67th National Film Awards: Kangana Ranaut, Manoj Bajpayee and Dhanush bag top honours; Sushant Singh Rajput’s Chhichore wins Best Hindi film; full winners list out

By Vandana Srivastawa

on March 22, 2021 05:48:04 PM

The 67^th National Film Awards are being announced in New Delhi today. The ceremony bestows the most prestigious awards and honors on films and artistes for the year 2019. The awards were delayed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic and were scheduled to be held in May last year. The awards are given by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation that comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Manoj Bajpayee, Dhanush and Kangana Ranaut won the top honours of Best Actor and Best Actress respectively. Manoj won the award for Bhonsle, Dhanush for Asuran which also won Best Tamil Film while Kangana won her fourth National Award for Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi and Panga. Vijay Sethupathi won Best Supporting Actor for Super Deluxe while Pallavi Joshi won Best Supporting Actress for The Tashkent Files. Best male Playback Singer was B Praak and Best Female Playback singer was Bardo. Sushant Singh Rajput’s Chhichore wins Best Hindi film. The Malayalam-language Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham won Best Film; it also picked up the award for Best Special Effects.

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Here is the complete list of winners:

FEATURE FILMS

Best Feature Film: Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham (Malayalam)

Best Direction: Bahattar Hoorain

The award for the best actress goes to 'Kangana Ranaut' for Manikarnika-The Queen Of Jhansi (Hindi) &
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Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut (Manikarnika, Panga)

The award for the Best Actor (shared) goes to @BajpayeeManoj for Bhonsle (Hindi) and @dhanushkraja for Asuran (Tamil)#NationalFilmAwards2019 pic.twitter.com/XF1vq0WeQ5

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Best Actor: Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran

Best Supporting Actress: The Tashkent Files, Pallavi Joshi

The award for the best supporting actor goes to 'Vijaya Sethupathi' for the film 'Super Deluxe' (Tamil)#NationalFilmAwards2019 pic.twitter.com/87dnCSk3Vd

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Best Supporting Actor: Super Deluxe, Vijaya Sethupathi

Best Children Film: Kastoori (Hindi)

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of Director: Helen (Malayalam)

Special Mention: Biryani (Malayalam), Jonaki Porua (Assamese), Lata Bhagwan Kare (Marathi), Picasso (Marathi)

Best Tulu Film: Pingara

Best Paniya Film: Kenjira

Best Mishing Film: Anu Ruwad

Best Khasi Film: Lewduh

Best Haryanvi Film: Chhoriyan Chhoron Se Kam Nahi Hoti

Best Chattisgarhi Film: Bhulan The Maze

Best Telugu Film: Jersey

Best Tamil Film: Asuran Best Punjabi Film: Rab Da Radio 2

Best Odiya Film: Sala Budhar Badla and Kalira Atita

Best Manipuri Film: Eigi Kona

Best Malayalam Film: Kalla Nottam

The award for the best female playback singer goes to 'Savani Ravindra' for the song 'Raan Petala' from the film 'Bardo' (Marathi)#NationalFilmAwards2019 pic.twitter.com/Jog6HC0W8d

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Best Marathi Film: Bardo

Best Konkani Film: Kaajro

Best Kannada Film: Akshi

National Film Award for the best Hindi film goes to #Chhichore #NationalFilmAwards2019 pic.twitter.com/dJQ0s4oCHD

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Best Hindi Film: Chhichhore

Best Bengali Film: Gumnaami

Best Assamese Film: Ronuwa- Who Never Surrender

Best Stunt: Avane Srimannarayana (Kannada)

Best Choreography: Maharshi (Telugu)

Best Special Effects: Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham (Malayalam)

Special Jury Award: Oththa Seruppu Size-7 (Tamil)

Best Lyrics: Kolaambi (Malayalam)

Best Music Direction Songs: Viswasam (Tamil)

Music Direction: Jyeshthoputro

Best Make-Up Artist: Helen

Best Production Design: Anandi Gopal

Best Editing: Jersey (Telugu)

Best Audiography: lewduh (Khasi)

Best Screenplay Original Screenplay: Jyeshthoputri

Best Adapted Screenplay: Gumnaami

Best Dialogue Writer: The Tashkent Files (Hindi)

Best Cinematography: Jallikattu (Malayalam)

Best Female Playback Singer: Bardo (Marathi)

Best Male PLayback Singer: Kesri, Teri Mitti (Hindi)

Best Film on Environment Conservation: Water Burial

Most Film-Friendly State: Sikkim

Best Book on Cinema: A Gandhian Affair: India's Curious Portrayal of Love in Cinema by Sanjay Suri

Special mention- Cinema Paharana Manus written by Ashok Rane and Kannada Cinema: Jagathika Cinema Vikasa-Prerane Prabhava written by PR Ramadasa Naidu)

Best Film Critic: Sohini Chattopadhyay

NON FEATURE FILM CATEGORY

Best Narration: Wild Karnataka, Sir David Attenborough

Best Editing: Shut Up Sona, Arjun Gourisaria

Best Audiography: Radha (Musical), Allwin Rego and Sanjay Maurya

Best On-Location Sound Recordist: Rahas (Hindi), Saptarshi Sarkar

Best Cinematography: Sonsi, Savita Singh

Best Direction: Knock Knock Knock (English/Bengali), Sudhanshu Saria

Best Film on Family Values: Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole (Malayalam)

Best Short Fiction Film: Custody (Hindi/English)

Special Jury Award: Small Scale Societies (English)

Best Animation Film: Radha (Musical)