The Awards in the Various Categories Are As Follows: Feature Films

THE AWARDS IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS: FEATURE FILMS

S.No. Name of Award Name of Film Awardees Medal Citation & Cash Prize 1. Producer: Swarna Kamal BEST FEATURE Court Zoo and COURT is a powerful FILM Entertainment and stark depiction of (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & Pvt. Ltd. 2,50,000/- the mundaneness of English) each to judicial procedure revealed brilliantly by Director : the Producer the film’s form, forcing Chaitanya and Director us to reflect on the Tamhane heart-wrenching insensitivity of institutional structures. 2. Producer:F.O.R Swarna Kamal INDIRA GANDHI Asha Jaoar Majhe Films Pvt. Ltd. and For the portrayal of AWARD FOR BEST routine ordinary life DEBUT FILM OF A (Bengali) Director : 1,25, 000/- with extraordinary DIRECTOR Aditya Vikram each to cinematic finesse. Sengupta the Producer and Director 3. Producer: Swarna Kamal BEST POPULAR Mary Kom Viacom 18 and For an inspiring tale of a FILM PROVIDING Motion Pictures woman who becomes a WHOLESOME (Hindi) 2,00,000/- national icon through ENTERTAINMENT Director : each to her determined pursuit Omung Kumar of sporting excellence. the Producer and Director 4. Producer: Rajat Kamal For its empathetic BEST FILM ON Chotoder Chobi Shree and portrayal of SOCIAL ISSUES (Bengali) Venkatesh Films marginalized people Pvt. Ltd. 1,50,000/- and their struggle for a each to life of dignity. Director : Kaushik the Producer Ganguly and Director 5. Ottal, a visual poem, BEST FILM ON Ottaal Producer: Rajat Kamal expresses the beauty ENVIRONMENT Director Cutz and and serenity of the CONSERVATION/ (Malayalam) Film Company protagonist’s rural PRESERVATION (P) Ltd. 1,50,000/- environment and a way each to of life whose value is measured by the Director : the Producer poignancy of its loss. Jayaraj and Director 6. Producer: Swarna Kamal Kaakkaa Muttai for BEST CHILDREN’S Kaakkaa Muttai Grass Root and narrating a charming FILM Film Company story of two brothers (Tamil) 1,50,000/- who are unaware of Director : each to their deprived status Manikandan M the Producer and have a and Director confrontation with the & & tastelessness of (Cash globalization. Producer: component to Elizabeth Ekadashi Essel Vision be shared Elizabeth Ekadashi is a Productions Ltd. between films) delightful tale that (Marathi) reaffirms children's Director : ability to negotiate the Paresh complexities of life with Mokashi relative ease. 7. For its brilliantly BEST DIRECTION Chotushkone Srijit Mukherji Swarna Kamal reflexive use of the and cinematic idiom (Bengali) through a playful and innovative mise-en- 2,50, scene that tautens to an 000/- unexpected and

gripping climax. 8. Vijay Rajat Kamal For his subtle and BEST ACTOR Nanu Avanalla and non-stereotypical Avalu (Kannada) playing of a woman 50,000/- trapped in a man’s body, portraying a gamut of emotions as s/he struggles through confusion, rejection and humiliation to finally chart her own course with confidence and dignity. 9. BEST ACTRESS Queen Kangana Rajat Kamal For an endearingly (Hindi) Ranaut and etched out performance that is 50,000/- grounded in contextual specificity and at the same time is disarmingly spontaneous as to appear almost improvisatory.

10. For an engaging BEST Jigarthanda(Tamil) Bobby Simhaa Rajat Kamal portrayal of a dreaded SUPPORTING and Mafia don who plays ACTOR both the villain and the comic with a rare 50,0 flamboyance and 00/- abandon.

11. For a very expressive BEST Pagdi The Honour Baljinder Kaur Rajat Kamal performance as a gritty SUPPORTING and rustic woman who ACTRESS (Haryanavi) struggles as wife and 50,000/- mother to keep her family intact in a society obsessed with patriarchal honour. 12. For their portrayal of BEST CHILD Kaakkaa Muttai J. Vignesh Rajat Kamal inseparable siblings ARTIST and living in a slum who (Tamil) & innocently struggle with 50,000/- rare dignity to acquire Ramesh (cash what attracts them in component to this vast market of be shared) products unleashed by a liberal economy only to realise the harsh reality of invincible class boundaries. 13. BEST MALE Haider Sukhwinder Rajat Kamal For a powerful PLAYBACK SINGER (Hindi) Singh and rendition which (Song: Bismil) effectively reflects the 50,000/- agony and anger of the protagonist.

