The names of the winners of 64th National Awards were announced today at the National Media Centre in New Delhi .
The 64th National Awards jury is headed by Priyadarshan.
Over 300 films vied for the top spot this year. The process to choose the best from Indian cinema began on March 16 and the winners will be announced today.
The complete list:
Best Hindi Movie: Neerja
Best Actor: Akshay Kumar for Rustom
Best Actress award goes to Surabhi for Minnaminungu
Rajesh Mapuska bags Best Director for his Marathi film ‘Ventilator’
Best Female Supporting Actor award goes Zaira Wasim for Dangal
Marathi film ‘Kaasav’ named the Best Feature film
Adil Hussain wins Special Mention
Best Male Playback Singer award was bagged by Sundara Iyer for Tamil film ‘Joker’.
Best Female Playback Singer goes to Emaan Chakraborty for ‘Tumi Jaake Bhalobasho’ from film ‘Praktan’.
Best Editing goes to Marathi film ‘Ventilator’
Best Writing award is given to G Dhananjay
Uttar Pradesh is selected ‘Most Film Friendly State’
Special mention Award to Jharkand
Special Mention to Sonam Kapoor’s ‘Neerja’
Best Tamil movie: ‘Joker’
Best Malayalam Movie: Maheshinte Prathikaaram
Best Kannada Film: Reservation.
Best Special Effect Award: Shivaay
Best Bengali Film conferred to Bisarjan
Best Marathi film conferred to Dashakriya
Jury Award: Mohanlal
Best Lyrics went to song ‘Endha Pakkam’ from film ‘Dharma Durai’
Best Cinematography: 24 The movie
Best Child Artist: Kunju Devam, Ardish Praveen and Shaj Pathak
Best Action Director: Puli Murugan
Best film on social issues is Pink
Award for Best children film goes to Dhanak
Special Mention Award The Eyes of Darkness
Best Environmental film including agriculture conferred to ‘The Tiger who crossed the line’
Indira Gandhi Award for debut director is Khalifa (Bengali)
Best action director and stunt choreographer is Peter Haines for Pulimurugan
Lata Surgatha — a book that narrates the story of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, bagged Best book on cinema.
