65th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2017
FEATURE FILMS
S.No. Name of Award Name of Film Awardees Medal & Cash Prize 1. BEST FEATURE FILM Village Rockstars Producer: Rima Das Swarna Kamal and Language: Assamese Director : Rima Das 2,50,000/- each to
the Producer and Director 2. INDIRA GANDHI Sinjar Producer: SHIBU G SUSEELAN AWARD FOR BEST Swarna Kamal and DEBUT FILM OF A Language: Jasari Director : PAMPALLY DIRECTOR 1,25, 000/- each to
the Producer and Director 3. Baahubali - The Conclusion BEST POPULAR FILM Language: Telugu Producer: Prasad Devineni Swarna Kamal and PROVIDING WHOLESOME Director : SS Rajamouli 2,00,000/- each to ENTERTAINMENT the Producer and Director
4. NARGIS DUTT AWARD Dhappa Producer: SumatilalPopatlal Shah Rajat Kamal and FOR BEST FEATURE Language: Marathi FILM ON NATIONAL Director : NipunDharmadhikari 1,50,000/- each to INTEGRATION the Producer and Director
5. AALORUKKAM BEST FILM ON SOCIAL Language: Malayalam Producer: JOLLY LONAPPAN Rajat Kamal and ISSUES Director : V C ABHILASH 1,50,000/- each to
the Producer and Director 6. IRADA Producer: IRADA ENTERTAINMENT BEST FILM ON Language: Hindi LLP Rajat Kamal and ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/ Director : APARNAA SINGH 1,50,000/- each to PRESERVATION the Producer and Director 7. MHORKYA Producer: KalyanRajmogliPadal BEST CHILDREN’S FILM Language: Marathi Swarna Kamal and Director : Amar Bharat Deokar 1,50,000/- each to the Producer and Director 8. BHAYANAKAM DIRECTOR:Jayaraj BEST DIRECTION Language: Malayalam Swarna Kamal and
2,50,000/-
9. BEST ACTOR NAGARKIRTAN RiddhiSen Rajat Kamal and Language: Bengali 50,000/-
10. BEST ACTRESS MOM Sridevi Language: Hindi Rajat Kamal and
50,000/-
11. ThondimuthalumDriksakshiyu FahadFazil BEST SUPPORTING m Rajat Kamal and ACTOR Language:Malayalam 50,000/-
12. BEST SUPPORTING IRADA DIVYA DUTTA Rajat Kamal and ACTRESS Language: Hindi 50,000/-
13. BEST CHILD ARTIST Village Rockstars Bhanita Das Rajat Kamal and Language: Assamese 50,000/-
14. BEST MALE PLAYBACK VISWASAPOORVAM Song: PoyMaranjaKalam SINGER MANSOOR Rajat Kamal and Language: Malayalam K.J Yesudas 50,000/-
15. KaatruVeliyidai SONG: VAAN BEST FEMALE Language: Tamil ShashaaTirupati Rajat Kamal and PLAYBACK SINGER 50,000/-
16. BHAYANAKAM Cameraman : Nikhil S Praveen BEST Language: Malayalam Rajat Kamal and CINEMATOGRAPHY 50,000/- each
To Cameraman and Laboratory
17. BEST SCREENPLAY ThondimuthalumDriksakshiyu Rajat Kamal and m 50,000/- i) Screenplay Writer Language: Malayalam SajeevPazhoor (Original):
BHAYANAKAM Language: Malayalam Rajat Kamal and ii) Screenplay Writer JAYARAJ 50,000/- (Adapted) : HELLO ARSI Language:Odia
iii) Dialogues : SambitMohanty Rajat Kamal and
50,000/-
18. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY Rajat Kamal and
i) Location Sound Village Rockstars Mallika Das 50,000/- Recordist
ii) Sound Designer Rajat Kamal and Walking With The Wind Sanal George 50,000/- Language: Ladakhi iii) Re-recordist of the Justin A Jose final mixed track Walking With The Wind Rajat Kamal and 50,000/- 19. BEST EDITING Village Rockstars Rima Das Rajat Kamal and
50,000/-
20. Take Off SANTHOSH RAMAN BEST PRODUCTION Language: Malayalam Rajat Kamal and DESIGN 50,000/-
21. NAGARKIRTAN GOBINDA MANDAL BEST COSTUME Rajat Kamal and DESIGNER 50,000/- 22. NAGARKIRTAN BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST RAM RAJJAK Rajat Kamal and
50,000/-
23. KaatruVeliyidai A. R RAHMAN BEST MUSIC Rajat Kamal and DIRECTION a) Songs 50,000/-
Rajat Kamal and
50,000/- b) Background MOM A. R RAHMAN Music Rajat Kamal and
50,000/- 24. March 22 BEST LYRICS J M PRAHALAD Rajat Kamal and
SONG: MUTHURATNA 50,000/-