14. BEST FEMALE Saivam Uttara Rajat Kamal For evoking an PLAYBACK SINGER (Tamil) Unnikrishanan and emotional resonance (Song: Azhagu) through the purity and 50,000/- innocence of her voice.

15. BEST Chotushkone Sudeep Rajat Kamal For exhibiting a wide CINEMATOGRAPH (Bengali) Chatterjee and spectrum of space and Y time while effortlessly knitting the 50,0 emotional fabric of the 00/- film. each

16. Chotushkone for the BEST SCREENPLAY masterful telling of a taut suspense thriller i) Screenplay which weaves a sinister Writer (Original): i. Chotushkone Srijit Mukherji Rajat Kamal web around the journey (Bengali) and and lives of four 50,000/- egotistical characters. ii) Screenplay ii. Ottal Writer (Adapted) : Joshy Mangalath Ottal for beautifully (Malayalam) Rajat Kamal transposing Anton

and Chekov’s short story

50,000/- onto a canvas of nature

that enhances the

shades of the original.

iii) Dialogues : iii. Haidar(Hindi) Haider for the multi Vishal layered and resonant Bhardwaj dialogues that evoke Rajat Kamal angst and passion with and crispness and brevity. 50,000/- 17. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY

i) Location i. Khwada Mahaveer Rajat Kamal Khwada for its excellent Sound Recordist (Marathi) Sabbanwal and live sound quality which skillfully captures 50,000/- all the ambient sounds with the right tonal balance.

Asha Jaoar Majhe for ii) Sound ii. Asha Jaoar Anish John creating a brilliant Designer Majhe Rajat Kamal soundscape which

(Bengali) and enhances the narrative

even in the absence of

50,000/- the spoken word. iii. Nirbashito(Ben iii) Re-recordist Anirban gali) of the final mixed Sengupta & Nirbashito for the Rajat Kamal track Dipankar Chaki seamless movement and from chaos into the 50,0 quietness of solitude 00/- while integrating various elements of sound. 18. BEST EDITING Jigarthanda(Tamil) Vivek Harshan Rajat Kamal For structuring the and different narratives of raw cruelty and urban cunning 50,0 that eventually intermin 00/- gle with positive and humourous overtones through skillful editing. 19. BEST Nachom – IA Kumpasar Aparna Raina Rajat Kamal For convincingly PRODUCTION (Konkani) and recreating spaces from DESIGN a different era and with 50,000/- minute attention to detail. 20. BEST COSTUME Haider (Hindi) Dolly Rajat Kamal For capturing the DESIGNER Ahluwalia and essence of the characters and moods 50,000/- with creative flourish. 21. BEST MAKE-UP Nanu Avanalla Nangaraju Rajat Kamal For the realistic creation ARTIST Avalu (Kannada) & and of gender duality in a character through Raju 50,000/- different phases of life. 22. BEST MUSIC For developing the DIRECTION Haider Vishal Rajat Kamal conflict of the inner and a) Songs (Hindi) Bhardwaj and outer landscape through haunting 50,000/- music.

b) Backgrou Nineteen Eighty nd Score Three(Malayalam) Gopi Sunder Rajat Kamal For maintaining the and tempo of the film with an in-sync background 50,000/- score. 23. For embodying the BEST LYRICS Saivam (Tamil) NA. Rajat Kamal world as seen through (Azhagu) Muthukumar and the eyes of a child using common place images to make an appeal to an 50,0 adult world. 00/-

24. SPECIAL JURY Khwada(Marathi) Director:Bhaur Rajat Kamal For a hard-hitting but AWARD ao Karhade and restrained narration of the harsh realities of a 2,00,000/- nomadic shepherd community who are in search of stability. 25. BEST Haider (Hindi) Sudesh Rajat Kamal For the evocative fusion CHOREOGRAPHY (Bismil) Adhana and of performative grammars, interweaving 50,000/- a staccato whirling of masculinised bodies with larger than life puppets, to create a dance that is firmly embedded within the narrative. 26. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION

