68th National Film Awards winners record

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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