The announcement of the 66th National Film Awards were held at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi. Earlier today, the jury members submitted their report to Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar with their final recommendations in various categories. Director Rahul Rawail presented the list along with other jury members.
Every year, the awards are announced in April and the ceremony is held on May 3. But this year, the awards were postponed in the wake of the general elections. Prakash Javadekar told PTI, “They made a lot of efforts for the last two months. I am very sure that they would have picked the best films, the best directors. They will announce that at the press conference today. This is 66th year of film awards and they have become a prestigious institute.”
Here are the winners in the feature films category:
Best Actor: Ayushmann Khurrana in Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal in Uri: The Surgical Strike
Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati
Best Director: Aditya Dhar for Uri: The Surgical Strike
Best Feature Film: Hellaro (Gujarati)
Best Supporting Actress: Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho
Best Supporting Actor: Swanand Kirkire for Chumbhak
Best Child artiste: P V Rohith (Kannada), Sameep Singh (Punjabi), Talha Arshad Reshi (Urdu) and Shrinivas Pokale (Marathi)
Special Mention Award – Mahaan Hutatma
Best Film on Social Issue: Padman
Best Film providing wholesome entertainment: Badhaai Ho
Special Jury Award: Joju George (Joseph), Savitri Sasidharan (Sudani from Nigeria)
Best Regional Films
Best Hindi Film: Andhadhun
Best Telugu Film: Mahanathi
Best Tamil Film: Baaram
Best Rajasthani film: Turtle directed by Dinesh Yadav.
Best Malayalam Film: Sudani from Nigeria
Best Sherdukpan Film — Mishing
Pangchenpa Film — In The Land of Poison Women
Best Punjabi Film — Harjeeta
Best Assamese Film — Bulbul can sing
Best Konkani Film — Amori
Best Kannada Film — Nathicharami
Best Bengali Film — Ek Je Chhilo Raja
Music
Best Music: Jyoti
Best music director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat
Best Male playback singer: Arijit Singh for ‘Binte Dil’ (Padmaavat)
Best Female playback singer: Bindu Malini for ‘Mayavi Manave’ (Nithicharami)
Best background music: Uri: The Surgical Strike
Best Sound Design: Uri: The Surgical strike
Best choreography: Jyothi D Tommaar for ‘Ghoomar‘ from Padmaavat
Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay: Chi La Sow
Best Adapted Screenplay: Andhadhun
Best Dialogues: Tariqh
Most Film-Friendly state : Uttarakhand
The winners in the non-feature films category are:
Best Film: Chalo Jeete Hain
Best Short Film: Kasab
Best Sports Film: Swimming Through The Darkness
Best Educational Film: Sarlabh Virala
Best Film on Social Issues: Taala Te Kunji
Best Debut Non-Feature Film: Feluda: 50 Years of Ray’s Detective
Best Arts and Culture Film: Bunkar: The Last of The Varanasi Weavers
Best Science & Technology Film: G.D Naidu: The Edison of India
Best Environmental Film: The World’s Most Famous Tiger
Best Promotional Film: Rediscovering Jalam
Best Film on Science and Technology: GD Naidu: The Edison of Indi
Best Investigative Film — Amoli
Best Non-Feature Film — Son Rise and The Secret Life of Frogs
