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THE 66TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2018, INDIA

THE 66TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2018, INDIA

FEATURE FILMS

AWARD
FILM
AWARDEE
BEST FEATURE FILM

HELLARO
Language: Gujarati
Producer: Saarthi Productions LLP
Director: Abhishek Shah
BEST DIRECTION

URI : THE SURGICAL STRIKE
Language: Hindi
Director: Aditya Dhar
BEST ACTOR

ANDHADHUN
Language: Hindi
Ayushmann Khurrana

URI: THE SURGICAL STRIKE
Language: Hindi
Vicky Kaushal
BEST ACTRESS

MAHANATI
Language: Telugu
Keerthy Suresh
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

CHUMBAK
Language: Marathi
Swanand Kirkire
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

BADHAAI HO
Language: Hindi
Surekha Sikri
INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR

NAAL
Language: Marathi
Producer: Mrudhgandh Films LLP
Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT

BADHAAI HO
Language: Hindi
Producer: Junglee Pictures Limited
Director: Amit Sharma
NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION

ONDALLA ERADALLA
Language: Kannada
Producer: D N Cinemas
Director: Satya Prakash D
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES

PADMAN
Language: Hindi
Producer: Hope Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Director: R. Balki
BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/ PRESERVATION

PAANI
Language: Marathi
Producer: Purple Pebble Pictures
Director: Addinath Kothare
BEST CHILDREN’S FILM

SARKARI HIRIYA PRATHAMIKA SHALE KASARGODU
Language: Kannada
Producer: Rishab Shetty Films
Director : Rishab Shetty
BEST CHILD ARTIST

ONDALLA ERADALLA
Language: Kannada
P V Rohith

HARJEETA
Language: Punjabi
Sameep Singh

HAMID
Language: Urdu
Talha Arshad Reshi

NAAL
Language: Marathi
Shrinivas Pokale
BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER

PADMAAVAT
Language: Hindi
Arijit Singh
Song: Binte Dil Misriya mein
BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER

NATHICHARAMI
Language: Kannada
Bindhu Malini
Song: Maayavi Manave
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

OLU
Language: Malayalam
Cameraman:M J Radhakrishnan
BEST SCREENPLAY
  • Screenplay Writer (Original):

CHI ARJUN LA SOW
Language: Telugu
Rahul Ravindran
  • Screenplay Writer (Adapted):

ANDHADHUN
Language: Hindi
Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas,
Yogesh Chandekar, Hemant Rao,
Pooja Ladha Surti
  • Dialogues:

TARIKH
Language: Bengali
Churni Ganguly
BEST AUDIOGRAPHY
  • Location Sound Recordist

TENDLYA
Language: Marathi
Gaurav Verma
  • Sound Designer

URI: THE SURGICAL STRIKE
Language: Hindi
Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee
  • Re-recordist of the final mixed track

RANGASTHALAM
Language: Telugu
Raja Krishnan M.R
BEST EDITING

NATHICHARAMI
Language: Kannada
Nagendra K Ujjani
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

KAMMARA SAMBHAVAM
Language: Malayalam
Bangalan
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

MAHANATI
Language: Telugu
Indrakshi Pattanaik, Gaurang Shah & Archana Rao
BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST

AWE
Language: Telugu
Ranjith
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
  • Songs

PADMAN
Language: Hindi
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
  • Background Music

URI: THE SURGICAL STRIKE
Language: Hindi
Shashwat Sachdev
BEST LYRICS

NATHICHARAMI
Language: Kannada
Manjunatha S (Manasor)
Song: Maayavi Manave
SPECIAL JURY AWARD

HELLARO
Language: Gujarati
Actresses: Shraddha Dangar, Shachi Joshi, Denisha Ghumra, Neelam Paanchal, Tarjani Bhadla, Brinda Nayak, Tejal Panchasara, Kaushambi Bhatt, Ekta Bachwani, Kamini Panchal, Jagruti Thakore, Riddhi Yadav & Prapti Mehta

KEDARA
Language: Bengali
Director: Indradip Dasgupta
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS

AWE
Language: Telugu
Srushti Creative Studio

KGF
Language: Kannada
Unifi Media
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

PADMAAVAT
Language: Hindi
Kruti Mahesh Madya &
Jyoti Tomar
Song: Ghoomar
BEST ACTION DIRECTION AWARD

KGF
Language: Kannada
Vikram More & Anbu Ariv
SPECIAL MENTION

NATHICHARAMI
Language: Kannada
Sruthi Hariharan (Actress)

KADAKH
Language: Hindi
Chandrachoor Rai (Actor)

JOSEPH
Language: Malayalam
Joju George (Actor)

SUDANI FROM NIGERIA
Language: Malayalam
Savithri (Actress)
BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
  • BEST ASSAMESE FILM

BULBUL CAN SING
Producer: Flying River Films
Director : Utpal Borpujari
  • BEST BENGALI FILM

EK JE CHHILO RAJA
Producer: SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Srijit Mukherjee
  • BEST GUJARATI FILM

REVA
Producer: Brainbox Studios
Director: Rahul Surendrabhai Bhole & Vinit Kumar Ambubhai Kanojiya
  • BEST HINDI FILM

ANDHADHUN
Producer: Matchbox Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Sriram Raghavan
  • BEST KANNADA FILM

NATHICHARAMI
Producer: Tejaswini Enterprises
Director: Manjunatha S. (Mansore)
  • BEST KONKANI FILM

