The winners of the 68th National Film Awards have been introduced in the present day in New Delhi. Established in 1954, the celebrated awards are administered by the Government of India’s Directorate of Film Festivals. Because of Covid-19-related delays, this yr’s ceremony honoured movies from 2020, throughout a number of classes.
Earlier in the present day, a 10-member jury led by filmmaker Vipul Shah met Information and Broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur and submitted its report on the 68th National Film Awards. Speaking concerning the awards to ANI, Thakur mentioned, “I want to congratulate all the jury members and all those people whose work was reviewed and would like to congratulate those recipients who will be awarded with the National Film Awards. A word of appreciation for everyone who has done an outstanding job.” He added, “I am glad that this year we will be holding the 68 National Film Awards since we could not hold the awards for two years because of Covid.”
Here are the winners:
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Best Children’s Film
Best Debut Film of a Director
Best Animated Film
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Child Artist
Best Music Direction:
Best Male Playback Singer
Best Female Playback Singer
Best Lyrics: Saina
Best Art Direction
Best Audiography
Best Choreography
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design: Tanhaji
Best Editing
Best Make-up: Natyam
Best Screenplay
Best Special Effects
Best Stunt Choreography: Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Special Jury Award
Special Mention
Best Feature Film in Assamese
Best Feature Film in Bengali
Best Feature Film in Bodo
Best Feature Film in Dogri
Best Feature Film in Gujarati
Best Feature Film in Hindi: Toolsidas Junior
Best Feature Film in Kannada: Dollu
Best Feature Film in Kashmiri
Best Feature Film in Konkani
Best Feature Film in Malayalam: Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam
Best Feature Film in Manipuri
Best Feature Film in Marathi
Best Feature Film in Odia
Best Feature Film in Punjabi
Best Feature Film in Tamil: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
Best Feature Film in Telugu: Colour Photo
Best Feature Film in Urdu
Non-Feature Films
Best Film on Family Values: Kumkumarchan, Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
Best Direction: Oh That’s Bhanu, RV Ramani
Best Cinematography: Sabdikunna Kalappa, Nikhil S Praveen
Best Audiography: Pearl of the Desert, Ajit Singh Rathore
Best Narration Voiceover: Rhapsody of Rains – Monsoons of Kerala, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan
Best Music Direction: 1232 kms – Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar, Vishal Bhardwaj
Best Editing: Borderlands, Anadi Athaley
Best On Location Sound: Jadui Jangal, Sandeep Bhati and Pradeep Lekhwar
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
Best Film on Family Welfare
Best Film on National Integration
Best Film on Other Social Issues
Best Book on Cinema: The Longest Kiss by Kishwar Desai
Best Film Critic: No winner this yr.
Most Film Friendly State: Madhya Pradesh
Apart from chairperson Vipul Shah, the jury members embody cinematographer Dharam Gulati, National Award-winning Bengali actor Sreelekha Mukherjee, cinematographer GS Bhaskar, A Karthikraaja, VN Aditya, Viji Thampi, Sanjeev Rattan, S Thangadurai and Nishigandha.
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