The much-awaited winners of the 64th National Film Awards for the films released in 2016 were declared during a press conference at 11:30 am at National Media Centre in New Delhi on Friday, April 7. Filmmaker Priyadarshan was the chairperson of the jury in feature films category, while nationally acclaimed cinematographer and a writer Raju Misra was the chairperson in non-feature category.
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The award distribution ceremony will be held on May 3, 2017.
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Feature Films awards
- Best Feature Film - Kasaav (Marathi)
- Best stunt choreoraphy - Peter Hein for Pulimurugan (Malayalam)
- Best Children's Film - Dhanak (Hindi)
- Best Film on social issue - Pink (Hindi)
- Best Direction - Rajesh Mapuskar for Ventilator (Marathi)
- Best Actor - Akhay Kumar for Rustom (Hindi)
- Best Actress - Surabhi Lakshmi for Minnaminungu (Malayalam)
- Best Supporting Actor - Manoj Joshi for Dashakriya (Marathi)
- Best Supporting Actress - Zaira Wasim for Dangal (Hindi)
- Best Child Artist - Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam - Malayalam), Nur Islam and Samiul Alam (Sahaj Pather Gappo - Bengali), Manohara (Railway Children - Kannada)
- Best Male Playback Singer - Sundharayyar for he song Jasmine E from Joker (Tamil)
- Best Female Playback Singer - Iman Chakraborty for the song Tumi Jaake Bhalo Basho from Praktan (Bengali)
- Best lyrics - Vairamuthu for Entha Pakkam song from Dharma Durai (Tamil) and Anupam Roy for the song Tumi Jaake Bhalo Basho from Praktan (Bengali)
- Best Screenplay (original) - Syam Pushkaran for Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)
- Best Screenplay (adapted) - Sanjay Krishnaji Patel for Dashakriya (Marathi)
- Best Dialogues - Tarun Bhascker for Peli Chuplu (Telugu)
- Best Editing - Rameshwar for Ventilator (Marathi)
- Best Special Effect - Naveen Paul for Shivaay (Hindi)
- Best Choreography - Raju Sundaram for Janatha Garage (Telugu)
- Best Sound designer - Jayadevan for Kaadu Pookunna Neram (Malayalam)
- Best re-recordist of the final mixed track - Alok De for Ventilator (Marathi)
- Best Animation Film - Mahayodha Rama (Hindi)
- Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu)
- Best Film on Environmental Conservation - Loktak Lairembee (Manipuri)
- Best Cinematohgraphy - S. Thirunavukarasu for 24 (Tamil)
- Best Production Design - Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas Khedekar and Amit Ray for 24 (Tamil)
- Best Costume Designer - Sachin Lovalekar for Cycle (Marathi)
- Best Environmental film including agriculture - The Tiger who crossed the line
- Best Make-up Artist - MK Ramakrishna for Allama (Kannada)
- Best Music Direction - Babu Padmanabha for Allama (Kannada)
- Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Director - Deep Choudhury for Alifa (Bengali)
- Special Mention - Kadvi Hawa (Hindi)
- Mukti Bhawan (Hindi)
- Maj Rati Keteki (Assamese)
- Sonam Kapoor for Neerja (Hindi)
- Special Jury award for Mohanlal for Pulimurugan, Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (Malayalam) and Janatha Garage (Telugu)
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Best feature films in regional languages
- Madipur (Tulu)
- Joker (Tamil)
- Wrongside Raju Gujarati
- Pelli Chupulu (Telugu)
- Dashakriya (Marathi)
- Bisarjan' (Bengali)
- Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)
- Ke Sara Sara (Konkini)
- Reservation (Kannada)
- Bisorjon (Marathi)
- Maj Rati Keteki (Assamese)
- Neerja (Hindi)
12: 00 pm: Best non-feature film - Fireflies in the Abyss
11: 59 pm: Best Educational Film - The Waterfall
11: 55 pm: Best Short Fiction - Aaba
11: 50 pm: Non feature film categories
- (One Special mention award goes to a Malayalam film, which the jury members couldn't pronounce correctly)
- Eyes of Darker
11:49 pm: Out of 33 books submitted, the best film critic award goes to G Dhananjayan.
11: 48 pm: Best book on cinema - Lata Surgatha
11:47 pm: Uttar Pradesh has been declared as the film friendly state in India.
Special mention goes to the state of Jharkhand.
11:46 am: Film director Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi is the jury member for film friendly award.
11:44 am: The jury considered 344 films from 26 languages for the feature films category of awards.
