The Government of India confers individuals who excel in the field of film-making. The national awards serve as an acknowledgement of the effort put in by the awardees and the talent that they showcase.

Let us take a look at those who received an award for their exemplary work in the 62^nd National Film Awards.

1. Best Actor: Sanchari Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu

 

2. Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut in Queen

 

3. Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simha for Jigarthanda

 

4. Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi: The Honour

 

5. Best Feature Film: Court (directed by Chaitanya Tamhane)

 

6. Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Mary Kom (directed by Omung Kumar)

 

7. Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang (directed by Haobam Paban Kumar)

 

8. Best Non-Feature Film: Tender is the Sight (directed by Torsha Banerjee)

 

9. Best Book on Cinema (Golden Lotus Award): Silent Cinema: (1895-1930) by Pasupuleti Purna Chandra Rao

 

10. Best Book on Cinema (Special Mention): Pride of Tamil Cinema by Dhananjayan

 

11. Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa (directed by Ravi Jadhav)

 

12. Best Film on Environmental Conservation/ Preservation: Ottaal (directed by Jayaraj)

 

13. Best Film on Family Welfare: Towards The Silver Lining (directed by Bhabani Tamuli)

 

14. Best Film on Social Issues: Can’t Take This Shit Anymore (directed by Vinod Kapri)

 

15. Best Film on Social Issues: Daughters of Mother India (directed by Vibha Bakshi)

 

16. Best Film on Other Social Issues: Chotoder Chobi (directed by Kaushik Ganguly)

 

17. Best Environment FilmIncluding Agriculture: I Cannot Give You My Forest (directed by Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl)

 

18. Best Exploration/Adventure Film: Life Force—India’s Western Ghats (directed by Nallamuthu Subbiah)

 

19. Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film: Komal (directed by Prashant Shikare)

 

20. Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film: Behind the Glass Wall (directed by Aruna Raje Patil)

 

21. Best Promotional Film: Documentation of Clay Image Makers of Kumartuli by Ranjit Ray

 

22. Best Arts/Culture Film: Kapila by Sanju Surendran

 

23. Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film: Qissa–e–Parsi : The Parsi Story (directed by Divya Cowasji & Shilpi Gulati)

 

24. Best Biographical Film/ Best Historical Reconstruction Film: Aamar Kotha: Story of Binodini (directed by Tuhinabha Majumdar)

 

25. Best Children’s Film: Elizabeth Ekadashi (directed by Paresh Mokashi)

 

26. Best Animated Film: Sound of Joy (directed by Sukankan Roy)

 

27. Best Feature Film in Hindi: Queen (directed by Vikas Bahl)

 

28. Best Feature Film in Telugu: Chandamama Kathalu (directed by Praveen Sattaru)

 

29. Best Feature Film in Tamil: Kuttram Kadithal (directed by Bramma.G)

 

30. Best Feature Film in Bengali: Nirbashito (directed by Churni Ganguly)

 

31. Best Feature Film in Marathi: Killa (directed by Avinash Arun)

 

32. Best Feature Film in Malayalam: Ain (directed by Sidhartha Siva)

 

33. Best Feature Film in Kannada: Harivu (directed by Manjunatha Somashekara Reddy)

 

34. Best Feature Film in Assamese: Othello (directed by Hemanta Kumar Das)

 

35. Best Feature Film in Konkani: Nachom-ia Kumpasar (directed by Bardroy Barretto)

 

36. Best Feature Film in Odia: Aadim Vichar (directed by Sabyasachi Mohapatra)

 

37. Best Feature Film in Punjabi: Punjab 1984 (directed by Anurag Singh)

 

38. Best Feature Film in Haryanvi: Pagdi: The Honour (directed by Rajeev Bhatia)

 

39. Best Feature Film in Rabha: Orong (directed by Suraj Kr. Duwarah)

 

40. Dadasaheb Phalke: Shashi Kapoor

 

41. Special Jury Award (Feature Film): Bhaurao Karhade for Khwada

 

42. Special Jury Award (Non Feature Film): A Poet, A City & A Footballer (directed by Joshy Joseph)

 

43. Special Mention (Feature Film): Palomi Ghosh for Nachom-ia Kumpasar

 

44. Special Mention (Feature Film): Musthafa for Ain

 

45. Special Mention (Feature Film): Parth Bhalerao for Bhootnath Returns and Killa

 

46. Special Mention (Non Feature Film): Gunjaa (directed by Mrinal Dev)

 

47. Special Mention (Non Feature Film): Seek and Hide (directed by Manoj Kumar Nitharwal)

 

48. Special Mention (Non Feature Film): 5 O’Clock Accident (directed by Ruchir Arun)

 

49. Best Direction (Feature Film): Srijit Mukherji for Chotuskone

 

50. Best Direction (Non Feature Film): Aaranyak (directed by Renu Savant)

 

51. Best First Film of a Director (Feature Film): Labour of Love (Asha Jaoar Majhe) (directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta)

 

52. Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director: Goonga Pehelwan (directed by Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta and Vivek Chaudhary)

 

53. Best Screenplay (Original): Srijit Mukherji for Chotuskone

 

54. Best Screenplay (Adapted): Joshy Mangalath for Ottal

 

55. Best Screenplay (Dialogues): Vishal Bhardwaj for Haider

 

56. Best Choreography: Sudesh Adhana for “Bismil” from Haider

 

57. Best Female Playback Singer: Uthara Unnikrishnan for the song “Azhagu” from Saivam

 

58. Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhwinder Singh for the song “Bismil” from Haider

 

59. Best Child Artist: J. Vignesh for Kaaka Muttai

 

60. Best Child Artist: Ramesh for Kaaka Muttai

 

61. Best Music Direction (Best Score): Vishal Bhardwaj for Haider

 

62. Best Music Direction (Best Background Score): Gopi Sunder for 1983

 

63. Best Lyrics: Muthukumar for “Azhage” from Saivam

 

64. Best Audiography (Location Sound Recordist): Mahaveer Sabbanwal for Khwada

 

65. Best Audiography (Sound Designer): Anish John for Asha Jaoar Majhe

 

66. Best Audiography (Re-recordist of the final mixed track):Anirban Sengupta and Dipankar Chaki for Nirbashito

 

67. Best Audiography (Non Feature Film): Anindit Roy, Ateesh Chattopadhyay and Ayan Bhattacharya for Tender is the Sight

 

68. Best Non Feature Narration/Voice Over: Ambooty (Anil Kumar) and Devi S. for Nitya Kalyani – Oru Mohiniyattam Patham

 

69. Best Cinematography (Feature Film): Sudeep Chatterjee for Chotuskone

 

70. Best Cinematography (Non Feature Film): Indraneel Lahiri for Aamar Kotha: Story of Binodini

 

71. Best Editing (Feature Film): Vivek Harshan for Jigarthanda

 

72. Best Editing (Non Feature Film): Andi Campbell Waite for Tigress Blood

 

73. Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

 

74. Best Production Design: Aparna Raina forNachom -ia Kumpasar

 

75. Best Costume Design: Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider

 

76. Best Makeup Artist: Raju for Nanu Avanalla Avalu