Friday saw the announcement of the 64th National Film Awards for the movies released in 2016. The two big names from Bollywood to win this year were Sonam Kapoor for Neerja (Best Actress Special Jury Award) and Akshay Kumar for Rustom (Best Actor). The Jury for the awards was headed by famous director Priyadarshan.Surabhi Lakshmi won the Best Actress award for the Malayalam film Minnaminungu portraying a mother living in deplorable conditions.
#NationalFilmAwards : Best Actor for Rustom,countless emotions,very hard to express my gratitude right now but still tried,a big THANK YOU?? pic.twitter.com/Wo7mfi6dI8
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) April 7, 2017
#BestFilm & Special Mention/Jury Award…This could not have been possible without the love &… https://t.co/0vFpac6R6G
— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) April 7, 2017
Congratulations Ms. Surabhi Lakshmi for your sterling performance and winning the #NationalFilmAwards accolades for the Best Actress.
— M Venkaiah Naidu (@MVenkaiahNaidu) April 8, 2017
Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dhanak won the Best Children’s Film, while Priyanka Chopra produced and Ashutosh Gowariker starrer Marathi film Ventilator took home three National Awards for editing, sound mixing and direction (Rajesh Mapuskar won Best Director).
Lol… mommy-beti madhuchopra #proudproducers #happydance #ventilator #nationalfilmawards2017… https://t.co/WqnjNHgRBP
— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) April 8, 2017
The South Superstar Mohanlal was also awarded with a Special Jury Award. Dangal had Zaira Wasim take home the National Award for Best Supporting Actress. On the other hand Sonam Kapoor starrer and Ram Madhvani directed Neerja also fetched the award for Best Film in Hindi. Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu starrer Shoojit Sircar’s Pink won Best Film on Social Issues.
When 10 National Award winning Luminaries worked together.They delivered us the best. Congrats to the PINK team. @SrBachchan @ShoojitSircar pic.twitter.com/Ty7cmJijfh
— Rahul Sen EF (@rahul1021986) April 8, 2017
Here is a complete list of the Winners:
Akshay Kumar
Best Actor (Rustom)
Surabhi Lakshmi
Best Actress (Minnaminungu the FireFly)
Dashakriya
Best Feature Film in Marathi
Bisorjon
Best Feature Film in Bengali
Kaasav
Best Feature Film
Manoj Joshi
Best Supporting Actor (Dashakriya)
Eleeanora Images Private Ltd.
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Dark wind)
Nila Madhab Panda
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Dark wind)
Sonam Kapoor
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Neerja)
Adil Hussain
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Mukti Bhawan)
Shubhashish Bhutiani
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Mukti Bhawan)
Red Carper Moving Pictures
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Mukti Bhawan)
Mohanlal
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) (Pulimurugan, Janatha Garage, Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol)
Sundara Iyer
Best Male Playback Singer (Joker)
Manohara
Best Child Artist (Railway Children)
Neerja
Best Feature Film in Hindi
Iman Chakraborty
Best Female Playback Singer (Praktan)
Joker
Best Feature Film in Tamil
Bapu Padmanabha/Bapu Flute
Best Music Direction (Allama)
Sathamanam Bhavati
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Reservation
Best Feature Film in Kannada
Rajesh Mapuskar
Best Direction (Ventilator)
Pelli Choopulu
Best Feature Film in Telugu
Anupam Roy
Best Lyrics (Praktan)
Vairamuthu
Best Lyrics (Dharma Durai)
24
Best Cinematography (Tirru)
Maheshinte Prathikaaram
Best Feature Film in Malayalam
Zaira Wasim
Best Supporting Actress (Dangal)
Alifa
Best First Film of a Director
Cycle
Best Costume Design (Sachin Lovalekar)
Dikchow Banat Palaax
Best Feature Film on National Integration
Pink
Best Film on Other Social Issues
Mahayoddha Rama
Best Animated Film
Ventilator
Best Editing (Rameshwar S. Bhagat)
24
Best Production Design
Dhanak
Best Children’s Film
Lady Of The Lake
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
Kaadu Pookkunna Neram
Best Audiography
Ventilator
Best Audiography (Alok De)
Janatha Garage
Best Choreography (Raju Sundaram)
Shivaay
Best Special Effects (Paul Naveen)
Pelli Choopulu
Best Screenplay (Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam)
Maheshinte Prathikaaram
Best Screenplay (Syam Pushkaran)
Dashakriya
Best Screenplay (Sanjay Krishnaji Patel)
NK Ramakrishna
Best Make-up Artist (Allama)
Wrong Side Raju
Best Feature Film in Gujarati
Jaicheng Jai Dohutia
Best Feature Film in Moron (Haanduk)
Mayamara Production
Best Feature Film in Moron (Haanduk)
Peter Hein
Stunt Choreographer (Pulimurugan)
Madipu
Best Feature Film in Tulu · Chethan Mundari, Aastha Production
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