One of the most anticipated awards in the nation, the list for the 66th National Awards was announced today and it sure does look super exciting. Some of the most talked about films of the year, like Andhadhun, Uri: The Surgical Strike, Badhaai Ho and Padman won big at the awards. The jury for the awards was headed by director Rahul Rawail, along with cinematographer AS Kanal, and filmmaker Utpal Bhojpuri. As per reports, the list was submitted to Prakash Javadekar, the Information and Broadcasting Minister
Here’s the entire list of all the National Award winners:
Best Feature Film: Hellaro a Gujarati film directed by Abhishek Shah
Best Actor: Ayushmann Khuranna for Andhadhun and Vicky Kaushal for Uri : The Surgical Strike
Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati
Best Supporting Actor – Swanand Kirkire for Chumbhak
Best supporting actress – Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho
Best Director: Aditya Dhar for Uri : The Surgical Strike
Best Popular Film: Badhaai Ho
Best Choreography: Padmaavat for Ghoomar
Best Film for National Integration – Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada)
Best Cinematography – Olu (Malayalam) to MJ Radhakrishnan
Best Action Direction: KGF Chapter I
Best film on Environment issues – Paani (which was produced by Priyanka Chopra‘s production house)
Best Debut Film of a Director: Naal(Marathi)
Best film on Social Issues: Padman
Best Children’s Film: Sarkari Area Prathamika Shaale Kasaragod (Kannada)
Special Jury Award: Award shared by Sruthi Hariharan for Naticharami (Kannada), Joju George for Joseph (Malayalam), Savithri S for Sudani From Nigeria (Malayalam) and Chandrachud Rai
Best Educational Film: Sarala Virala (Kannada)
Best non feature film: Son Rise by Vibha Bakshi and The Secret Life of Frogs by Ajay and Vijay Bedi.
Best Regional films
Best Rajasthani Film: Turtle
Best Tamil Film: Baaram
Best Marathi Film: Bhonga
Best Hindi Film: Andhadhun
Best Urdu Film: Hamid
Best Telugu Film: Mahanati
Best Assamese Film: Bulbul Can Sing
Best Punjabi Film: Harjeeta
Screenplay
Best Original Screenplay: Chi La Sow (Telegu)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Andhadhun
Best Dialogues: Tariqh
Music
Best Lyrics: Nathichirami (Kannada)
Best Music Direction (Songs): Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat
Best Music Direction (Background score): Uri: The Surgical Strike
Best Sound Design: Uri: The Surgical Strike
Best Female playback Singer: Bindhu Malini for ‘Mayavi Manave’ from Nathichirami (Kannada)
Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh for ‘Binte Dil’ from Padmaavat
Production
Best Make Up artist– Awe (Telegu)
Best Production Design: Kammara Sambhavam (Malayalam)
Best Costume: Mahanati (Telegu/Tamil)
Congratulations to all the winners!
This is quite the list, isn’t it?! I sure am going to check out the films I haven’t watched from here. What about you guys?