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The 65th National Film Awards were announced by Shekhar Kapur, the head of the Jury for feature films, in the capital, New Delhi, on April 13th, 2018 i.e Friday. While the award ceremony will be held on May 3, 2018, the prestigious awards will be presented by President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
Late veteran actors Sridevi and Vinod Khanna were awarded posthumously with the former receiving the National Film Award for Best Actress for revenge drama MOM and Vinod Khanna was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award a year after his sad dismissal.
Here is a list of all the winners:
Dada Saheb Phalke Award: Vinod Khanna
Best Director: Jayaraj for Bhayanakam (Malayalam)
Best Feature Film: Village Rockstars (Assamese)
Best Film Critic: Giridhar Jha
Special Mention for Film Criticism: Sunil Mishra of Madhya Pradesh
Special Mention Award: Marathi Film - Murakhiya; Odia film: Hello RC; Take Off- Malayalam; Pankaj Tripathi bags a Special Mention award for Newton; Malayalam actor Parvathy too gets a special mention
Best Regional Film: Ladhakh
Best Marathi Film: Kaccha Limbu
Best Malayalam Film: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Best Hindi Film: Newton
Best Bengali Film: Mayurakshi
Best Assamese Film: Ishu
Best Tamil Film: To Let
Best Telugu film: Gazi
BEST Gujarati film: DHH
Best Kannada film: Hebbettu Ramakka
Best Action Direction: Baahubali 2
Best choreography: Toilet Ek Prem Katha (Ganesh Acharya is the choreographer)
Best Special Effects: Baahubali 2
Special Jury Award: Nagar Kirtan(Bengali)
Best lyrics for song Muthu Ratna, for Kannada film March 22
Best Music Direction: A R Rahman for Kaatru
Background score: A R Rahman for Mom
Best Make-Up artist- Ram Razak for Nagar Kirtan
Best Production Design: Santosh Rajan (Malayalam)
Best editing: Reema Das (for an Assamese film)
Best Original Screenplay: Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum
Best Adapted Screenplay: Bhayankam, to Jairaj
Best Film playback Singer- Shasha Tirupati (Vaan Varuvaan song)
Best Male Playback Singer: Yesudas
Best supporting actress - Divya Dutta, Irada (Hindi Film)
Best Supporting Actor - Fahadh Faasil
Best Actress: Sridevi for Mom
Best Actor: Ridhhi Sen, Nagar Kirtan
Best Film for National Integration - Dhappa (Marathi)
Best Popular Film: Baahubali 2
Best Film on Social Issues: Aalorukkam
Best Child artist: Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars)