a) BEST ASSAMESE Othello Producer: Rajat Kamal For its tangential FILM Artha Films and evocation of the Shakespeare play as it Director : 1,00,000/- explores mistrust and Hemanta each prejudice in a society Kumar Das ridden with political to the turmoil. Producer and Director b) BEST BENGALI Nirbashito Producer: Rajat Kamal For its poignant FILM Kaushik and articulation of the Ganguly suffocation one Productions 1,00,000/- experiences when each exiled in a land that is Director : not one’s own, as a Churni to the price that is paid for Ganguly Producer and asserting one’s right to Director freedom of expression. c) For a delightful BEST HINDI FILM Queen Producer: Rajat Kamal portrayal of a young girl Phantom Films and who emerges from her Pvt. Ltd. & cocoon of diffidence Viacom 18 1,00,000/- and middle-class mores Motion Pictures each to discover the pleasure and fulfillment of a life Director : to the lived on her own terms. Vikas Bahl Producer and Director d) Producer: Rajat Kamal For the lingering BEST KANNADA Harivu Om Studio and pathos of a father’s FILM struggle to provide Director : 1,00,000/- medical treatment to Manjunath S. each his only child and his (Mansore) long trek back home to the with his son’s corpse. Producer and Director e) For its nostalgic BEST KONKANI Nachom – IA Kumpasar Producer: Goa Rajat Kamal recovery of a distinctive FILM Folklore and musical legacy, as told Productions through the 1,00,000/- rollercoaster lives of its Director:Bardr each practitioners, that has oy Barretto remained unsung to the despite its influence Producer and upon Bombay cinema. Director f) BEST Ain Producer: 1: 1: Rajat Kamal For its gently nuanced MALAYALAM Enternatments and narrative in which a FILM carefree young man Director:Sidhar 1,00,000/- embraces responsibility tha Siva each and compassion for the lives of others. to the Producer and Director g) For its warm portrait BEST MARATHI Killa Producer:JAR Rajat Kamal of a young boy as he FILM Pictures& M R and emerges from the Film Works shadows of dislocation 1,00,000/- and loss in an unfamiliar Director:Avina each environment to sh Arun embracing what life has to the to offer. Producer and Director h) BEST ODIYA Aadim Vichar Producer: Rajat Kamal For its vibrant portrayal FILM Mohapatra and of a tribal community Movie Magic whose enabling Pvt. Ltd. 1,00,000/- humanism shows a way each out of pettiness and Director: prejudice. Sabyasachi to the Mohapatra Producer and Director i) Producer:Whit Rajat Kamal For its searing BEST PUNJABI Punjab 1984 e Hill Production and portrayal of how FILM India Pvt. Ltd. ordinary lives and 1,00,000/- simple dreams are Director:Anura each shattered in a time of g Singh militancy. to the Producer and Director

BEST TAMIL j) FILM Kuttram Kadithal Producer: Rajat Kamal For the pervasive JSK Film and empathy with which it Corporation examines the guilt and 1,00,000/- the anger that follows Director: each upon a school teacher’s Bramma.G impulsive slapping of a to the student. Producer and Director k) BEST TELUGU Chandamama Kathalu Rajat Kamal For its skilful FILM Producer: Worki and interweaving of stories ng Dream featuring a variety of Production 1,00,000/- characters bound each together by a common Director:Prave anxiety about securing n Sattaru to the their future. Producer and Director 27. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED OTHER THAN SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION a) BEST HARYANVI Pagdi The Honour Producer: V R Rajat Kamal For capturing honestly FILM Entertainers and the abrasive fabric of a patriarchal society that Director: 1,00,000/- places an inordinate Rajeev Bhatia each premium on honour, and also offering the to the possibility of liberation Producer and through an Director acknowledgement of others’ pain. b) BEST RABHA Orong Producer:Suraj Rajat Kamal For its sensitive FILM Kr. Duwarah, and portrayal of a young Aucto Creation man as he drifts 1,00,000/- through a life that Director:Suraj each offers little promise or Kr. Duwarah excitement. to the Producer and Director

28. SPECIAL MENTION a) Ain (Malayalam) Musthafa CERTIFICATE For the minute and nuanced manner in which he assays the imperceptible transformation of a carefree youth into a compassionate and responsible young man. b) For her extraordinarily Nachom – IA Kumpasar Palomi Ghosh CERTIFICATE energetic performance (Konkani) as a girl whose infectious passion for singing and love comes at enormous personal cost. c) For lovable portrayals Killa (Marathi) Parth Bhalerao CERTIFICATE with rare aplomb of an & impish and caring child Bhootnath Returns (Hindi) in both Killa and Bhootnath Returns.

