National Film Awards 2018: Newton Wins Big, Sridevi and Vinod Khanna Honoured

The 65th National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi today. Sridevi was posthumously adjudged as the Best Actor (Female) for her role in ‘Mom’. Rajkummar Rao’s ‘Newton’ also roped in several accolades.

India’s official entry to the Oscars 2018, Newton has been adjudged as the ‘Best Hindi’ film.

Actor Pankaj Tripathi, who played a pivotal role in the engaging election drama, has been bestowed with the ‘Special Mention Award’ by the jury.

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Legendary actress Sridevi was awarded the Best Actor (Female) award for her engaging performance in the thriller ‘Mom’.
The Best Action Director award went to Abbas Ali Moghul for ‘Baahubali 2-The Conclusion’. The film also won the Best Popular Film award.

Veteran actor Vinod Khanna received the ‘Dada Saheb Phalke Award’. The announcements were made by Shekhar Kapur, of ‘Mr India’ & ‘Bandit Queen’ fame, who was the convening chairman of the central panel for this year’s awards.

Malayalam movie ‘Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum’ starring Fahad Faasil and directed by Dileesh Pothan won the Best Screenplay (Original) Award. It also won the award for the “Best Malayalam Movie.” The Special Jury Mention National Film Award went to Malayalam movie ‘Take off’ and its actress Parvathy.

The movie captures the despair of Malayali nurses who work outside India and were abducted by the ISIS. The narrative journeys into their struggles as nurses and the socio-cultural biases that they have to tackle in their personal and professional lives as Keralites.

‘Take Off’, starring actors Paravathy, Kunchacko Boban and Fahadh Faasil, is director Mahesh Narayanan’s debut feature.

National Film awards 2018 full list of winners:

65th National Film Awards for Non-Feature Films

BEST AUDIOGRAPHY: Pavasacha Nibandha
Audiographer: Avinash Sonawane

Best On location Sound Recordist: Samarth Mahajan (The Unreserved)

BEST EDITING: Mrityubhoj The Death Feast
Editor: Sanjiv Monga & Tenzin Kunchok

BEST MUSIC: Shored of Liberty
Music Director: Ramesh Narayanan

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BEST NARRATION/ VOICEOVER: The Lion of Laddak
Narrator: Francois Castellino

SPECIAL MENTION:
(a) Rebirth- Director: Jayaraj
(b) Cake Story- Director: Rukshana Tabassum
(c) Afternoon- Director: Swapnil Vasant Kapure

Best Writing on Cinema (Special Mention): Mr Sunil Mishra

Best Film Critic: Mr Giridhar Jha

Best Book on Cinema: Matmagi Manipur-The first Manipuri Feature Film

65th National Film Awards for Feature Films

BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER: K.J Yesudas (Viswasapoorvam Mansoor)
Song: Poy Maranja Kalam

BEST FEATURE FILM: Village Rockstars

INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Sinjar
Producer: SHIBU G SUSEELAN
Director: PAMPALLY

BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: Baahubali – The Conclusion
Producer: Prasad Devineni
Director: @ssrajamouli

NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Dhappa
Producer: Sumatilal Popatlal Shah
Director: Nipun Dharmadhikari

BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: AALORUKKAM
Producer: JOLLY LONAPPAN
Director: V C ABHILASH

BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/
PRESERVATION: IRADA
Producer: IRADA ENTERTAINMENT LLP
Director: APARNAA SINGH

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM: MHORKYA
Producer: Kalyan Rajmogli Padal
Director: Amar Bharat Deokar

BEST DIRECTION: Director- Jayaraj (BHAYANAKAM)

BEST ACTRESS: Sridevi (MOM)

BEST ACTOR: Riddhi Sen (NAGARKIRTAN)

BEST CHILD ARTIST: Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: @divyadutta25 (IRADA)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Fahad Fazil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)

BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Kaatru Veliyidai

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bhayanakam

BEST SCREENPLAY
i) Screenplay Writer (Original): Sajeev Pazhoor (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
ii) Screenplay Writer (Adapted): JAYARAJ (Bhayanakam)
iii) Dialogues: Sambit Mohanty (Hello Arsi)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Santhosh Raman (Take Off)

BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST: Ram Rajjak (Nagarkirtan)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
a)Songs – @arrahman- Kaatru Veliyidai
b)Background Music- A. R Rahman (MOM)

BEST LYRICS: J M Prahalad
Song: Muthuratna

SPECIAL JURY AWARD: Nagarkirtan
Producer: Sani Ghose Ray
Director: Sani Ghose Ray

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:
SONG: “Gori Tu Latth Maar”
Ganesh Acharya

BEST ACTION DIRECTION AWARD: Abbas Ali Moghul (Baahubali-The Conclusion)

BEST GUJARATI FILM: Dhh
Producer: Amruta Parande
Director: Manish Saini

BEST TELUGU FILM: Ghazi
Producer: Prasad V. Potluri (Picture House Media Limited) (PVP Cinema)
Director: Sankalp

BEST TAMIL FILM: To Let
Producer: Prema Chezhian
Director: Chezhiyan

BEST ASSAMESE FILM: Ishu
Producer: Children’s Film Society, India
Director: Utpal Borpujari

BEST BENGALI FILM: Mayurakshi
Producer: Firdausul Hasan
Director: Atanu Ghosh

BEST HINDI FILM: Newton
Producer: Amit V Masurkar
Director : Manish Mundra

BEST KANNADA FILM: Hebbettu Ramakka
Producer: Putta Raju .S.A
Director: N.R Nanjunde Gowda

BEST MALAYALAM FILM: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Producer: Sandip Senan
Director: Dileesh Pothan

BEST MARATHI FILM: Kachcha Limbu
Producer: Mandarr Bhaskar Devasthali
Director: Prasad Oak

BEST ODIYA FILM: Hello Arsi
Producer: Ajaya Routray
Director: Sambit Mohanty

BEST TULU FILM: Paddayi
Producer: Nithyananda Pai
Director: Abhaya Simha

BEST JASARI FILM: SINJAR
Producer: Shibu G Suseelan
Director: Pampally

BEST LADAKHI FILM: Walking With The Wind
Producer: Mahesh Mohan
Director: Praveen Morchhale

SPECIAL MENTION: Newton

SPECIAL MENTION:
Take Off– Parvathy
Hello Arsi– Prakruti Mishra
Mhorkya– Yasharaj Karhade

(Edited By Vinayak Hegde)

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