The announcement of the 65th National Film Awards was held at PIB Conference Room, Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi. The chairpersons of the three juries (Feature, Non-feature, and Writing) for the 65th National Film Awards announced the awards for the different categories. This year, the jury was headed by director Shekhar Kapur. The jury panel has 10 members which include 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.
Here is the full list of winners:
Dada Saheb Phalke Award: Vinod Khanna
Best Director: Jayarai for Bhayanakam (Malayalam)
Best Book on Cinema: First book on Manipuri Films. This is The First Time
that a book on Manipuri Films has got an award
Best Film Critic: Giriahar Jha
Special Mention for Film Criticism: Sunil Mishra of Madhya Pradesh
Special Mention Award: Marathi Film – Murakhiya; Odia film: Hello RC;
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Malayalam: Pankaj Tripathi bags a Special Mention award for Newton;
Malayalam actor Parvathy too gets a special mention
Best Regional Film: Ladhakh
Best Marathi Film: Kaccha Limbu
Best Malayalam Film: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Best Hindi Film: Newton
Best Bengali Film: Mayurakshi
Best Assamese Film: Ishu
Best Tamil Film: To-Let
Best Telugu film: Ghazi
Best Gujarati Film: DHH
Best Kannada Film: Hebbettu Ramakka
Best Action Direction: Baahubali 2
Best choreography: Toilet Ek Prem Katha (Ganesh Acharya is the
choreographer)
Best Special Effects: Baahubali 2
Special Jury Award: Nagar Kirtan(Bengali)
Best lyrics: for song Muthu Ratna, for Kannada film March 22
Best Music Direction: A R Rahman for Kaatu Veliyidai
Background Score: A R Rahman for MOM
Best Make-Up Artist: Ram Razak for Nagar Kirtan
Best Production Design: Santosh Rajan (Malayalam)
Best Editing: Reema Das (for an Assamese film)
Best Screenplay Original: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Best Adapted Screenplay: Bhwankam, to Jairaj
Best Film Playback Singer– Shasha Tirupati (Vaan Varuvaan song)
Best Male Playback Singer: Yesudas
Best Supporting Actress – Divya Dutta, Irada (Hindi Film)
Best Supporting Actor – Fahad Faazil
Best Actress: Sridevi for Mom
Best Actor: Ridhhi Sen. Nagar Kirtan
Best Film for National Integration – Dhappa (Marathi)
Best Popular Film: Baahubali 2