AMORI
Producer: Opus Ga La
Director: Dinesh P Bhonsle
  • BEST MALAYALAM FILM

SUDANI FROM NIGERIA
Producer: The Happy Hours Entertainments
Director: Zakariya
  • BEST MARATHI FILM

BHONGA
Producer: Nalinee Productions
Director: Shivaji Lotan Patil
  • BEST PUNJABI FILM

HARJEETA
Producer: Sizzlin Productions
Director: Vijay Kumar Arora
  • BEST TAMIL FILM

BAARAM
Producer: Reckless Roses
Director: Priya Krishnaswamy
  • BEST TELUGU FILM

MAHANATI
Producer: Swapna Cinema
Director: Nag Ashwin
  • BEST URDU FILM

HAMID
Producer: Saregama India Ltd.
Director: Aijaz Khan
BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED OTHER THAN SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
  • BEST GARO FILM

MA’AMA
Producer: Anna Films
Director: Dominic Sangma
  • BEST PANGCHENPA FILM

IN THE LAND OF POISON WOMEN
Producer: Aaas Productions
Director: Manju Borah
  • BEST RAJASTHANI FILM

TURTLE
Producer: Shivazza Films & Entertainment
Director: Dinesh S Yadav
  • BEST SHERDUKPAN FILM

MISHING
Producer: BB Entertainment Trade Private Limited
Director: Bobby Sarma Baruah

NON-FEATURE FILMS

AWARD
FILM
AWARDEE
BEST NON-FEATURE FILM

SON RISE
Producer: V2 Films & Design Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Vibha Bakshi

THE SECRET LIFE OF FROGS
Producer: Bedi Universal
Director: Ajay Bedi & Vijay Bedi
BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR

FELUDA_50 YEARS RAYS DETECTIVE
Producer & Director: Sagnik Chatterjee
BEST ARTS /CULTURAL FILM

BUNKAR: THE LAST OF THE VARANASI WEAVERS
Producer: Narrative Pictures & S apana Sharma
Director: Satyaprakash Upadhyay
BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FILM

G.D.NAIDU : THE EDISON OF INDIA
Producer: Films Division
Director: Renjith Kumar
BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry etc)

REDISCOVERING JAJAM
Producer: Rachel Bracken Singh
Director: Avinash Maurya & Kriti Gupta
BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM INCLUDING AGRICULTURE

THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS TIGER
Producer: Natural History Unit India
Director: Subbiah Nallamuthu
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES

TAALA TE KUNJEE
Producer: Simardeep Singh Bhatia
Director: Shilpi Gulati
BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM

SARALA VIRALA
Producer: Sujatha H R
Director: Eregowda
BEST FILM ON SPORTS

SWIMMING THROUGH THE DARKNESS
Producer: Perspective
Director: Supriyo Sen
BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM

AMOLI
Producer: Culture Machine Media Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Jasmine Kaur Roy & Avinash Roy
SPECIAL JURY AWARD

WHY ME? - DIRECTOR
Director: Harish Shah

EKAANT – ART DIRECTION
Art Director: Neeraj Singh
BEST SHORT FICTION FILM

KHARVAS
Producer: Shree Mahalasa Productions Ponda
Director: Aditya Suhas Jambhale
BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES

CHALO JEETE HAIN
Producer: Sundial Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Mangesh Hadawale
BEST DIRECTION

AAI SHAPPATH
Director: Gautam Vaze
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

THE SECRET LIFE OF FROGS
Cameraman: Ajay Bedi &
Vijay Bedi



BEST AUDIOGRAPHY

CHILDREN OF THE SOIL
Re-recordist (final mixed track): Bishwadeep Chatterjee
BEST ON LOCATION SOUND RECORDIST

THE SECRET LIFE OF FROGS
On location sound recordist: Ajay Bedi
BEST EDITING

SON RISE
Editor : Hemanti Sarkar
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION

JYOTI
Music Director: Kedar Divekar
BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER

MADHUBANI – THE STATION OF COLOURS
Narrator: Deepak Agnihotri &
Urvija Upaddhyay
SPECIAL MENTION

MAHAAN HUTATMA
Director: Sagar Puranik

GLOW WORM IN A JUNGLE
Director: Ramana Dumpala

LADDOO
Director: Sameer Sadhwani & Kishor Sadhwani

REPORT OF JURY ON BEST WRITING ON CINEMA



BEST BOOK ON CINEMA

MOUNA PRATHANAPOLE
(Malayalam)
Author: S Jayachandran Nair
Publisher: Kerala State Chalachitra Academy
SPECIAL MENTION (BOOK)

IN A CULT OF THEIR OWN: BOLLYWOOD BEYOND BOX OFFICE (English)
Author: Amborish Roychoudhury
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd
BEST CRITIC ON CINEMA

Blais Johny
Language: Malayalam

Anant Vijay
Language: Hindi

AWARD FOR MOST FILM FRIENDLY STATE

State of Uttarakhand

Related Notes:
  • An eminent film director Rahul Rawail was the Chairman of Central Panel- Feature Film .
  • The Non- Feature Film panel was headed by Shri. A.S Kanal.
  • Shri.Utpal Borpujari was the head of The Best Writing on Cinema jury.
  • An eminent filmmaker Shri Ramesh Sippy chaired ‘The Most Film Friendly State’ jury.
Source: http://pib.nic.in

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