New Delhi:
The prestigious 65th National Film Awards were announced on Friday and late actress Sridevi has been awarded the best actress award posthumously for her performance in Mom.
Besides, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion and Rajkummar Rao's Newton too have emerged as major winners.
The winners were decided by a 10 members jury which is headed by renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. The award giving ceremony will reportedly be held on May 3.
Notably, the National Film Awards 2017 invited a major controversy after Akshay Kumar won the Best actor award for his performance in Rustom. It was alleged that he won the award as a result of favoritism by the then jury head, filmmaker Priyadarshan.
It will be interesting to see how the audience will react to this year's National Film Award winner's list.
65th National Film Awards LIVE updates:
#Main Categories
*Best Male Playback Singer: K.J Yesudas (Viswasapoorvam Mansoor)
*Best Feature Film: Village Rockstars
*Best Actor: Ridhi Sen (Nagarkirtan)
*Best Actress: Sridevi (MOM)
*Best Director: Jayaraj (Bhayanakam)
*Best Debut Director: Pampally (Sinjar)
*Best Playback Singer(Female): Sasha Trupati (Vaan)
*Best Playback Singer (Male): Yesudas
*Best Child Artist: Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars)
*Best Supporting Actor: Fahad Fazil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
*Best Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta (Irada)
*Best Original Screenplay: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
*Best Adapted Screenplay: Bhayanakam
*Best Cinematography: Bhayanakam
*Best Makeup Artist: Nagarkirtan, Ram Rajak
*Best Costume: Nagarkirtan, Govinda Mandal
*Best Production Design: Take Off, Santhosh Raman
*Best Editing: Village Rockstar, Rima Das
*Best Sound Design: Walking With The Wind, Sanath George and Justin Jose
*Best Audiography: Village Rockstar, Mallika Das
*Best Background Score: AR Rahman, MOMBest Lyrics: Muthuratna, March 22
*Best Music Direction and Songs: AR Rahman, Katru Veliyidai
*Best Action Director: Abbas Ali Moghul (Baahubali-The Conclusion)
*Best Choreography: Toilet-Ek Prem Katha (Gori tu lath maar) - Ganesh Acharya
*Best Special Effects: Baahubali: The Conclusion
*Special Mention: Nagarkirtan
#Best Regional Films
*Best Bengali Film: Mayurakshi
*Best Assamese Film: Ishu
*Best Tamil Film: To Let
*Best Telugu Film: Ghazi
*Best Gujarati Film: Dhh
*Best Malayalam Film: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
*Best Kannada Film: Hebbettu Ramakka
*Best Hindi Film: Newton
*Best Ladhaki Film: Walking With The Wind
*Best Jasari Film: Sinjar
*Best Tulu Film: Paddayi
*Best Odiya Film: Hello Arsi
*Best Marathi Film: Kachcha Limbu
#Special Mention Awards
*Marathi Film- Morkhya
*Oriya Film- Hello Mirror
*Parvathy, Take Off
*Pankaj Tripathi, Newton
*Best Critic On Cinema Award goes to Giridhar Jha
*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 award goes to Ladakh Chale Rickshaw Waale. The movie narrates the journey of rickshaw puller who travelled from Kolkata to Ladakh on his rickshaw.
#Non-Feature Films: The award goes to Best Educational Film The Girls We Were and The Women We Are.
