Suriya and Ajay Devgn bag Best Actor Award , Aparna Balamurali wins Best Actress, Soorarai Pottru bags Best feature film award
Still from Soorarai Pottru and Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior
Here’s the complete list of winners of the 68th National Film Awards:
Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru (Tamil)
Best Actor: Ajay Devgan (Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior) and Suriya (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali (Soorarai Pottru)
Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon (AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum {Malayalam})
Best Supporting Actress: Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum (Tamil) and Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli
Best film on Social Issues: ‘Justice Delayed but Delivered’ and ‘Three Sisters’
Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir (Saina)
Best Hindi Film: Toolsidas Junior
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’
Best Director: Sachidanandan KR for ‘AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum’ (posthumously)
Most film-friendly film state: Madhya Pradesh
Most film-friendly state (special mention): Uttarakhand and UP
Best Children’s Film: ‘Sumi’ (Marathi)
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: Taledanda (Beheading a Life )(Kannada)
Best Film on Social Issues (Themes such as prohibition,women and child empowerment,social evils like dowry, drug abuse, empowerment of differently-abled people, tribal and indigeneous people etc.): ‘Funeral’ (Marathi)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director: Madonne Ashwin for ‘Mandela’ (Tamil)
Best Screenplay: Shalini Usha Nair & Sudha Kongara for ‘Soorarai Pottru’ (Tamil)
Best Dialogue: Madonne Ashwin for ‘Mandela’ (Tamil)
Best Cinematography: Avijatrik (The Wanderlust of Apu) (Bengali); Cameraman: Supratim Bhol
Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma for ‘AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum’ (Malayalam)
Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for ‘Mi Vasantrao’ (I Am Vasantrao) (Marathi)
Best Child Artist: Anish Mangesh Gosavi for ‘Tak-Tak’ (Marathi) and Akanksha Pingle & Divyesh Indulkar for ‘Sumi’ (Marathi)
Best Telugu Film: Colour Photo
Best Tamil Film: Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum
Best Malayalam Film: Thinkalazcha Nishchayam
Best Marathi Film: Gostha Eka Paithanichi
Best Kannada Film: Dollu
Best Hindi Film: Toolsidas Junior
Best Bengali Film: Avijatrik
Best Assamese Film: Bridge
Best Action Direction Award: AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Choreography: Natyam (Telugu)
Best Lyrics: Saina (Hindi)
Best Music Direction: Thaman S for ‘Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo’ (Telugu), GV Prakash Kumar for ‘Soorarai Pottru’ (Tamil)
Best Make-up Artist: Natyam ( Dance)(Telugu); Make-up Artist: TV Rambabu
Best Costume Designer: Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior(Hindi); Costume Designer: Nachiket Barve & Mahesh Sherla
Best Production Design: Kappela (Chapel) (Malayalam); Production Designer: Anees Nadodi
Best Editing: Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum(Tamil); Editor: Sreekar Prasad
Best Audiography: Jobin Jayan for Dollu (Kannada), Anmol Bhave for ‘Mi Vasantrao’ (I Am Vasantrao) (Marathi), Vishnu Govind & Sree Sankar for ‘Malik’ (Malayalam)
Best Tulu Film: Jeetige
Best Dimasa Film: Semkhor
Best Haryanvi Film: Dada Lakhmi
Special mentions: Vaanku (Malayalam), June (Marathi), Avwanchhit (Marathi) and Godakaath (Marathi), Toolsidas Junior (Hindi)
Non-feature films:
Best Voice-over/ Narration: Shobha Tharoor Sreenivasan, ‘Rhapsody of Rains – Monsoons of Kerala’ (English)
Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj for ‘1232 Kms: Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar’
Best Editing: Anadi Athaley for ‘Borderlands’
Best On-Location Sound Recordist: Sandip Bhati & Pradeep Lekhwar, Jadui Jangal for Magical Forest
Best Audiography: Ajit Singh Rathore, Pearl of the Desert (Rajasthani)
Best Cinematography: Nikhil S Praveen for Shabdikkunna Kalappa
Best Direction: Oh That’s Bhanu (English, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi)
Best Film on Family Values: Kumkumarchan (Worship of the Goddess) (Marathi)
Best Short Fiction Film: Kachichinithu
Special Jury Award: Admitted (Hindi and English) Director: Ojaswee Sharma
Best Investigative Film: The Saviour: Brig. Pritam Singh (Punjabi)
Best Exploration/Adventure Film: Wheeling the Ball (English and Hindi)
Best Educational Film: Dreaming of Words (Malayalam)
Best Film on Social Issues: Justice Delayed but Delivered
Best Film on Social Issues: Three Sisters (Bengali)
Best Environment Film: Manah Aru Manuh (Manas and People) (Assamese)
Best Promotional Film: Surmounting Challenges (English)
Best Science and Technology Films: On the brink season 2- Bats (English)
Best Arts and Culture Film: Naadada Navaneeta DR PT Venkateshkumar
Best Biographical Film: Pabung Syam (Manipuri)
Best Ethnographic Film: Mandal ke Bol (Hindi)
Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director: Pariah (Marathi and Hindi)
Best Non-Feature Film: Testimony of Ana
