62 nd National Film Awards were announced by jury today. Kannada actor Vijay won best actor award while Bollywood heroine Kangana Ranaut won best actress award for her performance in critically acclaimed Queen movie. These awards will be presented by President Pranab Mukherjee on May 3rd.
Here are the list of award winners.
Best Hindi Film: Queen
Best Assamese Film: Othello
Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito
Best Kannada Film: Harivu
Best Konkani Film: Nachom - IA Kumpasar
Best Malayalam Film: Ain
Best Marathi Film: Killa
Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar
Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984
Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal
Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu
Best Rabha Film: Orong
Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour
Best Music Direction:
a) Songs - Haider (Hindi)
b) Background Score - Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)
Best Choreography: Bismil for Haider
Special Mention Ain (Malayalam)
Nachom - IA Kumpasar (Konkani)
Killa (Marathi)
Bhootnath Returns (Hindi)
Best Educational Film: Komal & Behind the Glass Wall
Best Exploration/Adventure: Film Life Force - India's Western Ghats
Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang
Best Animation Film: Sound of Joy
Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa
Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur
Best Writing on Cinema : Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)- Pasupuleti
Purnachandra Rao
Best Writing on Cinema : G. Dhananjayan for Pride of Tamil Cinema
(Special Mention)
Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider
Best Female Playback Singer Saivam (Tamil) Uttara Unnikrishanan (Song:
Azhagu)
Best Male Playback Singer Haider (Hindi) Sukhwinder Singh (Song: Bismil)
Best Actress Queen (Hindi) Kangana Ranaut
Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi)
Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil)
Best Actor: Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada) Vijay
Best Direction: Chotushkone (Bengali) Srijit Mukherji
Best Film On Environment Conservation/ Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary Kom
Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director: Asha Jaoar Majhe
(Bengali)
Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)
