The winners of the 65th National Film Awards were announced today by the jury headed by director Shekhar Kapur and a panel comprising screenwriter Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob, South Indian actress Gautami Tadimalla, Kannada director P Sheshadri, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffrey.
The 65th National Film Awards will be held on May 3, 2018.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Non-Feature Film
Water Baby
Best Educational Film
The Girls We Were and The Women We Are
Special Jury Award
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings
Best Director
Nagaraj Manjule
Best Animation Film
The Fish Curry and Tokri: The Basket
Best Film of Art and Culture
Girija: A life of music
Best Film on Social Issues (Non-Feature Films)
I am Bonnie and Whale Done
Mayyat (Marathi)
Special Mention Awards
Morkiya (Marathi), Hella Aarsi (Oriya), Take Off (Malayalam), Pankaj Tripathi (Newton)
Best Film in Jasari
Sinjar
Best Oriya film
Hello Aarsi
Kaccha Limbu
Best Malayalam film
Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Best Ladakhi film
Walking With The Wind
Best Tulu film
Paddayi
Best Kannada film
Hebbettu Ramakka
Best Hindi Film
Newton
Newton
Best Bengali Film
Mayurakshi
Ghazi
Best Assamese Film
Ishu
Best Tamil film
To-Let
Best Gujarati Film
DHH
Best Action Direction
Abbas Ali Moghul for Baahubali: The Conclusion
Best Choreography
Ganesh Acharya for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha‘s song “Gori Tu Latth Maar”
Best Special Effects
Recommended
Baahubali: The Conclusion
Best Music Direction
AR Rahman for Kaatru Veliyidai
Best Background Score
AR Rahman for MOM
Best Makeup artist
Ram Rajjak for Nagarkirtan (Bengali)
Best Production Design
Santhosh Raman for Take Off (Malayalam)
Best Sound Design and Best Recordist
Walking with the Wind (Ladakhi)
Best Audiography
Village Rockstars (Assam)
Best Original Screenplay
Sajeev Pazhoor for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (Malayalam)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jayaraj for Bhayanakam (Malayalam)
Best Cinematography
Nikhil S Praveen for Bhayanakam (Malayalam)
Best Lyrics
JM Prahlad for ‘Muthu Ratnada Pyate’ from March 22.
Best Female Playback Singer
Shashaa Tirupati for ‘Vaan’ from Kaatru Veliyidai
Best Supporting Actor
Fahad Fazil for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Best Supporting Actor (Female)
Divya Dutta for Irada
Best Actor (Female)
Sridevi for MOM (posthumous)
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Vinod Khanna (posthumous)
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration
Dhappa (Marathi)
Best Film
Village Rockstars
Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment
Baahubali: The Conclusion
Baahubali 2
Best Actor (Male)
Riddhi Sen for Nagarkirtan (Bengali)
Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film of a Director
Pampally for Sinjar
Best Child Artist
Bhanita Das for Village Rockstars
Best Direction
Jayaraj for Bhayanakam
Best Children’s Film
Mhorkya directed by Amar Bharat Deokar
KJ Yesudas for ‘Poy Maranja Kalam’ in the movie Viswasapoorvam Mansoor
KJ Yesudas at the Kathalikka Neramillai 50th Year Celebrations
Best Dialogues
Sambit Mohanty for Hello Arsi
Special Mentions
Pankaj Tripathi (Newton), Parvathy (Take Off), Prakruti Mishra (Hello Arsi), Yasharaj Karhade (Mhorkya)
Best Writing on Cinema (Special Mention)
Sunil Mishra
Best Book on Cinema
Matmagi Manipur: The First Manipuri Feature Film