25. NAGARKIRTAN Producer: SANI GHOSE RAY SPECIAL JURY AWARD Rajat Kamal and
Director : KaushikGanguly 2,00,000/-
26. B BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS Baahubali – 2 R C Kamalakannan Rajat Kamal and
50,000/- 27. TOILET EK PREM KATHA BEST CHOREOGRAPHY Rajat Kamal and SONG: "GoriTuLatth Maar" GANESH ACHARYA 50,000/-
28. Baahubali-2 BEST ACTION ABBAS ALI MOGHUL Rajat Kamal and DIRECTION AWARD 50,000/-
29. SPECIAL MENTION Newton PankajTripathi Certificate
30. SPECIAL MENTION Take Of Parvathy Certificate 31. SPECIAL MENTION Hello Arsi Prakruti Mishra Certificate
32. SPECIAL MENTION Mhorkya YasharajKarhade Certificate
Raman Devkar
33. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
a) BEST ASSAMESE FILM ISHU Producer: CHILDREN'S FILM SOCIETY, INDIA Rajat Kamal and
1,00,000/- each Director : UTPAL BORPUJARI to the Producer and Director
b) BEST BENGALI FILM MAYURAKSHI Producer: FIRDAUSUL HASAN Rajat Kamal and
Director :AtanuGhosh 1,00,000/- each
to the Producer and Director
c) Newton BEST HINDI FILM Producer: Manish Mundra Rajat Kamal and
Director : Amit V Masurkar 1,00,000/- each
to the Producer and Director d) HEBBETTU Producer: PUTTA RAJU .S.A Rajat Kamal and BEST KANNADA FILM RAMAKKA Director : N.R NANJUNDE GOWDA 1,00,000/- each
to the Producer and Director f) THONDIMUTHAL Producer: SandipSenan Rajat Kamal and BEST MALAYALAM FILM UM DRIKSAKSHIYUM 1,00,000/- each Director: DileeshPothan to the Producer and Director g) KACHCHA LIMBU Producer:MandarrBhaskarDevasthali Rajat Kamal and BEST MARATHI FILM Director: Prasad Oak 1,00,000/- each
to the Producer and Director h) BEST ODIYA FILM Hello Arsi Producer: AjayaRoutray Rajat Kamal and
Director: SambitMohanty 1,00,000/- each
to the Producer and Director
Producer: PremaChezhian Rajat Kamal and j) BEST TAMIL FILM To Let 1,00,000/- each Director: Chezhiyan to the Producer and Director k) BEST TELUGU FILM Producer: Prasad V. Potluri (Picture House Rajat Kamal and Ghazi Media Limited) (PVP Cinema) 1,00,000/- each
Director: Sankalp to the Producer and Director BEST GUJARATI FILM Dhh Producer: AmrutaParande Rajat Kamal and Director: Manish Saini 1,00,000/- each
to the Producer and Director
BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED OTHER THAN SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION a) BEST TULU FILM Producer: NithyanandaPai Rajat Kamal and
Paddayi 1,00,000/- each Director: AbhayaSimha to the Producer and Director b) Producer: SHIBU G SUSEELAN BEST JASARI FILM Rajat Kamal and SINJAR 1,00,000/- each Director: PAMPALLY to the Producer and Director c) BEST LADAKHI FILM Walking With Producer: Mahesh Mohan Rajat Kamal and The Wind 1,00,000/- each Director: Praveen Morchhale to the Producer and Director
NON-FEATURE FILMS
S.No. Name of Award Name of Film Awardee Medal & Cash Prize Citation
1. BEST DEBUT FILM OF A Water Baby Producer:Varun Shah “A sensitive portrayal of adolescent fears DIRECTOR RAJAT KAMAL and aspirations, displaying promising Director:Pia Shah & directorial talent.” 75,000/- each to the Producer & Director
2. BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ Name, Place, Producer:Nithin R RAJAT KAMAL Name, Place, Animal, Thing ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM Animal, Thing & - A spontaneous documentation of Director: Nithin R 50,000/- each to unique social practices and an And the Producer exuberant existence against all Shared & odds. Slave Genesis 50,000/- Director Producer:Aneez K M (Cash Component to Slave Genesis - “A cinematic exploration Director: Aneez K M be shared) of a little known tribal community that has internalized its own oppression through elaborate creation myths.”
