67th National Film Awards Announced; Chhichhore Best Hindi Film

TNI Bureau:   The 67th National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Monday for the year 2019.

While, Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee bagged ‘Best Actor Award’ for his performance in ‘Bhonsle’ and ‘Dhanush bagged ‘Best Actor Award’ for Asuran’, Kangana Ranaut won the ‘Best Actress’ award for ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi” and ‘Panga’.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s starrer Chhichhore has won the Best Hindi Film.

Ollywood film ‘Kalira Atita’ and ‘Sala Budhar Badla’ emerged as the Best Odia Film while Shrikshetra-Ru-Sahijata directed & produced by Ashutosh Pattnaik won the Best Arts and Culture Film award in non-feature category.

List of Winners at the 67th National Film Awards:

Best Feature Film: Marakkar-Arabikkadalinte-Simham

Best Actor: Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran

Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut Manikarnika and Panga

Best Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi for Tashkent Files

Best Supporting Actor: Vijay Sethupathi for Super Delux

Best Child Artist: Naga Vishal

Best Direction: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for Bahattar Hoorain

Best Original Screenplay: Kaushik Ganguly for Jyeshtoputro

Best Adapted Screenplay: Srijit Mukherji for Gumnaami

Best Dialogue Writing: Vivek Agnihotri for Tashkent Files

Best Film on Social Issues: Anandi Gopal

Best Male Playback Singer: B Praak

Best Female Playback Singer: Bardo

Special Mention in Feature Film category: Biryani (Malyalam), Jonaki Porua (Assamese), Lata Bhagwan Kare, Picasso (Marathi)

Best Hindi Film: Chhichhore

Best Bengali Film: Gumnaami

Best Telugu Film: Jersey

Best Tamil Film: Asuran

Best Odia Film: Kalira Atita and Sala Budhar Badla

Non-feature Films Category

Best Promotional Film: The Shower (Hindi)

Best Biographical Film: Elephants Do Remember

Best Directorial Debut: Raj Pritam More for Khisa (Marathi)

Best Film: An Engineered Dream (Hindi)

Best Arts and Culture Film: Shrikshetra-Ru-Sahijata (Odia)

Best Film on Family Values: Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole

Best Short Fiction Film: Custody

Special Jury Award: Small scale Societies

Best Animation Film: Radha

Best Investigation Film: Jakkal

Best Exploration Film: Wild Karnataka

Best Educational Film: Apples and Oranges

Best Film on Social Issue: Holy Rights and Ladli

Best Environmental Film: The Stork Saviours

Best Promotional Film: The Shower

Best Arts and Cultural Film: Shrikshetra Ru-Sahijita

Best Biographical Film : Elephants Do Remember

Best Debut non-feature film of a Director: Khisa

Best Non-Feature Film: An Engineered Dream

Best Narration: Wild Karnataka (English) by Sir David Attenborough

Best Audiography: Radha

Best Editing: Shut Up Sona

Best Music Direction: Bishalkhjyoti, Kranti Darshi Guruji-Ahead of Times

Best on Location Sound Recordist: Rahas, Saptarishi Sarkar

Best Cinematography: Sonsi, Savita Singh

Best Direction: Knock Knock Knock Sudhansu Saria

Best Film Critic: Sohini Chattopadhyay