NON-FEATURE FILMS

S. No. Name of Award Name of Film Awardee Medal & Citation Cash Prize 1. BEST NON Tender is the Producer: Films SWARNA For its FEATURE FILM Sight Division KAMAL sensitive and & lyrical portrayal of ten-year-old 1,50,000/- Director: Torsha Hassirbullah, each to Banerjee who, though the visually Producer & challenged, Director creates a

symphony of sounds. The film captures his universe, his life and his talent, softly and gently.

2. BEST DEBUT FILM Goonga Producer:Drishti RAJAT For its fun, yet OF A DIRECTOR Pahalwan Media KAMAL mature & portrayal of its 75,000/- protagonist, a Director: Mit Jani, each to the champion at Prateek Gupta & Producer & the Deaf Vivek Chaudhary Director * Olympics. It pointedly questions the politics that impede this capable athlete’s route to the Rio Olympics. 3. BEST Qissa – e – Producer:Public RAJAT For its light- ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ Parsi : The Service Broadcasting KAMAL hearted yet ETHNOGRAPHIC Parsi Story Trust & comprehensive FILM 50,000/- telling of the Director:Divya each to the story of India’s Cowasji & Shilpi Producer much loved Gulati & community, the 50,000/- Parsis. It Director * explores their history, the philosophy of their faith, their enterprise and their way of life, with delight and laughter.

4. BEST Aamaar Producer: Films RAJAT For its stylistic BIOGRAPHICAL/ Katha : Story of Division KAMAL and poetic HISTORICAL Binodini & portrayal of the RECONSTRUCTION Director:Tuhinabha 50,000/- 19thcentury Majumdar each to the theatre actress Producer & Binodini Devi’s Director autobiography.

5. BEST ARTS Kapila Producer:Films RAJAT For its unique /CULTURAL FILM Division KAMAL and expressive & rendering of Director: Sanju 50,000/- Kapila’s sheer Surendran each to the artistry over Producer & Kudiyattam, the Director world’s oldest theatrical art form.

6. BEST Documentati Producer:Indira RAJAT For its PROMOTIONAL FILM on of Clay Gandhi National KAMAL extensive study (to cover tourism, Image Makers Centre for the Arts & of the craft and exports, crafts, of Kumartuli 50,000/- community of industry etc) Director:Ranajit Ray each to the the clay makers Producer & in the context Director of changing times.

7. BEST I Cannot Give Producer: Top RAJAT For its ENVIRONMENT You My Forest Quark Films Pvt. Ltd. KAMAL concerned and FILM INCLUDING & empathetic AGRICULTURE Director:Nandan 50,000/- exploration of Saxena & Kavita Bahl each to the the tribal Producer & communities in Director Rayagada, Orissa, who derive their sustenance and identity from the forest.

8. BEST FILM ON Can’t Take Director:Vinod RAJAT For incisively SOCIAL ISSUES This Shit Kapri KAMAL highlighting the Anymore Producer:Bhagirathi & acute Films 50,000/- desperation of & each rural women Producer & and the Daughters of Director: Vibha Director problems they Mother India Bakshi face from the Producer: V2 Film & (Cash lack of basic Design Pvt. Ltd. Component and essential to be facilities for shared) sanitation. For explicitly and determinedly turning the spotlight on the burning issue of rape in the country and the brutal mentality that drives it.

9. b BEST Komal Producer:Climb RAJAT KOMAL – For EDUCATIONAL FILM Media India Pvt. Ltd. KAMAL effectively and Director:Prashant & concisely Shikare 50,000/- communicating each to the essential & & Producer & information to Director children to Behind the Producer:Gaahimed protect Glass Wall ia (Cash themselves Director: Component from sexual Aruna Raje Patil to be abuse. shared)

BEHIND THE GLASS WALL – For its exhaustive exploration of the world and challenges of the autistic and their caregivers. 10. BEST Life Force – Producer:Grey RAJAT For taking the EXPLORATION/ India’s Films India Pvt. Ltd. KAMAL viewer deep ADVENTURE FILM Western Ghats & into the (TO INCLUDE Director:Nallamuth 50,000/- Western Ghats SPORTS) u Subbiah each to the and engagingly Producer & revealing its Director rare and incredible biodiversity.

11. 11 BEST Phum Shang Producer:Films RAJAT For its quiet INVESTIGATIVE FILM Division KAMAL and fair- & hearted Director:Haobam 50,000/- investigation of Paban Kumar each to the the fishermen Producer & communities Director and their floating dwellings on Loktak Lake, Manipur, even as government agencies and conservationists struggle to save the lake.

