The much-awaited 66th National Film Awards has finally been announced on Friday at Delhi. With a well accomplished jury, the natoin met the winners of 31 film categories and 23 non-feature films categories of this year.
Among the winners, Uri: The Surgical Strike and Andhadhun have won the best film category and its actors Vicky Kaushal Ayushmann Khurrana have deservingly won the Best Actor Award for their performances. And the best actress award went to Keerthy Suresh for her flawless efficiency in the Telugu film, Mahanati. Adding to it, Surekha Sikri a veteran of Hindi theatre has bagged Best Supporting Actor Award for her incredible show in Badhaai Ho. In the music field, Arijit Singh has gained the Best Singer Award for ‘Binte Dil’ song from Padmaavat.
Each year the National Film Awards winners’ names are revealed in April and its presentation ceremony takes place on May 3 usually, but this year on account of the Lok Sabha polls, it was delayed.
Here is the complete list of this year’s National Film Award winners :
* Award for Best Actor -Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun), and Vicky Kaushal (Uri : the Surgical Strike)
* Award for Best Actress – Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati)
* Award for Best Supporting Actress – Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho * Best Supporting Actor – Swanand Kirkire for Chumbak
* Award for Best Direction – Aditya Dhar (Uri : the Surgical Strike)
* Award for Best Hindi Film – Andhadhun
* Award for Best Music Direction – Sanjay Leela Bhasali for Padmaavat
* Award for Best Choreography – Kruti Mahesh Midya and Jyothi D Tommaar for Ghoomar, Padmaavat
* Award for Best Music Director – Padmaavat
* Best Female Playback Singer award went to Bindu Mani for Mayavi Manave from Nathicharami
* Best Male Playback Singer award went to Arijit Singh for Binte Dil from Padmaavat
* Award for Best book on cinema – Malayalam Book Mano Prarthana Pulley; In A Cult Of Their Own gets Special Mention
* Award for Best Film Critic – Blase Johnny (Malayalam), Ananth Vijay (Hindi)
* Award for Best Film on Family Values – Chalo Jeetey Hai
* Award for Best Short Fiction Film – Kasab
* Award for Social Justice Film – Why Me, Ekant
* Award for Best Investigation Film – Amoli
* Award for Best Sports Film: Swimming Through The Darkness
* Award for Best Educational Film – Sarala Virala
* Award for Best Film on Social Issue -Talate Kunji
* Award for Best Environmental Film – The World’s Most Famous Tiger
* Award for Best Promotional Film – Rediscovering Jahannum
* Award for Best Film on Science and Technology GD Naidu -The Edison of India
* Best Arts and Cultural Film award went to – Munkar
* Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director went to – Feluda
* Best Non-Feature Film award went to – Sunrise, The Secret Life of Frogs
Actors like Sruthi Hariharan, Chandrachud Rai, Josy Joseph, Savitri have got special mention for their excellent performances.
In the regional language film section :
* The Best Rajasthani Film – Turtle
* The Best Panchanga Film – In The Land Of Poisonous Women
* The Best Garo Film – Anna
* The Best Marathi Film – Bhonga
* The Best Tamil Film – Baram
* The Best Urdu Film – Hamid
* The Best Bengali Film – Ek Je Chhilo Raja
* The Best Malayalam Film – Sudani From Nigeria
* The Best Telugu Film – Mahanati
* The Best Kannada Film – Nathicharami
* The Best Konkani Film – Amori
* The Best Assamese Film – Bulbul Can Sing
* The Best Punjabi Film – Harjeeta
* The Best Gujarati Film – Reva
* The Special Effect award winner was – Awe, KGF
* The Background Music Awardwinner was – Uri: The Surgical Strike
* The Best Makeup Artist – Ranjith for Awe
* The Best Costume Designer – Rajshree Patnaik, Varun Shah and Archana Rao for Mahanati
* Award for Best Action was for – KGF – Chapter 1
* Award for Best Lyrics – Nathicharami
* Award for Best Production Design – Kammara Sambhavam
* Award for Best Editing – Nathicharami
* Award for Best Location Sound – Tendlya
* Best Sound Design Award went to – Uri : The Surgical Strike
* Recipient of Best Mixed Track was – Rangasthalam
* Award for Best Original Screenplay was received by Chi La Sow
* Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Andhadhun
* Award for Best Dialogue -Tarikh
* Award for Best Cinematography – Olu (Malayalam) to MJ Radhakrishnan
* Award for Best Film on Social Issues went to – Pad Man
* Best Feature Film award went to – Hellaro (Gujarati)
* Best Children’s Film award went to – Sarkari. Hi. Pra. Shale Kasaragodu, Koduge
* Best Child artists are -PV Rohith for Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada), Sameep Singh for Harjeeta (Punjabi), Talha Arshad Reshi for Hamid (Urdu), Shrinivas Pokale for Naal(Marathi)
* Recipient of national award for the category of best Film on Environment Conservation – Paani
* Recipient of Nargis Dutt Award for National Integration – Ondalla Eradalla
* Award for the category of Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment went to -Badhaai Ho
* Jury Awards was received by – Kedara (Bengali), Hellaro (Gujarati)
* Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of A Director was received by -Sudhakar Reddy Yakanthi for Naal
