After the pandemic, the awards were presented in a physical ceremony. Earlier today, a 10-member jury led by director Vipul Shah met Information and Broadcasting minister Anurag Thakur and submitted the report on the 68th National Film Awards. The jury members also include 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.
Here’s the complete winners list:
Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru
Best Director: Sachidanandan KR
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of Director: Mandela
Best Children’s Film: Sumi
Best Debut Film of a Director:
Best Animated Film:
Best Actor: Suriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji
Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali
Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon
Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli
Best Child Artist: Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Tak Tak and Akanksha Pingle & Divyesh Indulkar for Sumi
Best Music Direction: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo
Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao and Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Taktak
Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma
Best Lyrics: Saina
Best Art Direction
Best Audiography: Dollu
Best Choreography: Natyam
Best Cinematography: Avijatrik
Best Costume Design: Tanhaji
Best Editing: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
Best Production Design: Kappela
Best Make-up: Natyam
Best Screenplay: Soorarai Pottru
Best Special Effects
Best Stunt Choreography: Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Special Jury Award
Special Mention: Aimee Baruah, Kavya Prakash, Siddharth Menon, Kishore Kadam and Varun Buddhadev
Best Feature Film in Assamese: Bridge
Best Feature Film in Bengali: Avijatrik
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: Goshta Eka Paithanichi
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 Haryanvi: Dada Lakhmi
Best Feature Film in Dimasa: Samkhor
Best Feature Film in Tulu: Jeetige
Non-Feature Films
Best Film on Family Values: Kumkumarchan, Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
Best Direction: Oh That’s Bhanu, RV Ramani
Best Cinematography: Shabdikkunna 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, Sandip Bhati and Pradeep Lekhwar
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: Taledanda
Best Film on Family Values: Kukumarchan
Best Short Fiction Film: Kachichinithu
Special Jury Award: Admitted, Ojaswee Sharma
Best Investigative Film: The Saviour: Brig. Pritam Singh
Best Book on Cinema: The Longest Kiss by Kishwar Desai
Best Book on Cinema (Special Mention): MT Anunahvangalude Pusthakam, Anoop Ramakrishnan and Kali Paine Kalira Cinema by Surya Deo
Best Film Critic: No winner this year.
Most Film Friendly State: Madhya Pradesh
Speaking about the awards to ANI, Anurag Thakur said, “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. 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.”
