Sridevi, Newton bag 65th National Film Awards; full winners list
Mumbai: The 65th National Film Awards announcement is being held at PIB Conference Room, Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi.
It was announced by the 10 member jury panel headed by director Shekhar Kapur.
Best Director: Jayaraj (Bhayanakam)
Best Actress: Sridevi for 'Mom'.
Best Male Playback Singer: Yesudas
Best Child Artist: Anita Das for 'The Village Rockstar'
Best Screenplay (Original): 'Thondimuthalum Driksaakshiyum'
Best Screenplay (Adapted): 'Bhayanakam'
Best Cinematography: 'Bhayankam'
Best Female Playback Singer: Waang by Sasha Tirupathi ('Kaatru Veliyidai')
Best Sound Design: Walking With The Wind ('Ladakhi Film')
Best Location Sound Recordist: 'The Village Rockstar'
Best Music Director: 'Kaatru Veliyidai' by Mani Ratnam
Best Song: Kaatru Veliyidai (AR Rahman)
Best Background Score: 'Mom' (AR Rahman)
Best Makeup Artist: Ram Rajak
Best Costume: Govinda Mandal for 'Nagar Kirtan'
Best Production Design: 'Take Off' (Malayalam) Santosh Raman
Best Editing: 'Village Rockstar' (Assamese) - Reema Das
Best VFX: 'Baahubali 2'
Special Jury Award: Nagar Kirtan
Best Lyrics: 'March 22' (Kannada film) song: 'Muthuratna'
Best Telegu Film: 'Ghazi'
Best Gujarati Film: 'DHH'
Best Action Direction: 'Baahubali 2'
Best Choreography: 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' (Gori Tu Latth Maar) by Ganesh Acharya
Best Tamil Film: 'To Let'
Best Bengali Film: 'Mayurakshi'
Best Hindi Film: 'Newton', directed by Amit Masurkar, star cast: Rajkummar Rao
Best Kannada Film: 'Hebbettu Ramakka'
Best Oriya film: 'Hello Aarsi'
Best Film in Jasari: 'Sinjar'
Special Mention Awards:
Marathi Film: 'Morkhya'
Oriya Film: 'Hello Mirror'
Parvathy, 'Take Off'
Pankaj Tripathi, 'Newton'
Best Critic On Cinema Award: Giridhar Jha, Special Mention to Sunil Mishra
Best Short Film Fiction: 'Maiyat'
Best Film On Family Values: 'Happy Birthday'
Best Direction: Pravash Ch Nivandan, Nagraj Manule
Best Cinematography: 'Eye Test', 'Don'
Best Investigative Film: '1984 When The Sun Did Not Rise'
Best Animation Film: 'Fish Curry', 'Maachar Jhol'
Special Jury Award: 'The Old Man', 'Monday'
Best Adventure Film: 'Ladakh Chale Rickshaw Waale'
Non-Feature Films: Best Educational Film 'The Girls We Were' and 'The Women We Are'
While the announcement has already taken place, the actual awards ceremony will be held on May 3 and will be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Akshay Kumar had won the National Award for 'Rustom', Zaira Wasim won the best supporting actress for 'Dangal' and Sonam Kapoor won a special mention for her performance in 'Neerja' in 2017.
