New Delhi: The 65th National Film Awards, announced here on Friday, saw a mix of films from across the country taking home the honours. The jury's selection of films came in for widespread acclaim as the works hailed as the 'most-acclaimed and deserving' for the awards were the ones mostly chosen by the jury too.
Here are the major awards for Malayalam movies:
» Best Director: Jayaraj (Bhayanakam)
» Best Supporting Actor: Fahad Fazil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
» Best Malayalam Film: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
» Special Mention: Take Off (Malayalam)
» Special Mention: Parvathy (Take Off)
» Best Male Playback Singer: K J Yesudas for 'Poyimaranja Kalam' (Viswasapoorvam Mansoor)
» Best Film On Social Issues: Aalorukkam
» Best Original Screenplay: Sajeev Pazhoor (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)
» Best Adapted Screenplay: Jayaraj (Bhayanakam)
» Best Production Design: Santhosh Raman (Take Off)
» Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film (Non-Feature Film): Aneez K Mappila's 'The Slave Genesis'
» Best Cinematography: Nikhil S Praveen (Bhayanakam)
» Best Music (Non-Feature Films): Ramesh Narayanan (Shored Of Liberty)
Other awards:
» Best Director (Marathi): Nagraj Manjule
» Best Actress: Sridevi (Mom)
» Best Actor: Riddhi Sen (Nagarkirtan)
» Best Child Artist: Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars)
» Best Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta (Irada)
» Best Feature Film: Village Rockstars (Assamese)
» Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director: Sinjar
» Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Baahubali - The Conclusion
» Dada Saheb Phalke Award: Vinod Khanna (Actor)
» Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration: Dhappa
» Best Film On Environment Conservation/Preservation: Irada
» Best Children's Film: Mhorkya
» Best Female Playback Singer: Shashaa Tirupati (Kaatru Veliyidai)
» Best Make-Up Artist: Ram Rajjak (Nagarkirtan)
» Best Action Direction Award: Abbas Ali Moghul (Baahubali-The Conclusion)
» Best Short Film (Fiction): Mayyat (Marathi)
» Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya For 'Gori Tu Latth Maar' (Toilet Ek Prem Katha)
» Special Mention: Morkiya (Marathi film)
» Special Mention: Pankaj Tripathi (Newton)
» Best Lyrics: J M Prahalad For 'Muthuratna'
» Special Jury Award: Nagarkirtan
» Best Music Direction: A R Rahman (Kaatru Veliyidai)
» Best Hindi Film: Newton
» Best Kannada Film: Hebbettu Ramakka
» Best Marathi Film: Kachcha Limbu
» Best Odiya Film: Hello Arsi
» Best Tulu Film: Paddayi
» Best Jasari Film: Sinjar
» Best Ladakhi Film: Walking With The Wind
» Best Writing on Cinema/Best Book on Cinema: Matmagi Manipur - The first Manipuri Feature Film
Non-Feature Films:
» Best On Location Sound Recordist: Samarth Mahajan (The Unreserved)
» Best Editing: Sanjiv Monga & Tenzin Kunchok (Mrityubhoj - The Death Feast)
» Best Narration/ Voice Over: Francois Castellino (The Lion Of Laddak)
» Best Writing On Cinema (Special Mention): Sunil Mishra
» Best Audiography: Avinash Sonawane (Pavasacha Nibandha)
» Best Cinematography: Appu Prabhakar (Eye Test) and Arnold Fernandes (Dawn)
» Special Mention: Rebirth (Jayaraj), Cake Story (Rukshana Tabassum) And Afternoon (Swapnil Vasant Kapure)
» Special Jury Award: A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Prateek Vats) and Monday (Arun K)
» Best Animation Film: The Fish Curry (Abhishek Verma) and The Basket (Suresh Eriyat)
» Best Film On Family Values: Happy Birthday (Medhpranav Babasaheb Powar)
» Best Direction: Nagraj Manjule (Pavasacha Nibandha)
» Best Investigative Film: 1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise (Teenaa Kaur)
» Best Exploration/Adventure Film (To Include Sports): Ladakh Chale Richawala (Indrani Chakrabarti)
» Best Educational Film: The Little Girl We Were And The Women We Are (Vaishali Sood)
» Best Film On Social Issues: I Am Bonnie (Satarupa Santra) And Veil Done (Juhi Bhatt)
» Best Environmental Film: The Panthi Story
» Best Biographical/ Historical Reconstruction: Naachi Se Baanchi (Biju Toppo) And Sword Of Liberty (Shiny Jacob Benjamin)
» Best Debut Film Of A Director: Water Baby (Pia Shah)
» Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film: Name, Place, Animal, Thing (Nithin R)
» Best Arts /Cultural Film: Girija (Debapriya Adhikary, Samanwaya Sarkar)
» Best Promotional Film (To Cover Tourism, Exports, Crafts, Industry Etc)-Poetry On Fabric : Chendari Nama (Rajendra Janglay)