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National Film Awards, India

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    Golden Lotus Award

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    Best Children's Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        35-Chinna Katha Kaadu

      7.9 (1.4K)

    Best Debut Film of a Director

    • Randeep Hooda at an event for Highway (2014)
      Winner
      • Randeep Hooda
      • Swatantrya Veer Savarkar

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Rajkumar Periasamy
      • Amaran

    Best Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Article 370

      7.8 (29K)

    Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Kalki 2898 AD

      7.0 (78K)

    Silver Lotus Award

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    Best Actor

    • Kartik Aaryan
      Winner
      • Kartik Aaryan
      • Chandu Champion
    • Mammootty
      Winner
      • Mammootty
      • Bramayugam

    Best Actress

    • Yami Gautam
      Winner
      • Yami Gautam
      • Article 370

    Best Choreography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Stree 2

      6.9 (47K)
      Vijay Ganguly

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Bramayugam

      7.7 (19K)
      Shehnad Jalal

    Best Costume Designer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2

      6.0 (68K)
      Sheetal Sharma
      Deepali Noor

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Amaran

      8.1 (24K)
      R. Kalaivanan

    Best Female Playback Singer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        A.R.M

      7.1 (10K)
      Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
      For "Angu Vaana Konilu"

    Best Lyrics

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Maidaan

      7.9 (24K)
      Manoj Muntashir

    Best Makeup Artist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Committee Kurrollu

      8.0 (3.2K)
      P. Ravi Kumar

    Best Male Playback Singer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Gharat Ganpati

      7.7 (670)
      Abhay Jodhpurkar
      For "Navasachi Gauri Mazi"

    Best Music Direction, Feature Films

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Article 370

      7.8 (29K)
      Shashwat Sachdev

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Kalki 2898 AD

      7.0 (78K)
      Nitin Zihani Choudhary

    Best Screenplay (Original)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Pushpa: The Rule - Part 2

      6.0 (68K)
      Sukumar

    Best Sound Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

      4.6 (79K)
      Manas Choudhury

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Sanjay Mishra
      Winner
      • Sanjay Mishra
      • Bhakshak

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Winner
      • Roopa Varkady
      • Mithya
    • Winner
      • Sachana Namidass
      • Maharaja

    Best feature film Promoting National, Social and Environment Values

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Captain Miller

      7.1 (14K)
      Dhanush

    Regional Award

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    Best Assamese Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Juiphool

      Jadumoni Dutta

    Best Bengali Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Chaalchitra Ekhon

      7.6 (226)
      Anjan Dutt

    Best Gujarati Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Maaran

      6.9 (38)
      Abhishek Jain

    Best Hindi Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Srikanth

      7.4 (15K)
      Rajkummar Rao

    Best Kannada Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Mithya

      7.7 (243)
      Sumanth Bhat

    Best Malayalam Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Feminist Fathima

      7.6 (390)
      Fasil Muhammed

    Best Manipuri Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Sunita

      9.1 (12)

    Best Marathi Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Mukkam Post Bombilwaadi

      7.1 (95)
      Paresh Mokashi

    Best Odia Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Lahari

      8.8 (13)
      Amartya Bhattacharyya

    Best Tamil Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Raayan

      6.5 (14K)
      Dhanush

    Best Telugu Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Committee Kurrollu

      8.0 (3.2K)
      Yadu Vamsi

    Best Tulu Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Imbu

    Special Mention

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Meiyazhagan

      8.5 (24K)
      Suren
    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Captain Miller

      7.1 (14K)
      Dhanush

    Best Konakani Film

    • [object Object]

        Mog Asum

      6.2 (8)

    National Film Award

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    Best Child Artist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Onko Ki Kothin

      7.5 (245)
      Gitashree Chakraborty
      Tapomoy Deb
      Riddhiman Banerjee
    • [object Object]
      Winner

        35-Chinna Katha Kaadu

      7.9 (1.4K)
      Arun Dev
    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Mithya

      7.7 (243)
      Athish Shetty

    Best Dialogue Writer

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Lucky Baskhar

      8.0 (44K)
      Venky Atluri

    Non-Feature Films Award

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    Best Animation Film

    • Winner

        Touched As Water

      Joshy Benedict

    Best Arts/Culture Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Main Nida

      Atul Pandey

    Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Kakori

      9.0 (27)
      Kamlesh K Mishra

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Life in Loom

      Edmond Ranson

    Best Debut Film of a Director

    • Winner
      • Ravi Raj Murmu
      • Angen (Invisible)

    Best Direction

    • Winner

        Statue of Unity: Ekta Ka Prateek

      Aanand L. Rai

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Ram-Nami

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        75 Years of NDA DOCUMENTARY

      8.5 (6)
      Manvir Jasrotia
      Punit Balan Studios

    Best Film Critic

    • Winner
      • Sanjeev Srivastava

    Best Music Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Parat 41°chya Magavar

      Shivpal Singh Kang

    Best Narration/Voice Over

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs

      Soundarya Jayachandran

    Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values

    • Winner

        Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism

    Best Non-Feature Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Bhangaar

      8.8 (15)

    Best Short Film

    • Winner

        Hamsafar

    Best Sound Design

    • Winner

        Blue

      T.S. Hari Hara Sudhan

    Special Mention

    • Winner

        Chola Dora aur Sui

      Jaymin Modi
      Lokesh Ghai
    • Winner

        Bhadra-Kali Natakam

      Ananda Jyothi

    All India Certificate of Merit

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    Best Action Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Maharaja

      8.3 (85K)
      Anal Arasu

    Best Background Music

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Amaran

      8.1 (24K)
      G.V. Prakash Kumar

    Best Garhwali Film

    • Winner

        Dholi

    Best Screenplay (Adapted)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

        Swargandharv Sudhir Phadke

      7.7 (152)
      Yogesh Deshpande

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