12. BEST ANIMATION Sound of Joy Producer:Aura RAJAT For its flowing FILM Cinematics KAMAL and engaging Director:Sukankan & animation style Roy 50,000/- in telling the Animator:Rishi each to the stories from Sanay Producer, Vivekananda’s Director & childhood and Animator its emphasis on developing the power of concentration.

13. SPECIAL JURY A Poet, A City Producer:Films RAJAT For AWARD & A Footballer Division KAMAL demonstrating & the power of Director: Joshy 50,000/- cinema in Joseph each to the weaving Producer & together life, Director poetry and reflections of its protagonist in the face of impending death.

14. BEST SHORT Mitraa Producer:Athaansh RAJAT For its FICTION FILM Communications KAMAL empathetic & portrayal of its Director:Ravindra 50,000/- pivotal Jadhav each to the character’s Producer & sexual Director orientation, and the question of freedom around it. Shot in monochrome, the film adds to the antiquity for the era it is set in. 15. BEST FILM ON Towards the Producer:Satyajit RAJAT For its FAMILY VALUES Silver Lining Ray Film & Television KAMAL sensitive Institute & portrayal of a 50,000/- paraplegic girl Director:Bhabani each to the who builds a Tamuli Producer & house for her Director mother, and the touching bond between them. 16. BEST DIRECTION Aaranyak Director: Renu SWARNA For its Savant KAMAL existential & definition of layered 1,50,000/- thoughts and emotion that move through a reflective search to end in an ironic arrival into the real. 17. BEST Aamaar Cameraman: RAJAT For its CINEMATOGRAPHY Katha: Story of Indraneel Lahiri KAMAL stunning and Binodini & sensual visual 50,000/- imagery that to brings the story Cameraman of Binodini alive. 18. BEST Tender is the Audiographers: RAJAT The film AUDIOGRAPHY Sight KAMAL travels through Anindit Roy, & the imaginary Ateesh 50,000/- line of manifest Chattopadhyay, * and unmanifest & worlds of visual Ayan Bhattacharya and sound that balance effortlessly, imprinting the audience with a haunting aural experience.

19. BEST EDITING Tigress Blood Editor: Andi RAJAT For seamlessly Campbell Waite KAMAL structuring the & inner worlds of 50,000/- four tigress sisters through an incisive cinematic arrangement of their outer spaces. 20. BEST NARRATION/ Nitya Kalyani Narrator:Ambooty RAJAT For the depth VOICE OVER – Oru Devi KAMAL of its research Mohiniyattam & and its poetic Patham 50,000/- rendition of the history of Mohinyattam across the mighty empires along the riverbanks of Tungabhadra to Thanjavur. 21. SPECIAL MENTION a) Gunjaa Director: Mrinal CERTIFICA For poignantly Dev TE telling the story of Gunjaa, a young girl in Bihar, and her b) Seek and Director: Manoj innocent but Hide Kumar Nitharwal ironic understanding of death.

For its fine c) 5 O’Clock Director:Ruchir juxtaposition of Accident Arun a child’s expression of fear with the unawareness of the parents to elucidate a complex story of paedophelia. For its gritty story and compelling treatment of a voyeuristic teenager and the darkness that comes with his obsession.

Best Book on Cinema Title of the Book Author Publisher Citation

Silent Cinema: Swarna Kamal Swarna Pasupuleti Purnachandra (1895-1930) and Rs 75000/- Kamal and Rs Rao’s work on silent cinema to the Author: 75000/- to the commands attention. It is as Pasupuleti Publisher: worthy of a scholar’s Purnachandra EMESCO consideration as a common Rao BOOKS cinegoer’s time. He walks down the memory lane to come up with a work that is likely to go down as a benchmark for serious research in Indian cinema.

Special Mention Title of the Book Author Citation

Pride of Tamil Only Certificate: G. Dhananjayan’s Pride of Tamil Cinema (1931-2013 G. Dhananjayan Cinema deserves careful consideration for the sheer expanse of the work. The book is a painstaking effort which will have a relevance many years down the line.

Best Film Critic Name of the Critic Citation

Swarna Kamal and Rs Tanul Thakur’s work is like a breath of fresh air. In brevity 75000/- to the Critic: lies the strength of Thakur’s analysis of crests and troughs of Tanul Thakur Indian cinema. Without being didactic, Thakur is able to provide a different perspective to seemingly disparate elements and string them together in a lucid fashion.