: Shibu G Suseelan
Director: Pampally



BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT Baahubali - The Conclusion
Producer:  Prasad Devineni
Director:  @ssrajamouli


NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Dhappa
Producer: Sumatilal Popatlal Shah
Director: Nipun Dharmadhikari


BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: AALORUKKAM
Producer:   Jolly Lonappan
Director :   V C Abhilash



BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/
PRESERVATION: Irada
Producer:  Irada Entertainment LLP
Director:  Aparnaa Singh


BEST CHILDREN’S FILM: MHORKYA
Producer:  Kalyan Rajmogli Padal
Director :  Amar Bharat Deokar


65th #NationalFilmAwards: Feature Films
BEST DIRECTION: Director- Jayaraj (BHAYANAKAM)


BEST ACTOR: Riddhi Sen (NAGARKIRTAN)


BEST CHILD ARTIST: Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars)


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Divya Dutta (IRADA)



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Fahad Fazil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)


BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Kaatru Veliyidai
SONG: Shashaa Tirupati (VAAN)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bhayanakam 
Cameraman:  Nikhil S Praveen


Newton—Best Hindi Film


Pankaj Tripathi—Special Mention Award, Newton


Kaccha Limboo—Best Marathi Film


 


BEST HINDI FILM: Newton
Producer:  Amit V Masurkar
Director :  Manish Mundra


BEST SCREENPLAY 
i)  Screenplay Writer (Original): Sajeev Pazhoor (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
ii)  Screenplay Writer (Adapted): JAYARAJ (Bhayanakam) 
iii)  Dialogues : Sambit Mohanty (Hello Arsi)


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Santhosh Raman (Take Off)


BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST: Ram Rajjak (Nagarkirtan)


BEST  MUSIC DIRECTION
a)Songs - @arrahman- Kaatru Veliyidai 
b)Background Music- A. R Rahman (MOM)


BEST LYRICS: J M Prahalad
Song:  Muthuratna


SPECIAL JURY AWARD: Nagarkirtan
Producer:  Sani Ghose Ray
Director :   Sani Ghose Ray


BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: 
SONG: "Gori Tu Latth Maar"
Ganesh Acharya, Toilet Ek Prem Katha 


BEST ACTION DIRECTION AWARD: Abbas Ali Moghul (Baahubali-The Conclusion)
@BaahubaliMovie


BEST GUJARATI FILM: Dhh
Producer:  Amruta Parande
Director:    Manish Saini


BEST TELUGU FILM: Ghazi
Producer:  Prasad V. Potluri (Picture House Media Limited) (PVP Cinema)
Director:  Sankalp


BEST TAMIL FILM: To Let
Producer:  Prema Chezhian
Director:  Chezhiyan


BEST ASSAMESE FILM: Ishu 
Producer:  Children's Film Society, India
Director :   Utpal Borpujari


BEST BENGALI FILM: Mayurakshi
Producer:  Firdausul Hasan
Director :  Atanu Ghosh


BEST KANNADA  FILM: Hebbettu Ramakka
Producer:  Putta Raju .S.A
Director:  N.R Nanjunde Gowda


BEST MALAYALAM FILM: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Producer:  Sandip Senan
Director:  Dileesh Pothan


BEST MARATHI FILM: Kachcha Limbu
Producer:   Mandarr Bhaskar Devasthali
Director:  Prasad Oak


BEST ODIYA  FILM: Hello Arsi
Producer:  Ajaya Routray
Director:   Sambit Mohanty


BEST TULU FILM: Paddayi
Producer:  Nithyananda Pai
Director:  Abhaya Simha


BEST JASARI FILM:SINJAR
Producer: Shibu G Suseelan
Director: Pampally


BEST LADAKHI FILM: Walking With The Wind
Producer:  Mahesh Mohan
Director:   Praveen Morchhale


