62nd National Film Awards were announced .

The 62nd National Film Awards were announced today by Jury Chairpersons directors P. Bharathiraja (Feature Film Jury), Kamal Swaroop (Non-Fiction Feature Film Jury) and Ziya Us Salam (Writing on Film Jury).   Chaitanya Tamhane’s multi-lingual debut feature Court won the  best Feature Film Award.  Best Actor awrd won by  Kannada actor Vijay and  Kangana Ranaut  the Best Actress award .Bengali filmmaker Srijith Mukerji bagged the award for Best Direction for his film Chotushkone.  Bengali feature Asha Jaor Majhe won the Indira Gandhi Award for the Best Film by a debut director.  Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider, many a awards like  Best Dialogue, Choreography, Costume Design, Playback Singing and Music Direction.  Malayalam film Ottaal  directed by Jayaraj was adjudged the best film on environment conservation, Mary Kom was judged the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment.  Ain  was adjudged as  best Malayalam film and Kuttram Kadithal as  best Tamil Film.

 The full list :

Feature Film Awards

Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, English)

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film Of A Director: Asha Jaor Majhe (Bengali)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary Kom (Hindi)

Best Film On Environment Conservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)

Best Direction: Srijith Mukherjee/ Chotushkone (Bengali)

Best Actor: Vijay/ Nan Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)

Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut/ Queen (Hindi)

Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simha/ Jigarthanda (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur/ Pagdi The Honour (Haryanvi)

 

Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhvinder Singh/ Haider (Hindi)

Best Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unnikrishnan/ Saivam (Tamil)

Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia/ Haider (Hindi)

Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj/ Haider (Hindi)

Best Background Score: Gopi Sundar/ 1983 (Malayalam)

Best Choreography: Haider (Hindi)
Special Jury Mention: Khwada (Marathi)
Best Lyrics: Nag Muthukumar/ Saivam (Tamil)
Best Make-Up Artiste: Nangaraju & Raju/ Nan Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
Best Production Design: Aparna Raina/ Nachom Ia Kumpasar (Konkani)
Best Audiography: Mahavir Sabbanwal/ Khwada (Marathi)
Best Sound Designing: Anish John/ Asha Jaor Majhe (Bengali)
Best Re-recording: Nirbashito (Bengali)
Best Original Screenplay: Srijith Mukherji/ Chatushkone (Bengali)
Best Cinematography: Sudip Chatterjee/ Chatushkone (Bengali)
Best Editing: Vivek Harshan/ Jigarthanda (Tamil)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joshi Mangalath/ Ottaal (Malayalam)
Best Dialogues: Vishal Bhardwaj/ Haider (Hindi)
Best Children’s Film: Kakkai Muttai (Tamil), Elizabeth Ekadashi (Marathi)
Best Child Artiste: N. Vignesh, Ramesh/ Kakkai Muttai (Tamil)
Best Film on Social Issues: Chotoder Chobi (Bengali)

Best Assamese Film : Othello

Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito

Best Hindi Film: Queen

Best Kannada Film: Harivu

Best Malayalam Film: Ain

Best Marathi Film: Killa

Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar

Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984

Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal

Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu
Best Rabha Film: Orong
Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour

 

Best Feature Films (Special Mention): Ain (Malayalam), Nachom Ia Kumpasar (Konkani), Killa (Marathi), Bhoothnath Returns (Hindi)

Best Educational Films: Komal, Behind The Glass Wall

Best Exploration/ Adventure Films: Life Force-India’s Western Ghats

Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang

Best Animation Film: Sound Of Joy

Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa

 

Awards for Writing on Cinema

Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

Best Book On Cinema: Silent Cinema (1895-1930) by Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao

Best Writing On Cinema (Special Mention): Pride Of Tamil Cinema by G. Dhananjayan

Non-Fiction Feature Films

Best Narration: Ambooty Devi/ Nithya Kalyani    

Best Editing: Andy Campbell/ Tigress Blood

Best Audiography: Tender Is The Sight

Best Cinematography: Indraneel Lehri/ Amar Katha: The Story Of Binodini

Best Direction: Renu Sawant/ Aranyak

Best Film On Family Values: Towards The Silver Lining 
Special Jury Mention: A Poet, A City, A Footballer

Best Film on Environmental Issues: I Cannot Give You My Forest

Best Film On Social Issues: Can’t Take This Shit Anymore, Daughters Of Mother India

Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction: Amar Katha-The Story Of Binodini

Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film: Qissa-The Parsi Story

Best Debut Film Of A Director: Goonga Pahalwan

Best Non-Fiction Feature Film: Tender Is The Sight