3. BEST BIOGRAPHICAL/ Naachi se Producer: Films RAJAT KAMAL Naachi se Baanchi HISTORICAL Baanchi Division & Tracing the footprints of the global yet RECONSTRUCTION 50,000/- each to rooted leader Padmashree Ram And the Producer & DayalMunda’s inspirational journey Director:BijuToppo, Director through his music, academics and Sword of Meghnath politics. Liberty (Cash Component to AND be shared) Swored of Liberty - An elaborate reconstruction of a Diwan’s life in the Producer: R C Suresh erstwhile Travancore State.
Director: Shiny Jacob Benjamin
4. BEST ARTS /CULTURAL Girija Producer: Madhu RAJAT KAMAL A reasoning reverence to VidushiGirija FILM Chandra, SudhaDatta & Devi through her musical journey of 50,000/- each to more than six decades, highlighting her the Producer & ability to caress each note and make Director:DebapriyaA Director* every word exquisite. dhikary, SamanwayaSarkar, SankalpMeshram
5. BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM Poetry on Fabric Producer: Sanjay RAJAT KAMAL A beautiful song on celluloid that weaves (to cover tourism, exports, : ChendariNama Gupta for Pro Art & together Chanderi town’s heritage and crafts, industry etc) India 50,000/- each to famed saree weavers. – the Producer & CHANDERINAMA Director:RajendraJan Director glay
6. BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM The Pangti Producer: RAJIV RAJAT KAMAL A positive film on Pangti’s annual foreign INCLUDING AGRICULTURE Story MEHROTRA & guests – the magnificent Amur Falcon – 50,000/- each to and community efforts to save the bird Director: SESINO the Producer & from poachers – THE PANGTI STORY YHOSHU Director*
7. BEST FILM ON SOCIAL I am Bonnie Producer: Films RAJAT KAMAL I am Bonnie – The pitiful plight of a ISSUES Division & football champion struggling with his And 50,000/- each family and society for a respectable life Director:SatarupaSan Producer & Director and career. Veil Done tra (Cash Component to be shared) AND Veil Done - “An intimate depiction of women for whom merely stepping Director: JUHI BHATT outside their homes is a courageous and
Producer: RAJIV empowering act.” MEHROTRA
8. bBEST EDUCATIONAL FILM The Little Girl Producer: RAHI RAJAT KAMAL A poignant social issue handled boldly We Were and Foundation & yet sensitively, steering the scarred past the Women We 50,000/- each to to a healing future. Are Director: the Producer & VaishaliSood Director
9. BEST EXPLORATION/ LadakhChaleRic Producer: Films RAJAT KAMAL An incredible journey on 3 wheels of an ADVENTURE FILM (TO hawala Division & ordinary man with extraordinary INCLUDE SPORTS) 50,000/- each to dreams. Director: the Producer & IndraniChakrabarti Director
10. 1BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM 1984, When the Producer:TeenaaKau RAJAT KAMAL A determined effort of a filmmaker to 1 sun didn’t rise r & come to terms with a disturbing event in 50,000/- each to history. Director: TeenaaKaur the Producer & Director 11. BEST ANIMATION FILM The Fish Curry Producer: MUNISH RAJAT KAMAL The fish curry - “A well crafted portrayal TEWARI & about accepting those with alternate And 50,000/- sexual preferences.” Director: ABHISHEK each to the VERMA Producer, The Basket – A simple loving narrative The Basket Director & using complex animation techniques. Animator: ABHISHEK Animator VERMA (Cash Component to And be shared)
Producer:NilimaEriya t
Director: Suresh Eriyat
Animator: StudioEEKSAURUS
12. SPECIAL JURY AWARD A Very Old Man Producer: Films RAJAT KAMAL A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings with Enormous Division & A deeply reflective film on a former Mr. Wings 50,000/- each to Universe, who is silently battling with old Director:Prateek Vats the Producer & age. And Director AND Monday Producer: FTII Monday – A simple and surreal representation of the mechanical and Director: Arun K mundane.
