The 65th National Awards announcement took place on Friday and the winners list is finally out. The jury panel of 10 members is led by renowned director Shekhar Kapur. Some of the other members on the panel are Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob, South Indian actress Gautami Tadimalla, Kannada director P Sheshadri, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffrey. National Award ceremony is one of the most awaited events for the film fraternity in India. This celebrated event will take place on May 3, 2018 when the actual trophy will be handed over to the winners.

To the delight of the fans, late legendary actress Sridevi was bestowed upon the Best Actress Award for the film MOM. MOM was the comeback film of the Hawa Hawai actress and her powerful performance had left the audience emotional and impressed. Meanwhile, Rajkummar Rao starrer Newton has won the Best Film award. The movie was India’s official entry to the Oscars. Here is the entire winners list of 65th National Awards.

Best Actress: Sridevi (MOM)

Best Actor: Ridhi Sen (Nagarkirtan)

Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Director: Pampally (Sinjar)

Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Vinod Khanna

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Baahubali 2 (Telugu)

Best Supporting Actor: Fahad Fazil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)

Best Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta (Irada)

Best Male Playback Singer: Yesudas

Best Female Playback Singer: Waang by Sasha Tirupathi (Kaatru Veliyidai)

Best Director: Jayaraj (Bhayanakam)

Best Screenplay (Original): Thondimuthalum Driksaakshiyum

Best Screenplay (Adapted): Bhayanakam

Best Cinematography: Bhayankam

Best Child Artist: Anita Das (The Village Rockstar)

Best Sound Design: Walking With The Wind (Ladakhi Film)

Best Location Sound Recordist: The Village Rockstar

Best Music Director: Kaatru Veliyidai by Mani Ratnam

Best Song: Kaatru Veliyidai (AR Rahman)

Best Background Score: MOM (AR Rahman)

Best Makeup Artist: Ram Rajak

Best Costume: Govinda Mandal (Nagar Kirtan)

Best Production Design: Take Off (Malayalam) Santosh Raman

Best Editing: Village Rockstar (Assamese) - Reema Das

Best VFX: Baahubali 2

Special Jury Award: Nagar Kirtan

Best Lyrics: March 22 (Kannada film) song: Muthuratna

Best Telegu Film: Ghazi

Best Gujarati Film: DHH

Best Action Direction: Baahubali 2

Best Choreography: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (Gori Tu Latth Maar) by Ganesh Acharya

Best Hindi Film: Newton

Best Tamil Film: To Let

Best Bengali Film: Mayurakshi

Best Kannada Film: Hebbettu Ramakka

Best Oriya film: Hello Aarsi

Best Film in Jasari- Sinjar

Best Short Film Fiction- Maiyat

Best Film On Family Values- Happy Birthday

Best Direction- Pravash Ch Nivandan, Nagraj Manule

Best Cinematography- Eye Test, Don

Special Mention Awards

Marathi Film- Morkhya

Oriya Film- Hello Mirror

Parvathy-Take Off

Pankaj Tripathi, Newton

Best Investigative Film- 1984 When The Sun Did Not Rise

Best Animation Film- Fish Curry, Maachar Jhol

Special Jury Award: The Old Man, Monday

Best Adventure Film: Ladakh Chale Rickshaw Waale.

Non-Feature Films: Best Educational Film The Girls We Were and The Women We Are.

Actress Taapsee Pannu is ecstatic that her film "Ghazi" has been named the Best Telugu film at the 65th National Film Awards. She says even though she had a cameo in the movie, it was a satisfying part for her. "Elated with the news about 'Ghazi' winning the Best Telugu film. This is the third time I have had the opportunity to be a part of a National Award winning film," Taapsee said in a statement. MOM director Ravi Udyawar said, "Wow, she deserves it. I’m really happy it’s a great news for me because it was our film. She had done a fabulous job. We all are missing her now."

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