The 64th National Film Awards were announced on Friday. Sonam Kapoor and Akshay Kumar were among the big winners. While Sonam’s Neerja was declared the Best Hindi Film of 2016, Rustom won Akshay Kumar the Best Actor award.
Here’s the complete list of winners:
Best Actor: Akshay Kumar (Rustom)
Best Actress – Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu)
Best Direction – Rajesh (Ventilator)
Best Supporting Actress – Zaira Wasim (Dangal)
Best Hindi Film: Neerja
Best Visual Effects: Shivaay
Best Film on Social Issue – Pink
Best Children Film: Dhanak (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actress: Zaira Wasim (Dangal)
Best Tamil Film: Joker
Best Malayalam Film: Maheshinte Prathikaaram
Best Kannada Film: Reservation
Best Lyrics: Dharma Durai (Endha Pakkam)
Best Child Artist: Kunju Devam, Ardish Praveen, and Shaj Pathak
Best Action Director: Puli Murugan
Jury Award: Mohanlal
Best Female Playback Singer: Iman Chakraborty
Best Male Playback Singer: Sunder Iyer
Best Screenplay (original) – Syam Pushkaran (Maheshinte Prathikaram)
Best Screenplay (adapted) – Sanjay Krishnaji patel (Dashakriya)
Best Editing – Rameshwar Ventilator
Sound designer – Jayadevan (Kaadu Pookunna Neram)
Best production design – 24
Best Costume Designer – Sachin (Marathi film)
Best Environmental film including agriculture – The Tiger Who Crossed The Line
Best Make-up Artist – MK Ramakrishna
Best Music Direction – Babu Padmanabha
Best Non-Feature film – Fireflies in the Abyss
Best Short Fiction – Aaba
Best Educational Film – The Waterfall
Best Book On Cinema – Lata Surgatha
Best Biographical/Historical reconstruction: Zikr Uss Parivash Ka
Most Film Friendly State: Uttar Pradesh
The jury also made some special mentions, that included:
• Kadvi Hawa
• Adil Hussain for Mukti Bhawan (Hindi)
• Adil Hussain for Majirathi Keki (Assamese)
• Sonam Kapoor for Neerja
• Madipur (Tulu)
• Joker (Tamil)
• Wrongside Raju Gujarati
• Pelli Chupulu (Telugu)
• Dasakriya (Marathi)
• Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)
• Ke Sara Sara (Konkini)
• Reservation (Kannada)
• Neerja (Hindi)
• Adil Hussain for Mukti Bhawan (Hindi)
• Adil Hussain for Majirathi Keki (Assamese)
• Sonam Kapoor for Neerja
• Madipur (Tulu)
• Joker (Tamil)
• Wrongside Raju Gujarati
• Pelli Chupulu (Telugu)
• Dasakriya (Marathi)
• Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)
• Ke Sara Sara (Konkini)
• Reservation (Kannada)
• Neerja (Hindi)