SPECIAL MENTION: Pankaj Tripathi, Newton


SPECIAL MENTION: Parvathy, Take Off


SPECIAL MENTION: Prakruti Mishra, Hello Arsi


SPECIAL MENTION: Yasharaj Karhade, Mhorkya


Best Writing on Cinema (Special Mention)
Mr. Sunil Mishra


Best Writing on Cinema 
Best Film Critic: Mr. Giridhar Jha


Best Book on Cinema: Matmagi Manipur-The first Manipuri Feature Film
Author: Bobby Wahengbam
Publisher: Angomningthou Preservation & Documentation


BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER: K.J Yesudas (Viswasapoorvam Mansoor)
Song: Poy Maranja Kalam


Non-Feature Films


SPECIAL MENTION: 
(a) Rebirth- Director: Jayaraj
(b) Cake Story- Director: Rukshana Tabassum
(c) Afternoon- Director: Swapnil Vasant Kapure


BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER: The Lion of Laddak 
Narrator: Francois Castellino


BEST MUSIC: Shored of Liberty  
Music Director: Ramesh Narayanan


BEST EDITING: Mrityubhoj The Death Feast
Editor: Sanjiv Monga & Tenzin Kunchok


Best On location Sound Recordist: Samarth Mahajan (The Unreserved)


BEST AUDIOGRAPHY: Pavasacha Nibandha 
Audiographer: Avinash Sonawane


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
(a) Appu Prabhakar (Eye Test) 
(b) Arnold Fernandes (Dawn)


BEST DIRECTION: Nagraj Manjule (Pavasacha Nibandha)


BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES: Happy Birthday 
Producer FTII 
Director: Medhpranav Babasaheb Powar


BEST SHORT FICTION FILM: Mayat 
Producer: Dr Suyash Shinde
Director: Dr Suyash Shinde


SPECIAL JURY AWARD: 
(a) A Very Old Man with Enormous  Wings 
Producer: Films Division
Director: Prateek Vats
(b) Monday 
Producer: FTII
Director: Arun K


BEST  ANIMATION FILM: 
(a) The Fish Curry 
Producer: Munish Tewari
Director: Abhishk Verma 
Animator: Abhishk Verma 


(b) The Basket 
Producer: Nilima Eriyat
Director: Suresh Eriyat
Animator: Studio EEKSAURUS


BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM: 1984, When the sun didn’t rise 
Producer: Teenaa Kaur
Director: Teenaa Kaur


BEST EXPLORATION/ADVENTURE FILM (TO INCLUDE SPORTS): Ladakh Chale Richawala
Producer: Films Division
Director: Indrani Chakrabarti


BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM: The Little Girl We Were and the Women We Are Producer: RAHI Foundation
Director: Vaishali Sood


BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES
(a) I am Bonnie 
Producer: Films Division
Director: Satarupa Santra


(b) Veil Done 
Director: Juhi Bhatt 
Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra


BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM  INCLUDING AGRICULTURE: The Pangti Story Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra
Director: Sesino Yhoshu


BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry etc)-Poetry on Fabric : Chendari Nama 
Producer: Sanjay Gupta for Pro Art India
Director: Rajendra Janglay


BEST ARTS /CULTURAL FILM: Girija 
Producer: Madhu Chandra, Sudha Datta
Director: Debapriya Adhikary, Samanwaya Sarkar


BEST BIOGRAPHICAL/ HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION: (a) Naachi se Baanchi Producer: Films Division Director: Biju Toppo (b) Sword of Liberty Producer: R C Suresh Director: Shiny Jacob Benjamin


SPECIAL JURY AWARD: 
(a) A Very Old Man with Enormous  Wings 
Producer: Films Division
Director: Prateek Vats
(b) Monday 
Producer: @FTIIOfficial 
Director: Arun K


BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM:  
(a) Name, Place, Animal, Thing
Producer: Nithin R
Director: Nithin R


(b) Slave Genesis
Producer: Aneez K M
Director: Aneez K M


BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Water Baby
Producer: Varun Shah
Director: Pia Shah


A big congratulations to the winners. Reportedly, the awards will be given to the winners on May 3, 2018.