13. BEST SHORT FICTION FILM Mayat Producer:DrSuyashSh RAJAT KAMAL “A layered film that presents morality inde & and ethics as choices available to us 50,000/- even in our most desperate and needy Director: Dr each to the moments.” SuyashShinde Producer & Director 14. BEST FILM ON FAMILY Happy Birthday Producer FTII RAJAT KAMAL A meaningful exploration of a small VALUES & boy’s changing attitude towards his Director: 50,000/- father’s sacrifice and love. MEDHPRANAV each to the BABASAHEB POWAR Producer & Director
15. BEST DIRECTION PavasachaNiba Director:NAGRAJ SWARNA KAMAL “A realistic and moving story told with ndha MANJULE & masterful cinematic skill and enduring 1,50,000/- empathy.” 16. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Eye Test Cameraperson: RAJAT KAMAL Eye Test AppuPrabhakar & An exploration in tonalities and contrast,
And 50,000/- to woven with memories and vision. Cameraperson Dawn AND Dawn – Potent imagery bordering on darkness and hope.
Cameraperson: Arnold Fernandes
17. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY PavasachaNiba Audiographer: RAJAT KAMAL A near perfect marriage of sound with ndha Avinash & visuals and narrative in a manner that Sonawane 50,000/- enhances the impact of the film.
18. Best On location Sound The Unreserved On Location Sound RAJAT KAMAL Skilful recording of audio in difficult and Recordist Recordist: & complicated locations that has made the Samarth Mahajan 50,000/- * to film come alive. On Location Sound Recordist 19. BEST EDITING Mrityubhoj The Editor: RAJAT KAMAL Well-paced editing of a sombre subject Death Feast SanjivMonga& Tenzin & that keeps the audience engaged till the Kunchok 50,000/- * to end. Editor 20. BEST MUSIC Shored of Music Director: RAJAT KAMAL An evocative musical score that does Liberty Ramesh Narayanan & justice to the era of the film. 50,000/- * 21. BEST NARRATION/ VOICE The Lion of Narrator: A crystal clear and effective narration of OVER Laddak Francois Castellino RAJAT KAMAL a fearless officer of the Indian Army & 50,000/-* 22. SPECIAL MENTION Rebirth Director : Jayaraj Rebirth – A heartfelt film focussing on the quest of the differently-abled for Director: meaningful and dignified lives. Cake Story RukshanaTabassum Cake Story – A vibrant father – son
Director: CERTIFICATE relationship directed with great SwapnilVasantKapure dexterity and humour. Afternoon Afternoon- An insightful portrayal of a woman finding courage to fight her demons.
Report of Jury on Best Writing on Cinema
Best Book on Cinema
S.No Title of Book Author Publisher Citation 1 Matmagi Manipur-The first Swarna Kamal and Rs. Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75000/- Bobby Wahengbam’sbook Matmagi Manipur- Manipuri Feature Film 75000/- to Publisher: The first Manipuri Feature Film provides a vivid to Author : Angomningthou Preservation & account of the socio-political scenario in which Bobby Wahengbam Documentation Manipur regional cinema was born. The book
denotes a compassionate account of the dreams, challenges, preparation, execution and success of the team involved. The critical analysis of the film makes it more praiseworthy and insightful.
Best Critic on Cinema
S.No Name of the Critic Citation 1 Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75000/- GiridharJha has a keen eye on current cinema trends. In Lucid and simple English language, he writes about both to Critic: popular and serious cinema with equal command. His writings cover vast horizon of Hindi cinema with authenticity and originality. Mr. GiridharJha
Special Mention
S.No Name of the Critic Citation 1 Special Mention Sunil Mishra’s articles on cinema, written in eloquent Hindi, are delightful readings ranging from biography of an Certificate : individual to critical analysis of the films. His insightful writings on varied subjects of Indian cinema are useful for all cine lovers. Mr. Sunil Mishra